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Students urged to create mass-awareness about traffic rules
RAJSHAHI, Sept 18, 2018 (BSS)- Police officials and academics urged the
youths and students in particular to create awareness about traffic rules so
that the road accidents could be reduced to a greater extent.
They identically viewed that strict enforcement of traffic rules besides
creating wide-ranging mass-awareness has become an urgent need to ensure road
safety.
They made this observation while addressing a post-rally discussion styled
“Traffic Law, Cyber Crimes and Social Values” at Rajshahi College auditorium
today.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) organised the meeting in association
with Rajshahi College. More than 800 people comprising police members,
teachers and students joined the rally and meeting.
RMP Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter and its Deputy Commissioner Ameer Jafar
addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with Principal
of Rajshahi College Professor Habibur Rahman in the chair. Vice-principal of
the College Prof Al Faruque Chowdhury and Head of Department of English Prof
Pujush Kanti also spoke.
Hafiz Akter said utmost importance should be given on enhancing drivers’
skills, awareness on traffic law and tendency to obey law among the public in
general for road safety. There is no alternative to awareness for preventing
road accidents which create grave concern.
Enhancement of competence and awareness of the professional drivers and
others concerned is very important to this end. If the drivers drive their
vehicles carefully the existing number of road accidents could be reduced to
a greater extent. Role of students is very important to this end.
Referring to the cyber crimes RMP Commissioner underscored the need for
enhancing digital literacy and strong monitoring of social media mechanism to
combat cybercrime and propaganda everywhere in the society.
He urged the students to use information and communication technologies
carefully for the sake of averting cyber crimes.
Hafiz Akter further said cyber space and social media are instigating the
youths towards involvement in extremism and militancy. So, there is a need of
making the youngster aware and alert in this regard.
He said digital literacy needs to be increased to remove cybercrime
phobia. “We need to include ‘cyber security and propaganda’ in the textbooks
of schools and colleges to create awareness in this regard,” the RMP
commissioner added. He also laid importance on social values to combat all
sorts of social crimes.
Earlier on, a huge rally was brought out in the college campus to raise
awareness on the crucial issues.
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