Jamshedpur, April 23: Starting today, citizens would be given suggestions on road safety norms for the next seven days.

A joint initiative of Safety Awareness for All (SAFE) Club of Tata Steel and the district administration, the Safety Awareness Week was declared formally open at JRD Tata Sports Complex this morning.

Almost 500 students from 50 schools participated in the inaugural programme, putting around 33 models on display. Not only were the students enthusiastic, the guests too showed an eager interest in discussing ideas with the youngsters.

“The ideas turned out to be quite interesting. We never thought that young people such as these have the potential to come up with such innovative ideas,” said N.M. Kulkarni, the deputy commissioner of East Singhbhum, who was the chief guest on the occasion.

Participation of children in the programme indicated a high awareness level towards road safety.

Over the next week, a domestic safety programme would be launched on April 25, an initiative of Basera. A nukkad natak, a just-a-minute competition and an interactive session of parents with members of the district administration would be inaugurated at Andhra Association. A debate, rally and quiz are also part of the programme.

H. Jha, vice-president, safety and long Products, Tata Steel, superintendent of police, Navin Singh, SAFE chairperson Sumathi Muthuraman, SAFE co-chairperson Surekha Nerurkar and other SAFE committee members were present on the occasion.

Sunita Singh, a SAFE committee member representing Telcon, delivered the welcome address.

TCIL and Telcon sponsored the poster making and model making contests. All events for the day were conducted under the supervision of Chandra Sharan, convener, SAFE.