Road safety at DPS Patna - Safety and Mobility For All

ROAD
SAFETY
Presented by
DPS PATNA
are not
lucky enough…
One person dies in every 4 minutes
DPS PATNA
That is why we took up this
PROJECT
The YOUR ideas YOUR initiatives project has
been designed and developed by P.A.U. Education
and Renault in coordination with authors B. Bruun
Jensen, J. Magne Jensen, N. Larsen, V. Simovska
from the educational project ©RoSaCe Road Safety
Cities in Europe and developed with the support of
the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport of
the European Commission.
DPS PATNA
The ancient city of Pataliputra appears to have lost its sheen in modern times
with its miniature name Patna. Even though Patna holds the record of selling
largest number of four wheelers even, its roads are in shabby condition. The
situation is further compounded with encroachment by vendors often in
connivance with the petty police officials, stray animals moving on the roads
and absolute disregards to the traffic rules by people in general. Off and on
gaping man holes and ditches make the roads of Patna a rider’s nightmare. The
traffic scenario reaches its rock bottom when there are political demonstrations
and strikes causing road blockades leading to crawling cars, blaring of horns,
smoke and dust all around. The students of Delhi Public School, Patna decided
to adopt a multi- pronged strategy to tackle the problem of traffic congestion
and road safety.
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The first part of the project targets to identify various burning
issues apropos road safety and mobility from schools to
streets. The issues undertaken by DIPSITES (students of
Delhi Public School, Patna) were twofold:
1.
2.
Issues concerning the school
Issues concerning the street
DPS Patna
The DIPSITES found two major problems affecting their normal academic
orientation. Located in the lush green ambience of Danapur military
Cantonment, DPS Patna boasts of a rare ambience where learners sharpen
their knowledge virtually in the lap of nature with the Rabi and Kharif crops
like Wheat and Paddy being grown round the year peppered with seasonal
vegetables and fruit in between. The school campus itself is a real feast for
botanists with tens and hundreds of flora species planted within its sprawling
campus. Above all, the Danapur Cantonment with its abundant greenery is a
near perfect haven for migratory birds from all across the world thereby
imparting a connoisseur’s delight to the would-be-ornithologists. However,
the school faced some serious traffic related problems from the beginning of
its inception in 1998.
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DPS Patna
The problems:1. Traffic Congestion as the approach road between Danapur
Cantonment and the school is quite narrow enabling only one
vehicle to pass one time. This often caused inordinate delays in
the commencement of Academic classes. Everyday roughly 2400
students reach the campus availing school transport or in their
own personal vehicles. Managing a fleet of 64 buses besides
hundreds of cars and SUVs every morning and noon indeed was a
tough task to handle.
2. The problem of traffic congestion got compounded on certain
occasion like OPEN HOUSE (Parent Teacher Meet) when the
school campus would literally be flooded with thousands of
personal vehicles making the entire exercise next to impossible.
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Brainstorming
The school management, parents, student„s council members and teachers together
decided to resolve the problem to ease out the congestion ensuring the smooth and
timely conduction of academic classes.
How can we ease out the ticklish problem?
What alternative arrangements can be made to ensure optimum presence of parents in
Open House without scaring them out due to nasty traffic congestion amid bonking of
power horns?
Ideas began pouring in as if someone has thrown a pebble in the pond causing ripples all
around. “Why not conducting Open House more number of times with less number of
parents being called in?”
“Let them park their vehicles outside the Cantonment area itself making them walk
down to the school.”
“Can„t we go for virtual Open House with online interaction between parents and
teachers?” DPS Patna
DPS Patna
Solution-I: Differential Time Schedule for bus commuters and the Supervision
children (those who come by their own vehicle) a time gap of 1-20 minutes created
between the two to minimize simultaneous arrival of more than one vehicles on the
connecting road. The Transport Incharge, Mr. Ramashankar said, “We had to do
something concrete and substantial as it was causing unnecessary delays in the
commencement of the academic session every day. The Principal, Mr. B. Vinod
appears to be a relieved man as regular academic session is in full swing.
Solution-II: To tackle the problem of the traffic jams created during the days of
Open House, it was mutually agreed to allot different timings to different set of
students according to their roll numbers. Thus, roll 1 to 10 of a particular class was
allotted a particular time say 8 to 8.30 am, roll 11 to 20 were allotted 8.30 to 9 am and
likewise. This helped reduce thethorny problem of traffic congestion especially during
the Open House sessions.
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2.Issues concerning the street
There has been complete apathy regarding use of seat belts in Patna.
Most of the drivers donot use seat belts. One reason ascribed is the
poor average speed of vehicles due to traffic congestion as many of
drivers don„t feel the urge of using safety belt. They can never cross 40
kmph speed on any road of Patna. However, if this holds water, all the
bikers should also be exempted from wearing helmets as what is true
for motorists is equally true for bikers.
Initiatives from DPS:
The students of DPS Patna decided to conduct a road awareness
campaign on Dak Buglow roundabout, the busiest junction in Patna on
12th May, 2015 The aim was to sensitize Patnites about the necessity of
using Seat belts as a matter of habit so that even when they go on a long
drive, they must use the seat belts.
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WE CAME TO A CONCLUSION THAT
PEOPLE IN OUR STATE NEED
AS WELL AS
DPS Patna
AND SO WE MADE A
WEBSITE
http://roadsafety.myfree.website/
A GOOGLE+ PAGE
DPS Patna
A TWITTER ACCOUNT
AND A FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/p
ages/Camp-Roadsafety/851825294883187
DPS Patna
DPS Patna
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AND
A
DPS Patna
DPS Patna
DPS PATNA
AND CONDUCTED
TO SPREAD AWARENESS
DPS Patna
FOR THE HEALTHY
IMPLEMENTATION OF
DPS Patna
DPS Patna
DPS PATNA
And Conducted a Radio
Show on Road Safety
DPS PATNA
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING ,THE CAMPAIGN
FOR ROAD SAFETY CONTIUES
YOU CAN REACH US AT
Twitter Account
Facebook page
School Website
Our Website
Youtube Channel
Google Plus page
Contact us at: [email protected]
Courtesy :TEAM DPS LED BY
THE PRINCIPAL, MR. B. VINOD
THE HM, MRS. NAMRATA PRASAD
THE ACTIVITY INCHARGE, MRS. CHETNA JHA
MR. RAJU RANJAN SINGH
MR. ASHFAQUE IQBAL
MR. SANDEEP VERMA
TAKSHILA EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY
MR. VINEET MANI
STUDENT CONTRIBUTION
VEDANT KUMAR, AYUSH, SARTHAK SACHDEVA, MANAS PRIYADARSHI,
PRAJNEYA KUMAR, MEHUL SANKET, TANAY VAIBHAV, ABHIK CHATTERJEE,
TANISHA KABRA, SURYANSHU PRIYADARSHI, PARITOSHIKA, AKANSHA PRIYA,
SALEHA, TWISHA, SHUBRA KETAN AND ABHINAV KEDIA.