Overview
- The UNICEF and CACR programme ran from February 2025 to March 2026 across 34 BMC K-East Ward schools, reaching 2,609 students.
- An August 2025 audit documented missing or poorly visible school-zone and speed-limit signage, damaged or encroached footpaths, random parking near gates, heavy congestion at bell times, and a lack of drop-off zones.
- The initiative trained 94 student ‘Road Safety Messengers’ and 57 teacher ‘Road Safety Ambassadors’, with 180 peer sessions held and School Safety Committees meeting 144 times.
- Community outreach sensitised about 965 people, including auto-rickshaw unions and delivery partners, to promote safer practices around schools.
- Early fixes are visible at Nityanand Municipal School near the Western Express Highway, where speed breakers, zebra crossings, school-zone signs, and separate entry and exit gates were installed, and organisers now plan periodic monitoring and joint reviews as the model expands.