----------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- A lesson in traffic for Panjim from Chorao ------------------------------------------------------- After a busy first half of the day in school on Wednesday, Chorao resident and headmistress of St Bartholomews High School Marcelia Gomes headed to the capital city in the afternoon to be a part of community service and show she could make a difference in the society she lived.
Marcelia had no qualms standing opposite the North Goa Collectorate, here, as a traffic warden reminding motorists to put on their seat belts as part of Goa Civic & Consumer Action Networks (GOACAN) State Road Safety Week that concluded today. Besides Marcelia, 74-year-old senior citizen from the island Edward Abreu was seen manning the traffic during the rush hours in the morning at the Custom House junction, here, showing people that at his age one could be of some service. Edward and Marcelia were amongst the eight traffic wardens from Chorao who assisted the traffic police in traffic management today at several busy points in Panjim. The headmistress and the senior citizen are amongst the 14 volunteers from the island who came together under the Chorao Civic and Consumer Forum one year ago to enroll as traffic wardens under the Traffic Warden Scheme of Goa Police to address the traffic management issues faced by villagers at its two ferry points. DySP Traffic North J M Nagvenkar, who closely watched the traffic wardens manning the citys traffic, appeared pleased and had a word of praise for them. The traffic cell has a paucity of staff. Just 279 of our personnel are managing several busy points in six major cities. In Panjim itself there are 20 major junctions. It is certain if responsible citizens from the city come forward and do their bit by volunteering to be traffic wardens they will make our work light, he observed. GOACAN is convinced that the Traffic Warden Scheme is the way forward at village and municipal levels looking at Goas ever-rising vehicle figures that have crossed the 7 lakh mark while the total strength of the traffic police is just 279. GOACAN Coordinator Roland Martin says he was optimistic that what is possible in Chorao is a possibility in Panjim. Availability of traffic wardens at the local level will be a positive factor in promoting the Road Safety Patrol (RSP) in schools besides ensuring traffic education amongst riders, drivers and pedestrians. Martin adds people may ask what is there for them after they become traffic wardens. Of course there is nothing, no cash incentives. Those enrolling for the scheme will only go on to show they have a heart for their city and its burgeoning traffic problem, he mentions. ---------------------------- HERALD 08/7/10 page 2 ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: *[email protected]* Visit: *http://goacan.blogspot.com * ---------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ VascokarsUnited for a plastic-free Vasco. 26th Jan 2006,a day in the history of Vasco health. VASCO LETS GO GREEN Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
