The document summarizes an initiative by students at Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai to address traffic congestion caused by students and parents arriving at the school. The students implemented several solutions such as conducting assemblies to raise awareness, encouraging carpooling, walking to school, and directing traffic personally. They saw positive results after two days, with interviews finding that traffic was much less and proceeded more smoothly. The initiative was supported by school administration and helped address an important problem.

8. An Initiative
By Jamnabai Narsee School - ISC
Curb the problem, bring a change.

9. Jamnabai Narsee School
include several famous dignitaries and celebrities.
Jamnabai Narsee School is a private school in Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India. It was founded on January 17, 1971 and
is managed by the Narsee Monjee Educational Trust. The
school building is unusual in architecture with three clusters of
hexagonal classrooms, each with a central foyer. The school is
attended by children from all over Mumbai, and its alumni

10. T R I S H I TA D A S
R I YA S H E T H
A D I T YA M A D N A N I
S H W E TA N C B O T H R A
A A L I A J O H N
Everyone
complains about
the
inconvenience
caused by the
traffic. It was
time to do
something. One
small initiative,
one large relief.
The traffic jam
outside the school
poses a huge
problem each
morning, not only
for students but
also for the
residents of the
area. We wanted to
do our bit to
change that.
We tried to
‘tame the traffic’
problem outside
our school. So,
we put our heart
and soul in
trying to address
the issue. Be the
change you want
to see!
Our endeavour was
to steer our
community - within
school and outside
- towards better
traffic
management. We
put in our efforts,
hoping everyone
follows suit!
Nothing can be
worse than
beginning each
day with the
cacophony and
chaos that comes
with traffic. We
were determined
to change this
scenario!

11. In an attempt to make a
difference,
we stepped out to observe our
neighbourhood. The Juhu Vile
Parle Development Scheme area
houses over a thousand residents
and all of them grudgingly deal
with the frantic
problem of traffic.
Ironically, the school vicinity,
a 'silent zone', ends up an
obstreperous mess.
That's when we realised that around
5,000 students and staff enter the
school en masse, flooding
the narrow streets.
When the problem lies right before us,
we asked ourselves -
shouldn't we change
this?

12. T H E S O L U T I O N ?

13. S O L U T I O N S !
We came up with many ideas:
6. Creating awareness through a
poster making competition
7. Performing a skit to promote the
initiative
8. Promoting the use of the school
bus
9. Encouraging students to walk to
school
1. Conducting an assembly
2. Informing parents through
e-newsletters
3. Creating car-pool groups
4. Setting up a reward system
5. Directing the traffic personally

14. Assemblies were conducted from the Nursery to Grade
Twelve in the following manner:
• Enacted a skit to present to the students how traffic
congestion affects everyone
• Congratulated the students who travel by bus, walk or
carpool
• Highlighted the problem and the chaos caused by
“untamed” traffic.
• Briefed them on the advantages of carpooling and
collective alighting

15. • Divided the students according
to the areas they reside in
• Posed the question: which is better
5 students and 5 cars VS
5 students and 1 car?
(Hint: the latter)
• Promoted the use of school
bus facilities
• All students living in the
vicinity were requested and
encouraged to WALK!

16. every parent.
E-NEWSLETTERS
Making the teachers and
students aware, though
effective, was not enough. Our
campaign had to expand
beyond the boundaries of our
school. Every parent of the
school is connected via emails,
and this platform was used to
notify them. E-newsletters of
Tame the Traffic,
incorporating the hazards and
solutions to the traffic
problem, were sent to

17. Students could select a sub-
topic from a list including ‘No
honking’, ‘Breaking Traffic
Congestion’, ‘Carpools’ and
many others. After an hour
and a half of sketching and
painting, the message was
conveyed.
POSTER-MAKING COMPETITION
Kids love art. Well, most of
them. So, we held a poster
making competition for every
class, and the topic was, of
course, Tame the Traffic!

18. Stepping onto the roads, at peak hour, we
went and tried to control the congestion,
asking parents to drop off their children at
the drop-off locations. Collectively
alighting from the cars was encouraged to
smoothen the traffic movement. We urged
every parent and driver to follow suit and
effectively helped to tame the traffic.

19. We interviewed several parents,
students and teachers. It was
only the second day of our
campaign and the response was
overwhelmingly positive!
Everyone had noticed the
difference that was made.
WE MADE A CHANGE!
“The traffic was MUCH less today.”
“I think this is an excellent
initiative. It was required.”
“It was surprising to find no
one honking. Good job!”
“I think everything proceeded
more smoothly today.”
RESPONSE

20. A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S :
• Aditya Ghosh - Photography
• Ninaad Kulshreshtha - Photography
• A big thank you to all the volunteers of Std XI & XII
for conducting the assemblies
• Sudeeti GM - Photography
• Harsh Bhatt - Photography, Editing, Compilation
• We acknowledge the support and guidance of our
Principal, Ms. Zeenat Bhojabhoy, Vice Principal (ISC),
Ms. Rosalyn Athaide, Headmistress (ISC), Ms. Kalpana
Patange, Foyer Coordinator, Ms. Visalakshi Rhode,
Teachers, Ms. Adelle Almeida, Ms. Palak Sanghvi,
Ms. Renita D'Souza and Ms. Karen Collaco

21. T H A N K Y O U