India, Aug. 14 -- The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) and ministry of youth affairs and sports will launch the "Road Safety Mitra" initiative across 19 districts of Maharashtra from August 15. The campaign will involve college students take part in activities to promote safe driving habits and provide assistance during emergencies.

The ministries have emphasised urgent need for local and district-level engagement in road safety efforts, leading to the launch of volunteer-driven initiative across 100 districts in the country, including 19 in Maharashtra, namely Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Jalgaon, Satara, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Beed, Nagpur, Dhule, Yavatmal, Jalna, Amravati, Kolhapur, Nanded, Chandrapur, Buldhan...