July 7 2023
The Interact Club of Shishukunj Uptown successfully carried out an initiative towards making Indore a safer city in terms of road-accidents. The initiative, ‘Ujala – Reflecting Light, Saving Lives’, involved setting up reflectors in more than twenty-one accident-prone areas of Indore. We were able to involve over eighty students and nine teachers in this endeavor. Twenty-one groups were made based on where participants reside and were tasked with applying reflectors on poles, road dividers, barricades, earthmovers, and tricycles used by differently abled individuals. We have received widespread community appreciation from residents in these areas and past victims of road-accidents. This initiative ran February 8-20, 2022, and we were able to apply 257 reflectors in under two weeks! With the harsh driving conditions of India, including poorly maintained roads, inadequate traffic signs, and heavy traffic, we firmly believe that these reflectors will significantly help prevent road accidents.
