CEAT Kelani Holdings has resumed its Schools Road Safety programme – the Company’s flagship
community initiative in Sri Lanka – this year with the distribution of road safety equipment to 25
schools in several districts of the country.
The manufacturer of products that are closely linked to road safety, CEAT Sri Lanka donated 175
road safety signboards and 200 traffic cones to schools located in congested areas and main cities
such as Colombo, Gampaha, Kandy and Chilaw under this programme which is executed under the
‘CEAT Cares’ portfolio of community initiatives.
Commenting on the resumption of the Schools Road Safety programme, CEAT Kelani Managing
Director Mr Ravi Dadlani said: “Most schools have reopened after the shutdowns necessitated by
the pandemic, and traffic on the roads is back to pre-pandemic levels. The resumption of our
programme is therefore timely. By equipping schools in busy localities with the necessary
equipment, we hope to not only contribute towards the safety of students, parents and staff but to
help remind the public about the need to adhere to road rules and drive safely.”
The beneficiary schools in 2022 to date include Ananda College Chilaw, Bandaranayaka College
Gampaha, Basilika College Ragama, D. S. Senanayake College Colombo, Dharmapala Vidyalaya
Pannipitiya, Dharmasena Attygalle Balika Vidyalaya Kesbewa, Galahitiyawa Central College
Ganemulla, Good Shepherd Convent Colombo, Holy Cross College Gampaha, Holy Family Convent
Colombo, Isipathana College Colombo, Kingswood College Kandy, Presbyterian Girl's School
Dehiwala, President's College Kotte, Royal College Colombo, Sri Chandrajothi Maha Vidyalaya
Yakkala, Sri Dharmaloka Central College Kelaniya, St. Lawrence's Convent Colombo, St. Mary's
College Chilaw, St. Pauls Girls' School Colombo, St. Mary’s College Veyangoda, St. Peter’s College
Colombo, Thurston College Colombo, Wesley College Colombo, and Yasodara Devi Balika Maha
Vidyalaya Gampaha.
Historically, the CEAT ‘Road Safety for School Children’ community programme directly engaged with
students, parents and transport providers, principally school van drivers, and was coupled with the
donation of traffic management kits comprising of traffic cones, safety jackets, traffic signs and other
aids to the traffic squads in each of the schools visited. This year, CEAT has moved forward with a
donations-only model, considering the pandemic-related risks involved in interacting with large
numbers.
Titled ‘Maga Yana Maga’ this programme was initiated in 2009 and has to date covered schools in
Colombo and the Southern, Northern, North Western, Central and Eastern regions of the country.
The manufacturer of half of the country’s pneumatic tyre requirements, CEAT Kelani Holdings is
considered one of the most successful India – Sri Lanka joint ventures. The joint venture’s
cumulative investment in Sri Lanka to date exceeds Rs 8 billion, and another Rs 3.2 billion has been
committed in 2022 for expansion of volumes, technology upgrades and new product development.
The company’s manufacturing operations in Sri Lanka encompass tyres in the radial (passenger cars,
vans and SUVs), commercial (nylon and radial), motorcycle, three-wheeler and agricultural vehicle
segments.
The CEAT brand accounts for market shares in Sri Lanka of 48 per cent in the Radial segment, 80 per
cent in the Truck category, 84 per cent Light Truck tyre category, 51 per cent in the Three-Wheeler
tyre segment, 36 per cent in the Motorcycle tyre segment and 72 per cent in the Agricultural vehicle
tyre category. CEAT Kelani exports about 20 per cent of its production to 16 countries in South Asia,
the Middle East, Africa and the Far East.
OTHER NEWS
Go to NewsCEAT Kelani helps Monaragala’s rubber farmers keep their children in school
Presents school bags, shoes and stationery to 120 students of Vidyartha Maha Vidyalaya, Nakkala
READ MORECEAT tyres roll into Brazil, expanding brand’s export footprint
Brazil, the country that gave the world natural rubber, has become the latest export market for CEAT tyres manufactured in Sri Lanka.
READ MORE