DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

An awareness programme was organized in Gurugram today as part of the Road Safety Week being celebrated by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

On this occasion, Haryana's Health and Family Welfare Minister Arti Singh Rao and Public Works and Public Health Engineering Minister Sh. Ranbir Singh Gangwa motivated citizens to follow traffic rules.

The Health Minister said the number of vehicles has increased significantly in Gurugram and the rest of the state due to which accidents are also increasing. In view of the accidents happening day by day, the state government has decided to establish a trauma center at every fixed distance on the main roads.

Calling upon the people to immediately help the injured in road accidents, the Health Minister said the first one hour is considered very important to save the life of an injured during a road accident. If proper treatment of the injured is started during this period, his life can be saved to a great extent.

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