MUMBAI: A hospital from western suburbs in collaboration with the Mumbai Traffic Police organized "Bikeathon—Ride to Road Safety," on February 13.
The event was flagged off by Manpreet Singh Sohal, director, and COO, Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, Somnath Gharge, DCP (Western Suburbs), Shakuntala Maitri, ACP (West) and Santaji Ghorpade, senior police inspector, Santacruz Traffic Police Division.
The motorcycle rally culminated a month-long road safety campaign as a part of the first-ever National Road Safety Month 2021. The objective of the campaign was to create awareness about road safety regulations and create an army of effective first responders in the event of road accidents.
Earlier this month, Union Ministry for Road Transport & Highways launched the first-ever National Road Safety Month from January 18 to February 17, 2021. Aim of the campaign is to reduce the preventable deaths due to road accidents by 50% before 2025. Over 415 people have been dying in India every day due to the preventable road accidents.