STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: In order to raise awareness among the consumers regarding car safety to have safe life, a State level workshop on ‘Car Safety’ was organized by the Consumer Voice in collaboration with the Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu.
In the workshop, Regional Transport Officer, Ashwani Khajuria was the Chief Guest while Prof. Geeta Sumbali, Dean, Life Sciences, University of Jammu was the Guest of Honour and Rajesh Dogra, an Automobile Engineer was the Expert Resource Person of Consumer Voice.
The speakers highlighted that India is world’s sixth largest car market and 2.03 million passenger cars were sold in India as per last year data. India has been witnessing very high rate of road accidents resulting in the largest number of road deaths and injuries in the world. Approx. 1,374 crashes and 400 deaths take place every day on Indian roads. One of the major reasons behind high causalities in road accidents is the lack of safety features in Indian cars which have been criticized as being insufficient and ineffective compared to developed countries.
During his presentation, Rajesh Dogra informed that “Recently when some of popular cars in India were tested on NCAP standards, four out of five popular cars failed the test badly, cautioned Dogra. The stakeholders while buying car consumers should give preference to safety features and not just its looks, price and other luxuries.”
Sharing his view to the participants, RTO Jammu, Ashwani Khajuria urged that besides adoption of car safety measures, the consumers should also be made aware about Road Safety Regulations which would certainly bring down rate of crashes and fatalities.
Prof. Geeta Sumbali in her remarks talked about the car safety gadgets and exhorted upon the youngsters to follow the recommended speed while driving the cars.
Earlier on behalf of the Consumer Voice, Prof. Yash Pal Sharma, Head, Department of Botany, University of Jammu and Co-ordinator of the Workshop informed that this workshop is part of a global campaign by Consumer International to demand for safer cars for consumers.
Dr. Harish Chander Assistant Professor in Botany presented the vote of thanks.
