FLO supports Speed Challenge: India Against Road Crash

Millions of Indians travel on roads and 415 never come back home, every day. even during the lockdown period of April to June, there were 20,732 road deaths on Indian roads, 29% more than deaths due to covid-19 until June 20. road deaths are the biggest cause of unnatural deaths in our country.

FLO has partnered with NGO Drive Smart Drive safe for an Innovative & Participative Mass Campaign on Road Safety, titled #SafeSpeedChallenge which is in the format of National Road Safety Championship Challenge.

The Road Safety campaign kickstarted from Wagah border on 18 Jan 2021. FLO Amritsar played an eminent role in this awareness\campaign by flagging off an all-women’s car rally from Amritsar to Kanyakumari. Amritsar Chapter Chair Meeta Mehra & the team did the honours for FLO.

Led by a FLO member Garima Avtar, the 14-car convoy was flagged off virtually by Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh Ji and Minister of road and transport, Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji. Garima is an ace female rally driver to have participated in almost all of India's major motorsport competitions.

The rally was flagged off on ground from the Gobindgarh Fort by Chairperson Meeta Mehra, along with core committe members Manjot Dhillon, Arushi Verma, Dr. Simarpreet Sandhu, Mona Singh, Tannya Khanna. Executive team members Raminder Grover, Radhika Joshi, Apporva Kapoor were joined by members, Ramneet Osahan, Bonita Khanna and Monica Kashyap.

All members took the safety pledge and drove with the convoy till the Golden Gate of Amritsar city.