Media Coverage: National Stakeholders' Consultation Workshop of Consumer VOICE ~ Consumer Voice

Consumer VOICE organised a National Stakeholders' consultation workshop to generate awareness about Road safety at Hotel the Royal Plaza, New Delhi on 23rd & 24th November, 2017. The inaugural address was delivered by Mr. Ashim Sanyal, Chief Operating Officer, Consumer VOICE. He gave a presentation on work done by Consumer VOICE on road safety and said “Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill, is long due for passage in Rajya Sabha. Working with many state partners on this critical issue it was appealed to the policy makers/parliamentarians to treat it as very important bill for passage in the coming winter session."

Mr Ashim Sanyal, COO of Consumer VOICE

Mr. Nalin Sinha, India representative of Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) made a presentation highlighting key road accident data, main causes of road accident and steps needed to be taken to strengthen road safety. He said the transportation system should be developed keeping first in view the vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, women and children and not only big cars, which are only 2.5 % of total transportation.

Mr. Nalin Sinha, India representative of Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI)

Mr. Veerendra Rathod, Technical Consultant,(Road Safety & Enforcement) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Mr. Veerendra Rathod, Technical Consultant,(Road Safety & Enforcement) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways spoke about the road safety system approach and how CSOs can work effectively to reduce road fatalities.

The workshop also highlighted the work done by Consumer VOICE in the last decade on different consumer issues such as road safety, food safety, tobacco control, digital literacy, financial literacy etc.

State Partners at National Stakeholders' Consultation Workshop

The workshop was attended by 16 State Partners of VOICE from 10 different States and many stakeholders who are active on Road Safety issues.

The workshop was also attended by several print and electronic media as well. It was covered well by several newspapers and even Doordarshan.

Coverage by DD