India, Jan. 31 -- Under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) directives issued earlier in January, the district traffic police, regional transport authority (RTA) and civic bodies are working on a plan to reduce fatalities caused by road accidents.

According to the district administration officials, the traffic police, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and other civic bodies have been directed by the MoRTH to identify accident-prone locations in their zones and submit an action plan to introduce road safety measures, such as signages, mark vision obstruction curves and locations where hard structures along the carriageway are present.

According to the district administration officials, directions were also is...