World Day of Remembrance ( WDR ) for Road Accident Victims - Lucknow, UP

To mark the World Day of Remembrance (WDR) for road accident victims Consumer VOICE, New Delhi along with its state partner Consumer Guild Lucknow organized a walk from Swasthya Bhawan Chauraha near (old High Court Building) to Shaheed Smarak, on November 19, 2017 to demand safer roads for all. Walkathon...

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Don’t Huff Puff Your Way with Hookah – An Observational Study on Hookah Bars in Delhi

Hookah smoking  in Delhi A survey of Hookah Bars in Delhi was conducted by MART in partnership with VOICE in October 2017 with special focus on consumption by children and young adults, in the wake of the increased dangers posed by Hookah consumption and the restrictions put forth by the Union...

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Media Coverage: National Stakeholders' Consultation Workshop of 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...

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Tobacco products still available around Delhi schools despite ban - Consumer VOICE Field Research reveals

Consumer VOICE has been tirelessly fighting against the menace of tobacco. In one of its efforts to bring to the notice of the government that COTPA Act is openly, flouted, the field research team observed 30 schools in Delhi and to its dismay found cigarettes and tobacco products being sold openly by kiosks...

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COTPA Act openly violated near schools in Delhi

Speaking to one of the correspondents of a leading national daily, Mr. Ashim Sanyal, COO, Consumer VOICE, India revealed that COTPA (Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003) is openly violated near...

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Antibiotic Resistance

We all have used antibiotics to treat severe bacterial infections at some point or the other. But medics are now concerned about the misuse that has contributed to a rise in disease causing bacterial resistance. What is Antibiotic Resistance? When an antibiotic drug no longer has an effect on a certain strain...

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Help Road Crash Victims without Fear – SC Issues Guidelines on Protecting Good Samaritans

‘Man bleeds to death on Delhi road after hit and run case’ or ‘Accident victim left to bleed and die in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram’ these are a few headlines that we get to read almost every day. Other than rash and negligent driving and not following traffic rules, one of the main reasons for high rate of...

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On children’s day Citizens Awareness Group presses upon passing Motors Vehicle Bill-2017

Press Release, Chandigarh, November 13, 2017 On the occasion of Children’s Day, social organisation, Citizens Awareness Group, has urged the central government to save the precious lives of children on roads by passing the Motors Vehicles Bill 2017, in the upcoming winter session in Parliament. While sharing some of the facts, Chairman of the Citizens Awareness Group, Surinder Verma, said, “In...

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बाल दिवस के मौके पर मोटर विधेयक (संशोधन) पास करने की अपील

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश बाल दिवस के मौके पर कंज्यूमर्स गिल्ड,  सरकार  से मोटर वाहन (संशोधन) विधेयक 2017 को आगामी संसदीय सत्र में पास करने की अपील करता है। सड़क दुर्घटनाओं में लगभग 10,000 से अधिक मासूमों ने गवाई जान बच्चे राष्ट्र का भविष्य हैं, लिहाजा उनकी सुरक्षा प्राथमिकता होनी चाहिए। सड़क दुर्घटनाएं स्कूल जाने वाले बच्चों के लिए भी समस्या उतपन्न कर रही है। गौरतलब हो कि सड़क...

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10 Things To Do When You See a Victim of Road Accident

A total of 4,80,652 people have been injured in road accidents in 2016 out of which 1,50,785 precious lives have been lost as per the latest MORTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) data. However, many of these lives could have been saved if they had received timely intervention. But due to the apathy...

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Tobacco – A Menace Among Children

The prevalence of tobacco smoking in India among minors aged between 15-17 years and adolescents between 18-24 years has reduced according to the latest GATS-2 (Global Adult Tobacco Survey) report of 2016-17. The situation is still alarming and remains a serious cause for concern . The Indian government...

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How Safe Are Our Roads for Children?

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) of 1989 recognizes that “every child has the inherent right to life” but sadly their lives are being snatched by the cruel hands of God at a very early age and one of the main reasons being that of road traffic deaths. Children account for more...

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