Hyderabad: Short film contest winners felicitated

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Traffic Police (CTP) have become model police for their Road Safety for their timely and innovative initiatives said VC Sajjanar, Police Commissioner, Cyberabad Police, while speaking at the 2nd awards presentation function of Short Film Contest on "Pedestrian Safety," an initiative of Cyberbad Traffic Police, SCSC(Society for Cyberabad Security Council) and Cyberabad Police here in the city on Thursday night.

The contest which is a half yearly affair was the second in the series. It had the theme "Pedestrian Safety". The contest attracted 68 entries, mostly comprised of students, youth, employees, families.

Ram Kiran Reddy for his film 'The Right Way', Nitish Singh's 'Another Chance' and Prashanth Rathod's 'The Crowd' emerged first three winners and walked away with Rs 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000- prize money respectively. The next 7 best participants were given away appreciation certificates and Rs 5000 each prize money. All the first ten short films) were screened on the occasion. The contestants were supposed to short films on Pedestrian Safety for not more than 2 minutes. Rest of the 58 were given away participation certificates.

Some of the key messages given in the short films are: 'You are a zero, not a hero if you break the traffic rules'; 'life doesn't have rewind button, better be careful'; 'Walk for life. Safety begins at home'; 'Life is not just yours. There is a family depends on you. It is not fair to leave them behind'; and, 'Foot path is for pedestrians and road is for vehicles'.

"The response to the contest, the second in the series was very good and the creative standards are on par with the best," said Police Commissioner Sajjanar. He informed 184 out of 725 road accident deaths occurred in the Cyberabad in 2020 were those of pedestrians, which amounts to nearly 25%. "Though the accident deaths have come down by 30% due to Covid, we must reduce more road fatalities. People die in accidents due to indiscipline, carelessness and lack of awareness," he explained.

SOME MESSAGES BY FILMMAKERS

♦ You are a zero, not a hero if you break the traffic rules

♦ 'life doesn't have rewind button, better be careful

♦ Walk for life. Safety begins at home

♦ Life is not just yours. There is a family depending on you

♦  Footpath is for pedestrians and road is for vehiclesa