{"id":22757,"date":"2026-09-11T04:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22757"},"modified":"2026-09-11T04:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:20:16","slug":"collector-makes-thar-fortuner-owners-take-road-safety-pledge-video-goes-viral-ahmedabad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22757","title":{"rendered":"Collector makes Thar, Fortuner owners take road safety pledge, video goes viral | Ahmedabad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134043900,imgsize-12524552,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Collector makes Thar, Fortuner owners take road safety pledge, video goes viral\" title=\"Image Credit: X (Department of Information &amp; Publicity)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Image Credit: X (Department of Information &amp; Publicity)\">Image Credit: X (Department of Information &amp; Publicity)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AHMEDABAD: The Daman administration has brought together owners of Mahindra Thar and Toyota Fortuner SUVs as part of a road-safety initiative amid growing online discussion around the two vehicles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A large number owners took part in the \u201cThar-Fortuner Sankalp Yatra\u201d and a road safety pledge administered by the district collector, the administration said in a post on X on Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The administration also tagged Mahindra chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/anand-mahindra\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anand Mahindra<\/a> in the post.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>\u201cThar and Fortuner owners participating in the \u2018Thar-Fortuner Sankalp Yatra\u2019 and taking the Road Safety Pledge administered by district collector,\u201d the post said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>A video shared with the post shows Fortuners and Thars lined up together as part of the rally. <!-- -->A banner at the event carries the message, \u201cRaftaar nahi, sansakar\u201d (Not speed, but values).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Reacting to the video, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw praised the initiative. \u201cI think India needs this kind of \u2018schooling\u2019 more than another driving lesson! Commendable move by the Daman Collector,\u201d she said in a post on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cMaking Thar and Fortuner owners take an oath to drive safely, sometimes a little public pledge may work better than a thousand road signs!\u201d she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The initiative comes amid continued public debate online over the image of the two SUVs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The Daman administration did not link the campaign to any specific accident or incident. Instead, its post presented the gathering as an effort to encourage responsible driving and road safety.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ahmedabad\/collector-makes-thar-fortuner-owners-take-road-safety-pledge-video-goes-viral\/articleshow\/134042148.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: X (Department of Information &amp; Publicity) AHMEDABAD: The Daman administration has brought together owners of Mahindra Thar and Toyota Fortuner SUVs as part of a road-safety initiative amid growing online discussion around the two vehicles.A large number owners took part in the \u201cThar-Fortuner Sankalp Yatra\u201d and a road safety pledge administered by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789100418_unnamed-file.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Image Credit: X (Department of Information &amp; 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