CEAT Kelani Holdings has broadened the scope of its flagship community initiative promoting road safety around schools by engaging with the Police and the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police (SLCMP) of the Sri Lanka Army, two institutions that play lead roles in this domain, a CEAT Kelani Holdings spokesman said and added the company recently presented stocks of traffic management-related signboards and traffic cones to these institutions, as one of its community commitments that makes up the ‘CEAT Cares’ portfolio of community projects.
Signboards and traffic cones presented to the Cinnamon Gardens Police Station are to be strategically placed on main roads to facilitate traffic management near schools, Government institutions and other high-traffic areas within the station’s jurisdiction, supporting CEAT’s efforts to help improve road safety and aid law enforcement maintain smooth traffic flow.
The signboards presented to the Military Police of the Sri Lanka Army will facilitate the SLCMP’s role in traffic control and ensuring safety during national celebrations such as Independence Day celebrations and national war heroes commemoration and events organised by the Sri Lanka Army.
An articulation of CEAT’s credo – ‘Making mobility safer and smarter every day’ – the CEAT Cares program has been sustained by CEAT Kelani Holdings since 2010 and has benefitted 290 schools across the country to date. It involves the presentation of traffic safety equipment to schools close to main roads and in high congestion zones as part of the company’s continuing commitment to make commuting safer, especially for school children.