PROJECT SUBJECT: 

This is the result of an inspiration to identify  solution to the congested traffic infront of our school.   Our school building accommodates two schools English Medium which closes at 11.55 hrs and Hindi Medium which commences at 12.05 hrs.   2232 students with 900 bi-cycles and 500 two-wheelers assemble between 11.55 to 12.05 hrs in the main entrance, which is incidentally a main road where dozens of cycle-rishaws, auto-trishaws, and other public/private vehicles park to pick up/drop the students apart from numerous passing vehicles.   We worked for three months to achieve the result.

PROJECT !--object--IVES: 

Our school building has three different entrances two from main road and one from adjoining church compound. Church compound is adequate enough to park student vehicles.   If students coming from South and west side of the school enter/exit through west side gate keeping their vehicles in Church compound,   students coming from north and east sides enter/exit through the gate provided in the South-East side parking their vehicles in the East side ground of the school and Teachers enter through the main gate and keep their vehicles in the corner of school ground, the crossing in the main road in front of the school building can be avoided.   This regulation will eradicate frequent accidents and subsequent injuries in front of the school.   Further, public who are passing through this main road for boarding trains and other purposes can freely travel. This regulation will also help the local district administration to avoid deputation of  police personnel to regulate the traffic.     Studies and analysis helped us to formulate above methodology to regulate the traffic through three available gates of the school building as an alternative to traffic chaos in front of our school.

PROJECT RESEARCH: 

During Traffic week , Prehari organized  lectures to educate traffic rules to students with local assistance. During this lecture, our students took  pledge to follow traffic rules in its right earnest.   In the ensuing seminar, activists of Prehari decided to regulate the traffic in front of our school with students? cooperation.   Our decision was well acknowledged by school authorities and local administration.     There was  consistent demand from local administration to regulate traffic in front of the school.    After formation of Chhattisgarh State and State High Court in Bilaspur, movement of VVIPs increased and unregulated traffic in front of the school has become  headache to the local district administration too.     Studies, discussions and detailed analysis helped us to reach an action plan.   Our school building accommodates 1096 students of English Medium and 1136 students of Hindi medium from Class six to twelve. It situates in Railway settlement, just one kilometer away from Railway station on the bank of main road connecting Railway station with city.   At least four popular express/passenger trains pass through Bilspur Railway station around the closure of English Medium and commencement of Hindi medium schools. Hundreds of passengers pass through this mainroad during this time apart from public proceeding to market and other places.   Hindi medium students awaiting in the main road to enter into the school building and English medium students rushing out after the school hours apart from nearly one hundred teachers are always creating chaos in the main road.   In order to overcome this problem police personnel are deputed by district administration to try their best to control over the situation. In spite of best efforts, at least two-three accidents take place in front of the school in a week causing injuries.

PROJECT ACTION PLAN: 

Consequent upon studies, analysis and discussions we have designed the following regulation on entry/exit to school building.   students coming from South and west sides of the school keeps their vehicles in Church compound and enter/exit through west side gate from the church compound, students coming from north and east sides park their vehicles in east side of the school and enter/exit through South-East side from the main road, Teachers enter through the main gate and keep their vehicles in the corner of school ground, to avoid unwanted crossing in the main road in front of the school building.   In order to achieve the desired result of our project we devised the following action plan: -   At the very outset we obtained the approval of Principals of both English and Hindi Medium Schools .   Then we educated the students of both Hindi and English Medium schools class-wise during games period. During recess we also counseled the students group-wise.   With the permission of our Teachers, we left the school 5 minutes advace and counseled auto-rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw drivers to park their vehicles away from the entrances.     We also motivate the students during counseling to suggest their parents to drop/pick up them little distance away from the entrance.   English Medium Teachers were requested to wait for five minutes to leave with their vehicles since by which time all the students will be vacating the school premises.   Our actions were well acknowledged and students started keeping their vehicles as stipulated and made their entry/exit through the earmarked gates.   Since the students were entering/exiting through nominated gates, both auto-rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw drivers parked their vehicles near to the nominated gate of the area.

PROJECT RESULTS: 

The amazing result achieved is very much tangible.   Both the inflow and outflow of students is very well regulated and chaos in the main road disappeared automatically.   Road users are having a very pleasant riding.   Now no Police personnel are deputed to regulate the traffic.   Even the VVIP movements are arranged freely.    Elimination of unwanted crossing resulted smooth traffic.     As a by-product sound pollution by continuous sounding of horns, air pollution with frequent raising of vehicles, excessive burning of fuel oil of vehicles amidst traffic block etc could also be saved with this effort, though can not be estimated accurately.   Above all, young students reading in Class VI to XII have understood the importance of following traffic rules in their daily life. This worthy achievement through the participation and enforcement of self discipline by nearly 2250 students of both Bharat Matha English and Hindi Medium schools set an example to many.   Visualizing this self discipline, cycle-rickshaw and auto-rickshaw drivers have also started parking their vehicle at least near the school in a regulated manner.