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Street Lighting

HIGH MAST LIGHTING

High mast lighting, with light sources mounted on top of poles one hundred and more feet high, is finding increasing application, reports "The Shire and Municipal Record", Australia. Major traffic intersections, highways, airfields, railway yards, wharf areas, outdoor factory areas, sports fields, mines, bridge approaches-this is a random collection of locations where high mast lighting shows up to advantage.

This method of outdoor lighting gives excellent light distribution and practically shadowless illumination. The light source is lifted above the level where clouds of

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Kandla, Jodia, Okha Dwarka, Porbandar, Veraval, Bhavnagar, Cambay, Dahej, Surat, Magadalla, Billimora, Daman, Nargol, Sanjan etc. having a length of about 1752 Kms. is planned and priority is assigned to this road. The road is existing in 806 Kms. with pucca surface and work is in progress in about 403 Kms. of roads.

(e) About 36000 vehicles were running on roads in Gujarat in 1960, which are now increased approximately to 1,25,000, which attributes to increase facilities, in road development.

(f) In Fourth Plan it is expected to complete about 6818 K. Ms. of roads and about 175 bridges.

Roads are the life lines of a country and this is particularly true in the case of Gujarat which is fast developing into one of the industrial hubs of Modern India. Progress in industrialism and in road construction have to go hand in hand and all efforts are being made to see that road development in Gujarat State does not fall out of step with requirements of communi. cation facilities.

dust or dirt near the ground can obscure it; it reduces the number of poles required for a given area, thereby minimising traffic hazards, lowering installation and maintenance costs and improving the appearance of the "townscape".

Good Lighting Is Good Investment

"Good lighting is good investment", was the message given by Lord Nelson, Chairman of the General Electric Co. Ltd., at a seminar on "Lighting with Solarcolour” held in London by Osram (G.E.C.) Ltd. Luminaires For Street Lighting

Indian Standards Institution has published the first revision of an Indian Standard Specification for Luminaires for Street Lighting (IS: 2149-1970) which covers street-lighting luminaires rated for a maximum voltage of 250 V and used on public thoroughfares and on industrial service roads and is limited to their constructional, mechanical, electrical and photometric features. It does not cover auxiliaries and lamps used with these luminaires.

This standard, which was first published in 1962, has been revised to take account of the considerable developments in design, manufacturing techniques and materials that have taken place since its first publication and to include photometric requirements and photometric test procedures.

The street-lighting luminaires covered in this standard utilize tungsten fiament lamps, tubular fluorescent lamps and elec tric discharge lamps.

The Standard provides for certification marking of the product, manufactured according to this specification, under the ISI Certification Marks Scheme. Manufacturers desirous of taking licences for putting ISI Mark on their products may contact the Indian Standards Institution.

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Branches: AHMEDABAD AMBALA BANGALORE BOMBAY CALCUTTA DELHI HYDERABAD
KANPUR MADRAS RHOTAK SRINAGAR

Road Safety

Stands For Calcutta Traffic Police

Traffic Policemen in Calcutta, who handle one of the most difficult and heavy traffic loads in the world, are now using stands donated by Dunlop India at import ant road intersections. These stands have been designed with a view to attracting the attention of motorists from a distance.

Mr. R. G. S. Nairn, Managing Director of Dunlop India, handed over 30 stands to Mr. P. C. Bhattacharjee, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) at Dunlop House a few months ago. Referring to Dunlop's close association with the Calcutta Traffic Police in promoting road safety, Mr. Nairn

expressed the hope that with the co-operation of motorists and pedestrains, it would be possible to reduce the number of road accidents in this city.

A further consignment of 30 stands were donated by Dunlop India in December, 1970.

Safety Greetings Card

Motorists in Delhi were pleasantly surprised on New Year's Eve when smiling policemen at important road intersections

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handed over a card with New Year Greeti. ngs from the Delhi Traffic Police. The card said, "Delhi Traffic Police wishes you a Happy New Year and Safe Motoring". On the back folio of the card, produced by Dunlop India in the interest of road safety, were the New Year Resolutions for every motorist. A news agency despatch from Delhi on January 1, said, "To help those behind the wheels steer clear of their habitual misdea-meanours, the card bore the text of six simple resolutions, which, if observed, would help minimise accidents, curses and challans for the rest of the year".

The card was so popular that many motorists took the trouble of approaching the Police authorities for extra copies and this was promptly complied with. This novel method of road safety education received praise from newspapers and was covered in the television news.

Automatic Signals For Jaipur

The automatic signals and 20 blinkers would be installed at important road crossings to regulate traffic in Jaipur city.

This was stated at a meeting held in Jaipur on July 4 under the chairmanship of the Home Commissioner, Mr. S. L. Khurana, to remove traffic congestion in the city.

Delhi's Hit-And-Run Drivers

The "Statesman" reports: The most despicable of road criminals, the hit and run driver has slowly carved a niche for himself in Delhi's chaotic traffic scene. Last year no fewer than 132 lives were taken by hit and run drivers, nearly 25 percent of the number of fatal accidents. Children, old people and cyclists have been the victims of hit and run drivers. Police do not have statistics but admit that very few hit and run drivers are ever traced.

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Fire Fighting
Carelessness-A Crime In
Fire Prevention

By R. S. Gupta,

DIRECTOR, NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE COLLEGE, NAGPUR.

Fire is a great friend, but uncontrolled fire is the greatest enemy. From the dawn of civilisation, we find, how fire had gradually helped us in our progress, though it had also sometimes struck us very badly, at the most unguarded moment, causing colossal loss of life and property. The damages and destruction of lives and properties, caused by the natural pheno. mena like flood, cyclone or earthquake deserve consolation, as the destructive power of nature, causing these calamities. have not yet been fully harnessed, but death and destruction, arising out of fire, are on a different footing and are not the products of natural calamities. They have mostly been found to be caused by carelessness and lack of fire consciousness, on the part of human beings.

Lack of Care & Fire Consciousness

Most of us are some times careless in handling fire and fire producing materials. Parents sometimes do not say anything, even when they find their children playing with fire works or match-boxes. Burning match sticks or glowing cigarette or bidi ends are disposed of sometimes carelessly without appreciating the dangerous consequences. Old and dilapidated electrical wirings with tape joints and defective appliances, are used again and again with an air of carelessness. We find that on many religious and social functions, private houses or dwellings are decorated by erecting pandals etc. with illuminations. The responsibility of such illumination is sometimes entrusted to wayside contractors for economical reasons, who might not be so careful in their job. The result might be the overloading of the circuit, frequent blowing off of the fuse and short circuits or sparks from the loose joints. If such short circuits and sparks take place in close proximity to combustible decorative clothings or paper, a devastating fire might

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crores, excluding the vast majority of small fires in the countryside, which remain unreported. The annual incidence of the reported fires has an ascending trend during the recent years, and industrial account for the maximum loss, in addition to the fires in the households, farm lands, crops and haystack. Of all the reasons, misuse of electricity account for 30% of the fires. Near about and next is the careless smoking and disposal of waste products. A careful probe into the causes of these fires will reveal that most of them could be prevented, had somebody exercised his common sense and some carefulness. The causes of all such fires are, however, confined to misuse of electricity, carelessness in the lighting or use of ovens, naked flame,

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