Women take our bike rally for road safety

January 20, 2020 10:06 pm | Updated January 21, 2020 04:51 am IST

Women, including police personnel, taking out a two-wheeler rally, stressing the importance of wearing helmet and following road rules, in Madurai on Monday.

Women, including police personnel, taking out a two-wheeler rally, stressing the importance of wearing helmet and following road rules, in Madurai on Monday.

MADURAI

Collector T.G. Vinay and Superintendent of Police N. Manivannan flagged off a motorcycle rally taken out by women participants to begin a series of events to observe the 31st Road Safety Week, here on Monday.

The rally, which was flagged off from Tamukkam Grounds, saw a good number of women riding their bikes wearing helmets and holding placards that stressed the need to follow traffic rules and wear helmet while riding two-wheelers.

Over the week, officials of the Regional Transport Office said, they would be conducting essay, painting and elocution competitions on road safety for school students.

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