Hyderabad: Telangana ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Vakiti Srihari on Saturday launched the Arrive Alive road safety initiative in Mahabubnagar district under the 99-day Praja Palana Pragathi action plan.
The ministers inaugurated a Children’s Traffic Awareness Park at Panchavati School. The park will teach students traffic rules such as signals, zebra crossings, school zones, hospital zones, and U-turns.
Arrive Alive road safety initiative launched in Mahabubnagar
Organisers held a bike rally from Mahabubnagar Degree College to Panchavati School to promote helmet use. Motorists joined the rally in large numbers. Teams also conducted a health camp and an eye camp. They demonstrated CPR techniques during the programme.
Students and ministers formed a human chain and took a pledge to follow traffic rules. Cultural performances showed how road accidents affect families. They highlighted the hardships after the loss of a breadwinner.
Ponnam Prabhakar administered a road safety pledge to students. He stressed their responsibility in preventing accidents.
Several public representatives attended the event. These included MLC Damodar Reddy, MLA Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna, Mayor Mamata, and Deputy Mayor Surender Reddy. Officials such as Transport Commissioner Ilambarthi, RTC MD Nagi Reddy, MUDA Chairman Lakshman Yadav, Minority Finance Corporation Chairman Obedullah Kotwal, District Collector Khusboo Gupta, and JTC Chandrasekhar Goud were also present.
Arrive Alive road safety initiative focuses on awareness
Speaking at the event, Ponnam Prabhakar said the Transport and Police departments conducted Arrive Alive programmes for the past week. He pointed to a rise in road accidents and cited recent incidents where 17 people died.
He said the death of a primary earning member severely affects families. Therefore, he stressed that public participation is essential for success.
He called for collective efforts to make Telangana free of road accidents. He also highlighted the Rahaveer Award. It gives ₹25,000 to those who help accident victims reach hospitals within the golden hour. A person can receive the award up to five times a year.
Ponnam Prabhakar said the government is setting up Children’s Traffic Awareness Parks with support from UNICEF. These parks aim to build traffic discipline among students. He added that schools will collect written commitments from students at the start of the academic year.
He said every citizen must treat road safety as a responsibility. District authorities are holding monthly road safety committee meetings under the district collector’s supervision.
He urged citizens to take a personal pledge to follow traffic rules and ensure safety on the roads.
Road Safety Awareness Programme – “Arrive Alive” in Mahabubnagar
As part of the 99-day action plan under Praja Palana Pragathi, Ministers @Ponnam_INC and @Vakiti_srihari Srihari participated in the “Arrive Alive” road safety programme in Mahabubnagar district.
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— IPRDepartment (@IPRTelangana) April 18, 2026