About the Wall of Remembrance

The Wall of Remembrance on the Patialafoundation.org website has been developed to support and give recognition to the Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and compliment the efforts by Government and NGO’s to enhance awareness of road safety!This Online Wall of Remembrance is being published in collaboration with The Patiala Media Club.

The Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was created as a means to give recognition to victims of road traffic crashes and the plight of their loved ones who must cope with the emotional and practical consequences of these events. On 26 October 2005, the United Nations adopted a resolution which calls for governments to mark the third Sunday in November each year as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Observation of this day provides an opportunity to draw the public’s attention to road traffic crashes, their consequences and costs, and the measures which can be taken to prevent them. The day also provides an opportunity to remind governments and society of their responsibility to make roads safer.

The Patiala Foundation website would like to quote from the Guide provided by the World Health Organization:

‘Public remembrance is not for the benefit of victims to remember what happened to them. Victims remember well what happened to them. Public reflection is the act of recognition. It states to the victims and their families that their humanity is valued, that their loss is our loss and that their suffering is shared, if only through recognising the tragedy and error of its occurrence.’(Holocaust Memorial Day Booklet 2007).

The Wall of Remembrance and Road Traffic Victims

 The Wall of Remembrance presents an opportunity to remember the thousands of people killed in road traffic crashes on roads in the State of PUNJAB, and draws attention to the devastating effect of bereavement and injury on victims, victims’ families and society.

It is our vision that this Wall of Remembrance will promote the sharing of knowledge and a greater commitment to road safety, better care and support for victims, a reduction in the number of future victims, and improvement in road safety globally, regionally, nationally and locally.

May this Wall of Remembrance represent a lasting memorial to all those killed and injured, and to the courage, endurance and generosity of victims, survivors and affected families.

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