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vi. We should clean the bathroom regularly.
vii We should not leave kitchen, toilet, bathroom and floor slippery.
viii. We should use fire, carefully. We should put out fire in a windy day and when we go
out of home.
ix. We should not play with fire and explosives

x. We should switch off the electric circuits when we go out of home.
xi. We should fill the ditches and puddles around our house.
xii. We should store insecticides and pesticides away from the reach of children.

xiii. We should keep lighter and match box away from the reach of children.
xiv. We should keep railing and handrail on the stairs.
xv. We should not play on the roof top.

Fig: 19

2. Safety measures on the road
We should adopt safety measures while going from
one place to another. Many accidents occur on
the road every day. In Nepal, hundreds of people
lose their life every year due to road accidents. The
number of road accidents is increasing day by day in
urban areas. Therefore, it is essential to provide safety
education to the people. It helps to reduce the rate
of road accidents. We should adopt following safety
measures on the road to minimize road accidents. Fig: 20
i. We should follow traffic rules while walking and driving on the road.

ii. We should cross the road any form the zebra-crossing. We should cross the road very
carefully seeing left and right if there is no zebra-crossing.
iii. We should walk only from the left side of the road.

iv. We should not play on the road.
v. We should get up and down the school bus in a queue.
vi. We should always walk on the footpath.

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