PANCHKULA: You will now need to undertake a first aid training course and pass its test before applying for a driving licence (DL) in Panchkula .The Haryana transport department has made first-aid training from Red Cross Society compulsory for a driving licence or renewing it. The applicant would be eligible for the licence only after clearing the first aid test.The training would be given on the first floor of the old age home run by the Red Cross Society in Sector 15 between 1 pm and 5 pm on all five working days in a week.Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Sushil Kumar, “Before getting a permanent driving license, first aid training and its test is mandatory. The order has come keeping in mind the safety of the passengers.”Red Cross Society secretary Anil Joshi said the orders have come from the transport commissioner and they have started the facility at all centres throughout Haryana. He said training can be given to 40 people at one time. Participants will be told how to give first aid during an accident and how to save a person in case of emergency.The society after conducting the training and test will issue a certificate to the candidate. A person who wishes to renew his licence will also have to follow the same procedure, officials said.Red Cross Society will provide a first aid training course and then conduct a testAll driving licence applicants and those wishing to renew it will have to take the course and give the testThe training will be given at the old age home run by the Red Cross Society in Sector 15 between 1 pm and 5 pm on all five working days in a week.