SSP Launchs Helmet Bank at Police Lines Patiala
Patiala, 11 November 2020 (wishavwarta):-Taking another step forward towards road safety and to commemorate #WDoR2020 (For Road Traffic Victims), PATIALA FOUNDATION has launched the first helmet bank in the state of Punjab under its ongoing project Patiala Foundation SADAK. The Helmet Bank is launched at Patiala in collaboration with Patiala Police under the guidance of SSP Sh. Vikramjeet Duggal.
Divulging the details SSP said that the helmet bank has been started at the local PCR unit of the traffic police on 11 November 2020. 50 helmets have been given to the PCR unit for the use of the police personnel who shall also maintain and run it for the benefit of its members the helmets would be issued on returnable basis and entries for all usages shall be updated on a mobile app Helmet Bank designed by the PATIALA FOUNDATION which shall supervise the functioning of the bank. Patiala Foundation has initiated the concept of ‘Helmet Bank’ with the aim of making the two-wheelers user habitual to the use of helmet in daily routine in order to protect their precious lives from any mishap.
SSP Vikramjit Singh Duggal praised the road safety initiative and also lauded the earlier efforts of PATIALA FOUNDATION towards promoting Road safety .
Training workshop on the working of this app had conducted yesterday by Team Patiala Foundation. Speaking on the occasion the chief functionary of PATIALA FOUNDATION Mr Ravee singh Ahluwalia highlighted the various activities done under project Sadak till date, he emphasised the increasing need of Road safety awareness and also shared that the helmet banks would be started in various colleges universities where they shall be run and maintained by the students themselves.
SP P S Cheema ji, DSP A R Sharma ji, Patiala Foundation working committee members—S. Anmoljeet Singh, Sh. S P Chand, Sh. Rakesh Goyal, Sh. Harpreet Sandhu, Adv. Rakesh Badhwar, Sh. Rahul Sharma and Patiala Foundation Volunteers—Harshdeep Singh, Bharpur Singh, Simranjit Kaur, Madhur Verma, Ranjit Singh, Sukhdarshanpal Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Palak, Neeraj Gupta also attended this event