PUNE To create road safety awareness among students and get them involved in the study, the Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) has now sent a letter to several state and private universities in Pune district requesting to introduce special subjects as per the course structure related to road safety. RTO has asked to give choice-based credit system option to students by introducing subjects related to road safety.
“Every year around 1.5 lakh people die in the road accidents in our country and most of the fatal accidents are of people between 15 to 45 years.
Earlier, even the Supreme Court had instructed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to introduce new subjects of road safety. Some subjects are also being introduced in the National Service Scheme (NSS) syllabus,” said Sanjay Sasane, deputy regional transport officer.
