UN World Day of Remembrances for Road Traffic Victims
Bhora kalan: Hariyana:
Place: Om Shanti Retreat Centre, Gurgaon, Haryana
Transport & Travel Wing organized an event at Dadi Prakash Mani Auditorium to observe World Day of Remembrance.
Dignitaries on stage were:
1. Subhash Verma, National Advisor, Indian Association of Travel Tourism Experts
2. Salil Lal, Chief HR Officer cum Vice President(HR), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
3. Ved Prakash, ED HR, RITES
4. Sunil Balyan, Senior Associate Producer-Media Research and Archives
5. Grace Chupa, Deputy High Commission of Malawi
6. Caroline Namaona, Counsellor, High Commission of Malawi
7. BK Asha Didi ji, Director, Om Shanti Retreat Centre
8. BK Shukla Didi ji, Chairperson-Security Wing & Incharge – Harinagar Subzone
9. BK Divyaprabha, Vice Chairperson, Transport & Travel Wing
10. Dr. Swaminathan, Motivational Speaker & Counsellor
Highlights of event:
1. BK Kavita (Rajyoga Teacher) shared the objective & importance of observing WDR.
2. Respected Dignitaries shared words of homage and their views on how road fatalities can be minimized.
3. Tribute to Road Traffic Victims through Lighting of candles.
4. Guided Meditation by BK Sangeeta (Senior Rajyoga Teacher)
5. Pledge by BK Yeshu (Rajyoga Teacher), ORC
Around 1000 people attended the event.
You may watch glimpses of the event in attached photos.
Full event is available at YouTube link: https://youtu.be/pV5LPrQT37k
About- World Day of Remembrance
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year.
It is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities – millions added each year to countless millions already suffering: a truly tremendous cumulative toll.
This Day has also become an important tool for governments and all those whose work involves crash prevention or response to the aftermath of crashes since it offers the opportunity to demonstrate the enormous scale and impact of road deaths and injuries, call for an end to the often trivial and inappropriate response to road death and injury and advocate for urgent concerted action to stop the carnage.
On World Day we too pay tribute to the dedicated emergency crews, police and medical professionals, who deal daily with the traumatic aftermath of road crashes.
