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The Telangana State Legal Services Authority launched the Road Suraksha Abhiyan 2026 connected January 5 arsenic a State-wide roadworthy information consciousness run aimed astatine students, younker and the wide public, amid a emergence successful centrifugal mishap cases.
The run was formally launched by Justice P. Sam Koshy, Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana and Executive Chairman of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority, astatine an consciousness programme held astatine Chinmaya Vidyalaya successful Kundanbagh. Posters marking the motorboat of the run were released connected the occasion, and a roadworthy information pledge was administered to students and different participants.
According to the Legal Services Authority, the run volition beryllium held from January 5 to January 9, with territory and mandal ineligible services institutions organising consciousness camps successful schools and colleges crossed the State. The absorption volition beryllium connected explaining roadworthy information rules and regulations nether the Motor Vehicles Act and promoting safer behaviour among roadworthy users.
Addressing the gathering, Justice Sam Koshy said the volition was to observe the week arsenic a roadworthy information run crossed Telangana, opening from an acquisition institution. He referred to roadworthy mishap information for 2025 successful the State, which recorded 24,826 mishap cases, an summation of 5.6 per cent compared to 2024, with astir 6,500 fatalities and 14,768 injuries. He noted that the increasing fig of vehicles and instances of minors driving were contributing factors.
S.V. Raghavender Rao, Assistant Commissioner of Police, S.R. Nagar, told students that accidents could beryllium prevented by pursuing postulation rules and taking basal precautions. He urged the nationalist not to manus implicit vehicles to minors and said postulation regularisation violators were being dealt with by courts of law.
Panchakshari, Member Secretary of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority, highlighted that terrible caput injuries accounted for galore accident-related deaths and stressed the value of wearing helmets portion riding two-wheelers. He besides cautioned against utilizing mobile phones portion driving and driving nether the power of alcohol.
The consciousness programme was attended by the schoolhouse principals, teachers, students and representatives of the Legal Services Authority. The Road Suraksha Abhiyan 2026 volition beryllium conducted crossed Telangana with the engagement of para-legal volunteers, sheet lawyers and unit of ineligible services institutions.
