Bengaluru: Students take to the streets to raise awareness about traffic rules and pollution

Gone are the days when school and college students took up projects and assignments based on their textbook topics.

What excites the students these days are civic problems which they seriously want to address and are concerned about, be it lakes, cutting of trees or the city’s traffic problems.

In one such college assignment, a bunch of students took to the streets in front of St Joseph’s Evening College on Saturday to create awareness about traffic rules by holding placards at traffic signals and talking about the pros and cons of following the rules. They also urged the public to use public transport and told them about the various hazardous of pollution through vehicles. The group will also hold another round of awareness activity in front of Lalbagh gate signal on Sunday.

Syed Irfan, a first year BA student at St Joseph’s Evening College said, “The road in front of our college is the busiest in the city and we can see hundreds of vehicles at every red signal. This is the scene not only in the morning but throughout the day. There are a lot of people who speed and many don’t wear helmets. Since this is a busy junction, untoward incidents are highly likely. This is the reason we wanted to take up our traffic awareness project in front of our college and educate people about traffic rules”.

The students held placards whenever the signal went red and they moved around between the vehicles to spread messages on traffic rules.
Ajay R, another student who was part of the group, said, “Even morning, college students joined our activity and we ensured we continuously stood for more than an hour or two. For us, traffic management is important because we read accidents in the news every day. Though the cops have become very strict, there are a lot of people who violate the rules. Youngsters are most likely to have a lax attitude and be involved in accidents.”
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