Index About us Safety Torch Run Event timeline Route Map Opening Ceremony Safety Torch Run-Runners List Phase 1 Junctions Phase 2 Junctions Phase 3 Junctions Signature Campaign during torch run Finishing Ceremony ABOUT US Thozhan (Reg No:1931/2007) , a social reform group incepted on 14th Aug’07 by four youngsters with the vision of changing the society and make this country a wonderful nation in the world. Thozhan has strong presence in chennai with more than 200 volunteers base and also has teams operating in Thiruppur and Rajapalayam. Thozhan has wide area of social activities, such as, Blood , Eye and Organ Donation : Thozhan carries the messages on Eye, Organ and Blood donation to the people. Thozhan also facilitates registration by Donors. Already 370+ Donors have registered for eyes/blood/organs. In 2013, through Thozhan, Mrs. Shanthi had donated her organs and Mrs. Padma had donated her eyes. Traffic Awareness : As per Global status report 2013, In India more than 2, 31,000 People losing their lives in Road accidents every year, which means 26persons die every one hour. Accidents are becoming another important social issue. Thozhan is taking up the same by doing public awareness events across chennai for the past 24 months . As a major milestone, “ACCIDENT FREE NATION", a grant social event of taking responsibility of 100 signals in Chennai was successfully executed on Aug 10th Sunday 4:30PM -6:30PM for a massive Road Safety Awareness with more than 1500 volunteers & 100 leaders. Environment : As an initiative to protect environment, Thozhan does Plastic awareness across chennai. Street cleaning activities also done across chennai streets and even R10 police station was cleaned up by Thozhan volunteers on 19.05.12. Plantation is a counter measure for degrading environment condition.We has planted 266 sapling pudhupakkam village in a single day. Also plantation was carried out at various location such as ramakrishana mission, Ashok pilar Kendriya Vidhyalaya , Pudhur high school,etc., Supporting Homes – We strongly believe that Oldage/orphan homes should not be there in future. We also visit any one oldage/orphan home every month and contribute to their requirement. Last year support was extended to homes around chennai for ~4 lakhs. Leaders Mentoring: We believe, Good leaders make Great nation. Communication is a vital part of good leader. We conduct speech workshop for volunteers every second Saturday of the month. Any social topic will be chosen and discussed. Safety Torch Run Pheidippides, is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver message of a victory to people from Marathon to Athens. We had planned to deliver the message of Road Safety and its importance across chennai city. On account of Road safety week (2nd Jan’15-7th Jan’15), We had planned “Safety Torch Run”, a relay run with flame of light torch by individuals, who follow road safety rules on daily life, through critical spots of chennai to spread out the road safety messages to the people. Safety Torch: 65Kms Relay run by Volunteers across chennai city for spreading out the road safety messages for bringing out the awareness among people. On 11.01.15, the Run started at 6 am at Valluvar Kottam and an ended at Ashok Pillar at 4 pm. Route map is as below, The Event objective was to bring awareness on, • Importance of stop line and abiding Traffic signal. • Necessities if wearing helmet and seat belt. • Insisting Safe Road crossing by insisting pedestrians on following rules. • Risks of driving with distractions (Mobile phones, Music players, etc.,) • Dangers of drunken driving and risks associated with it. Run Procedure: The 65kms distance was divided into Three Phases and 23 Junctions. Before running, Every runner should take Pledge to follow traffic rules throughout their life and sign a commitment. Each Junction has a group of three/four runners To avoid disturbance or distraction to public, the run was a relay one, which means one person carries the torch and run from one point to another. Other 2 or3 runners follow the torch in cycle till his point reach. Event timeline Date: 11.01.15 Day : Sunday Time Activities EVENT 5:30am Naattu Vazhthu 05:33-05:38am Welcome Address OPENING 05:39-05:43 Event Introduction CEREMONY 5.44-05:54am Chief Guest Address 5:55-5:59am Arrangement &Torch Light-up 06:00am Run Kick-off 06:01-9:00am Phase-1 run SAFETY TORCH RUN 9:01-12:00pm Phase 2 run 12:01-04:00pm Phase 3 run 04:01-04:03pm Naattu Vazhthu 04:04-04:09pm Welcome Address CLOSING 04.10-04:25pm Chief Guest Address CEREMONY 04.26-04:29pm Happiness Note 4:30pm National Anthem ROUTE MAP FOR SAFETY-TORCH RELAY RUN Phase 1 Distance Junction No Junction Points Time in Kms 6:00AM 1 Valluvar Kottam 0 6:30AM 2 Connemora library 3.1 7:00AM 3 Ribbon Building(Via Egmore) 3.1 7:30AM 4 Parrys corner 2.7 8:00AM 5 Triumph of labour statue 2.7 8:30AM 6 Gandhi statue 2.6 9:00AM 7 Gemini flyover 3.4 Total 17.6 Kms 3 Hrs Phase 2 Junction Distance Junction Points Time No in Kms 7 Gemini flyover 0 9:00AM 9:30AM 8 Nandanam Signal 3.2 9:50AM 9 T.Nagar Terminus Signal 2.1 10:20AM 10 Saidapet high court signal 3.1 10:45AM 11 Madhya Kailash signal 2.5 11:15AM 12 Thiruvanmiyur signal 3.5 11:30AM 13 Taramani Junction signal 2.5 12:00PM 14 Vijayanagar signal 2.5 Total 19.4 Kms 3 Hrs Phase 3 Junction Distance Junction Points Time No in Kms 12:01PM 14 Vijaya Nagar Signal 0 12:30PM 15 Phoenix Mall(Via Velachery MRTS) 3.7 1:00PM 16 Hotel Le Meridien 3.2 1:30PM 17 Radison Blu 2.8 2:00PM 18 Airport 3.5 2:30PM 19 OTA Entrance 3.1 2:45PM 20 Olympia Tech Park 2.6 3:20PM 21 Sivan Park 3.6 3:50PM 22 Power House 3.3 4:00PM 23 Ashok Pillar 2.2 Total 28.0 4 Hrs Opening Ceremony Place: Valluvar Kottam Time: 05.30am Guest: Mr Jahir Hussain, Social Worker Mrs Seetha Lakshmi, PET director Attendees: 50 People Highlights : Before opening ceremony, Dhana & Team performed Flash Mob on Road Safety. The ceremony begun with the Naattu Vaazhthu song. Mrs Seetha Lakshmi lit off the light of “Accident Free Nation”. Welcome address delivered by Mr Karthik Special Guest address was given by Mr Jahir Hussain and Mr Seetha Lakshmi. All the volunteers and Chief guest took the pledge to follow traffic rules. Mrs Seetha Lakhshmi lit the safety torch with the flame to make our Accident Free Nation. Mr Jahir Hussain begun the run for 65kms relay run from Valluvar Kottam. All the participants were so excited to be a part of the event and felt proud to run for the cause of road safety awareness. Safety Torch Run-Runners List Jn Runners Location No Runner 1 Runner 2 Runner 3 Runner 4 1 Valluvar Kottam Senthil Vinoth Kumar Kartik Varadharajan Shasha Prem Shasha Prem 2 Connemora library Shasha Prem Team Chandragupta Team Team 3 Ribbon Building Govarthan Team Govarthan Team Govarthan Team Kannan 4 Parrys corner Lokesh Rekapalli Ragavendra Boopathy - Triumph of labor 5 Balaji Damodaran Hitesh Muthuraman - statue 6 Gandhi statue Hari Ramalingam Bhaskar Sadiq Ali Anand Tamizharasu 7 Gemini Flyover Tamizharasu Team Tamizharasu Team - Team Girl Name Ask 8 Nandanam Signal Ananthakrishnan Ashwinkumar GVN - Ananthakrishnan Gomathy Shankar 9 T.Nagar Signal Bala Chandar - Sai Sathya - - - Saidapet high 10 Raj Kanan - Madhana Dr.Prahalathan Kk - court signal Madhya Kailash 11 Praveen - Reshman Thiru Kumaran - Signal Thiruvanmiyur Senthamizharas 12 Raaga piriyan - signal u P Akhil Prakash Taramani Junction 13 Angaraj N Sriram Ilam vazhuthi Deepak Doss signal Vijayanagar Bus 14 Gokul Ferozteen Bharani - - stand signal 15 Phoenix Mall Gowtham - Gowtham - Immanuvel Saravanan Saranraj - 16 Hotel Le Meridien Manimaran , Saranraj - Scout Saranraj - Scout Scout Ilaya Bharatham Ilaya Bharatham Ilaya Bharatham 17 Radison Blu - Vijay Vijay Vijay Venkat 18 Airport Srivatsu Gowri Raju Aravamudhan 19 OTA Entrance Lit The Lite Team Lit The Lite Team Lit The Lite Team - Senthil Murugan 20 Olympia Tech Park Lakshmanan K Gowtham Sarath- K 21 Sivan Park Care N Share Care N Share Care N Share Ganesh Karthikeyan N , 22 Power House Durgaprasad Duraimurugan Vigneswaran Akilandeswari Valluvar Kottam Connemara library Ribbon Building MadhyaParrys Kailassh Corner Signal Gandhi Statue Labour Statue Gemini Flyover Nandanam Signal T-Nagar Signal Saidapet Signal Madhya KailashKailassh Signal Signal Thiruvanmiyur Signal Taramani Signal Velachery Signal Phoenix mall Hotel Le Meridien Radisson Hotel AirportMadhya Kailassh Signal OTAEntrance Olympia Technopark Sivan Park Power House Signature campaign during Safety Torch run All the runners who participated in the relay run and also the volunteers cheered them took the pledge for following traffic rules throughout their lifetime and signed as commitment Finishing Ceremony Place: Ashok Pillar Time: 04.00 - 04.30 pm Guest: Mr. Kalyanji, Personal Secretary to Mahtma Gandhi Highlights : The Saftey torch which carried the message of Accident Free Nation” across chennai city was received by Mr Kalyanji. Closing Ceremony begun with the Naattu Vaazhthu song. Welcome address delivered by Mr Nakkeeran “Safety torch run”-Event summary deliverd by Mr Radhakrishnan. Model Signal document and animation video were released by Mr Kalyanji and received by Mr Jagadeesh. Special Guest address was given by Mr Kalyanji. All the volunteers and Chief guest took the pledge to follow traffic rules. Happiness note delivered by Mr Rajesh Kanna. All the participants were so happy and determined to follow traffic rules.