Chandigarh, July 16 -- As many as 178 road stretches in the city have no speed signages, 175 don't have boards for two-wheelers and 637 show a mismatch between the displayed speed-limit and official notified data. This was revealed by Lepton Software, the firm executing the speed-limit mapping project in Chandigarh in collaboration with Google Maps, during the district road safety committee meeting held on Tuesday.

Taking a serious note of the lapses, deputy commissioner (DC) Nishant Kumar Yadav directed the engineering department, traffic police, and other civic agencies to take immediate corrective action. He said that accurate speed limit signage is crucial for commuter safety and law enforcement.

During the meeting other road safety...