Programme held to educate student traffic wardens

A W Gunawardhana - Matara Central Corr

A workshop and seminar were held by the Matara Police Traffic Unit at Matara District Secretariat Auditorium to educate the student traffic wardens from 50 schools in the Matara District about traffic control and traffic rules.

This workshop was held under the patronage of the Southern Province DIG Chandana Wickramaratne, Matara District Secretary W K K Athukorala, Matara SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon and the Chief IP of the Matara Traffic Police Headquarters Rasika Ratnayake.

"We cannot prevent death occurring due to natural disasters. But we can prevent road accidents by obeying traffic laws. "Today road accidents are increasing at an alarming rate due to not obeying of traffic laws and reckless driving - pedestrians also must be extra cautious when crossing roads we must try to minimize the road accidents.

Police officers, drivers - pedestrians and students should come foreword to minimize road accidents. About 85 percent the accidents are caused due to negligence of road users and 15 percent due to dilapidated road conditions Rasika Ratnayake - the Chief IP of the Matara Traffic Police Headquarters said. "We have organized this seminar to protect our future generation. We have deployed a team of police officers who work round the clock to minimize road accidents.

The students who receive this training should take steps to prevent road accidents from tomorrow.

DIG Chandana Wickramaratne, Matara District Secretary W K K Athukorala and SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon distributed the uniforms for the student traffic wardens.