S.A.S.Nagar, 07 March 2025:- As per the guidelines given by Shri Deepak Pareek IPS Senior Superintendent of Police District S.A.S.Nagar, Shri Harinder Singh Mann PPS Superintendent of Police Traffic under the awareness campaign for not taking drugs and traffic rules, Karnail Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police Traffic organised a special seminar today at Government College Mohali, Phase-6 to make students aware about not taking drugs and following traffic rules.
The main message of this seminar was to make college students aware about the ill effects of drugs, following traffic rules and the importance of sports. During this seminar, college students were made aware that some wrong elements in colleges make students addicted to drugs, so protect yourself from such bad elements in college.
Along with this, the students were also told that under section 199A of the Motor Vehicle Act, if a child below the age of 18 drives a vehicle, then his parents can be imprisoned for 3 years, fined up to Rs 25,000 and the person who gives the vehicle to a child below the age of 18 can also be imprisoned for 3 years or fined.
Along with this, the students were made aware of the Grant of Award for the Good Samaritan Scheme being run by the government and were told that if any person helps an accident victim, then he will be given Rs 2000 by the government (under the Farishte Scheme).
On this occasion, the Principal and other staff of Government College Mohali, Phase 6, District SAS Nagar College thanked the DSP Traffic for organizing this awareness seminar. Deputy Superintendent of Police Traffic finally motivated all the students for sports.
Apart from this, all the students were advised to tell their family members about the learnings from this seminar and also make their family members aware about not driving after drinking alcohol and at high speed and motivate them to follow traffic rules.