PRCS launches project to improve road safety
Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Islamabad:The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has launched an initiative to raise public awareness about road safety in order to reduce traffic accidents, deaths and injuries and save lives.
The project, being executed by PRCS in collaboration with other Movement Partners, will target the general public, local transport drivers, and relevant government authorities to seek their contribution in reducing road fatalities. The project will promote ‘Individual Road Safety Commitment Card,’ one of the initiatives set by the Global Road Safety Partnership for Red Cross and Red Crescent.
A special emphasis on post-crash response will be laid under the project. First aid trainings will be imparted to traffic police and motorways police in order to boost their capacity vis-à-vis post-crash response so that maximum lives can be saved and permanent disabilities averted. The project will involve volunteers wh