9th February 2016 marks 17 months to the day which changed our lives forever. We wanted to do something positive today..something our child will be happy to see.
Some time ago, we noticed that the police personnel who direct traffic at night are not visible when doing their duty. Sometimes the junction is not well lit, sometimes the glare of the lights makes it hard to spot them in their khakis. They need to be seen! Their safety is as important as anyone driving on the roads. Hence, we thought it would be appropriate to give them some reflective jackets.
I remember Police constable Mr Thimaaiah who used to stand guard at a signal near Cubbon Road. He had a very well groomed mustache! Aru used to love watching this official manning traffic so efficiently. Mr Thimaiah lost his life in a RTA when a car rammed into him while on duty.
The Arundhati Foundation honours the memory of those traffic personnel killed in the line of duty. Our small shraddhanjali to their memory.
The first batch of reflective jackets for Traffic police has arrived! We gave 15 jackets to Jeevan Beema Nagar traffic police division. I know that there are some hard working and sincere traffic police attached to this division. They man traffic at Indiranagar, Jeevan Beema Nagar , Old Madras road ( a black spotfor RTAs ) and part of Ulsoor.
These jackets were handed over to SI Revanna. The personnel at the station promised us that they will use these jackets diligently.
There are 64 police attached here and eventually, we plan to equip each one of them with these jackets.
Also we would like to equip other traffic police stations as well – hopefully with public support, this will be possible.
Here is a pic of SI Revanna with the jackets, and another pic of the jacket being used on duty at night.
