India, Nov. 11 -- Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh on Monday an written advisory to all police commissioners, superintendents, SHOs, and traffic in-charges across the state, directing them to take urgent and coordinated action to reduce road accidents and fatalities.

Singh said nearly 4,000 deaths were reported in Haryana due to road accidents this year till October-five times higher than the number of murders reported during the same period. He said these figures raised a grave concern, and asked police officers to approach the issue with a "humanitarian and mission-oriented mindset."

Singh directed officers to identify accident-prone and blind-spot areas in their jurisdictions, analyse causes, and implement corrective...