KARSINGSA, 15 Oct: About 45 progressive farmers participated in an awareness programme on accidents caused by tractor trailers and other farms machines, organised here in Papum Pare district on Thursday by the agricultural engineering department of the NERIST.

During the programme, Prof KN Dewangan spoke on the importance of having slow-moving vehicle (SMV) emblems on trailers, and delivered a lecture through an audiovisual medium on farm safety, the safety of women in agriculture, and careful use of farm tools.

At the end of the presentation, reflective SMV emblems were distributed to tractor owners.

Prof Dewangan urged the farmers to follow precautions while driving tractors.

The programme was sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.