A marathon to spread the message of Road Safety was jointly conducted with the world-renowned Brahma Kumaris’ Transport and Travel Wing (TTW) and the Road Transport Office (RTO), Borivali on 10th January, 2016. Titled ‘Fun Run … Run for Road Safety’, it was a huge success with nearly 5,000 people participating in the 5 km and 10 km runs that started and finished at St Francis ground, Poinsur, Borivali (West).

Celebrities Sonu Nigam, Sadhna Sargam and Sunil Grover graced the occasion and highlighted the importance of Road Safety and lauded the RTO personnel for their diligent efforts.

Two rallies culminated into a World Record for the Largest Road Safety Class on January 31, 2016 at Goregaon (E) in Mumbai. The event was organised by Road Transport Office (RTO), Borivali and AEPL in collaboration with Mahindra & Mahindra and the Transport Wing of Brahma Kumaris.

A cyclothon was flagged off from SRPF grounds, Goregaon (E) and a Helmet Rally was flagged off from BKC, Bandra and both rallies converged at the SRPF grounds, Goregaon (E). More than 11,000 enthusiastic bikers and cyclists joined the rally and a majority of them were present at the road safety lesson and award ceremony after the drive. The Road Safety lesson at the valedictory function of the rallies was officially declared as the ‘Largest lesson in Road Safety’ by Guinness World Records representatives who were witness it and ratified the record. The lesson was delivered by Ravi Gaikwad, DRTO, Borivali and BK Divyaprabha, national co-ordinator, TTW, Brahma Kumaris.

Several dignitaries graced the occasion including Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Maharashtra, actors Dinu Morea, Pulkit Samrat, singers Shaan, Bhoomi Trivedi and Radio Jockey Mallishka.

Various other Road Safety programmes were also held. Blood donation camps, eye check-up camps and road safety slogans were displayed on streets, buses and autorickshaws respectively.