A workshop specially designed for journalists from across the country was held at Pune on the 5th, 6th August 2019 at the Lemon Tree Premier Hotel. The workshop was packed with sessions from the best in the field of road safety in India, in an attempt to cover the most…
he Road Safety Network (RSN), a coalition of civil societies organized a Road safety Workshop with several stakeholders in Aurangabad on 17th May 2019. The workshop was facilitated by RSN members, Parisar and Centre for Environment Education (CEE), both Pune based organisations on behalf of the RSN, and focused on…
he Road Safety Network (RSN), a coalition of civil societies organized a Road safety Workshop with several stakeholders in Aurangabad on 17th May 2019.The workshop was facilitated by RSN members, Parisar and Centre for Environment Education (CEE), both Pune based organisations on behalf of the RSN, and focused on highlighting…
CEE and Parisar jointly organised a workshop on ‘Road Safety in Maharashtra’ on 27th June 2018, to dwell upon the issue and get to the appropriate measures to improve road safety.The Road Safety Network has also been created jointly by the two organisations, as a coalition of civil societies, to advocate for road safety measures through improved legislation and governance.The workshop focussed on the current scenario on road safety, clarifying the government agenda and their practical implications on the same.
The workshop was organised by Parisar and the Road Safety Network from 17th to 19th April 2018, at Pride Hotel Pune. The main focus was to facilitate interactions with the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) partners and other state level stakeholder in Maharashtra to explore opportunities for collaboration and cooperation. Another important objective was to identify and agree on strategies for legislative and policy options at the national and state level to strengthen road safety policies and implementation in line with Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill (MVAB) and develop an action plan for the next 6 months for the campaign at the national and state level.
India being a signatory to the “Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety”, is committed to reducing the road accidents by 50% by 2020. And yet the country continues to account for the highest accidents in the world, the number increasing from 4.89 lakh in 2014 to over 5 lakh in 2015. More than 1.48 lakh people are killed each year.To substantially improve this dismal situation, a Group of Ministers (GOM) reviewed the current Motor Vehicle Act (1988) and the Government drafted a Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 based on their report.
