<![CDATA[Home Guards and the City Police on Saturday took out a motorcycle rally to create awareness on wearing helmet as part of Road Safety Week celebrations. The rally started near VOC Grounds and was flagged off by the Police Commissioner Mr. K. Periaiah in the presence of the Deputy Commissioners of Police Mr. Sujit Kumar (traffic) and Mr. G.Dharmaraj (headquarters). Mr. Periaiah also took part in the rally riding a motorcycle with T. K. Dhanashekar, Area Commander of Home Guards of Coimbatore city, as the pillion rider. Flagging off the rally, Mr. Periaiah urged senior officers to organise various road safety awareness programmes and appreciate motorists for good practices. The rally passed through LIC junction, Lakshmi Mills junction, Women's Polytechnic, Gandhipuram and Dr. Nanjappa Road before ending near VOC Grounds. As many as 150 Home Guards and around 20 traffic police personnel took part in the rally. Apart from riders, pillion riders, who took part in the rally, also wore helmets.]]>
