Mumbai-Pune E-way missing link now open: 13.3 km bypass that cuts travel time by 30 minutes – What commuters need to knowMumbai-Pune Expressway’s long-awaited Missing Link will open to traffic on May 1, 2026. The 13.3-km bypass is expected to reduce travel tim...
01 May, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks response from Centre, others on plea to prevent cattle intrusion on highwaysThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and states for their views on a plea to keep stray cattle off national and state highways. The court...
06 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
Govt to open driving schools in 120 aspirational districts, aims to create 1 crore jobs: Transport Minister GadkariThe government is launching a major initiative to boost employment and road safety. Over the next five years, driving schools will open in ...
26 Mar, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
NHAI signs MoU with Reliance Jio to send safety alerts to its usersUnder the telecom-based safety alert system, Jio users traveling on national highways will receive advance warnings on their mobile phones ...
02 Dec, 2025, 03.17 PM IST
Google Maps to have 'black spots' to alert commuters in accident-prone areasDelhi Traffic Police will mark accident-prone 'black spots' on Google Maps to alert commuters in real-time, starting with the 2024 list of ...
10 Aug, 2025, 10.49 AM IST
Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway: Six categories of vehicles banned from next monthBengaluru-Mysuru Expressway was opened to traffic in March 2023. In five months, more than 300 road accidents have been reported on the hig...
25 Jul, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Goa identifies 70 accident-prone zones for installation of AI cameras to enhance road safetyDisorderly driving and the damaging of traffic medians, which enable two-wheelers to change lanes haphazardly, have been identified as majo...
01 Jul, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
IRF to conduct road safety audit on Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway to identify, remove deficienciesInternational Road Federation President Emeritus KK Kapila said that after Mistry lost his life on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway, IRF decide...
07 Sep, 2022, 05.55 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma undertakes measures to curb road accidentsHimanta Biswa Sarma has asked Transport Minister Parimal Suklabaidya to hold a meeting with the PWD and transport department to ensure nece...
03 Aug, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Over speeding a major cause of road accidents in Assam: GovernmentAssam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary in a statement said, "75.30% of the cause of 2,629 deaths in 2020 in Assam was due to over ...
13 Aug, 2021, 10.47 PM IST
Why the Yamuna Expressway continues to remain accident-proneHere is a closer look at why the Yamuna Expressway continues to remain accident-prone and deadly.
14 Jul, 2019, 05.23 PM IST
Accident-prone teens drive up mortality ratesNot surprisingly, even in the younger age-band, teenagers seem more prone to accidents.
22 Mar, 2019, 01.19 PM IST
Government spending over Rs 20,000 crore to fix accident prone spots: Nitin GadkariAs per the report 'Rear Seat Belt Usage and Child Road Safety in India', 90 per cent of the total 6,306 respondents said they do not use re...
11 Jan, 2019, 01.49 PM IST
Boundary walls to be raised at accident-prone spots along rail tracks: RPF DGNow, RPF teams have been directed to identify areas where people generally cross railway tracks," Arun Kumar said.
09 Dec, 2018, 06.59 PM IST
Don’t compromise with safety, human life is precious: Supreme Court to railwaysA social justice bench said the law enacted in 1989 for doing away with unmanned level crossings has not been implemented in the last 26 ye...
08 Aug, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
Government sanctions Rs 10 crore to CRRI to map accident prone spots in DelhiGovernment has sanctioned Rs 10 crore to Central Road Research Institute for locating accident-prone spots in Delhi and suggest remedies to...
16 Jan, 2015, 03.32 PM IST
- Holistic approach to reduce road accidents
To reduce the accident rate on roads, the department is taking various measures, including improving the skills of drivers and accident pro...
28 May, 2007, 09.00 PM IST