India, Nov. 10 -- Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh on Monday issued a strong 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.

Citing alarming statistics, Singh said that the state recorded nearly 4,000 deaths from road accidents this year till the end of October - five times higher than the number of murders reported during the same period. The DGP called these deaths a matter of grave concern and urged police officers to approach the issue with a "humanitarian and mission-oriented mindset".

He directed officers to identify accident-prone and blind-spot areas in their jurisdi...