India, Jan. 22 -- The District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) has decided to implement road safety measures at major accident-prone junctions by improving road geometry, installing safe pedestrian crossings, lane markings, fencing bollards and high mask lights, officials said on Wednesday.

The initiatives were decided as part of making Gurugram a "zero fatality district" during a meeting held among senior administration officials.

The committee took decisions to introduce safety upgrades at Jail Chowk, Panchgaon Chowk, Bristol Chowk and 4-7-9 Chowk, including road geometry improvements and extensive planning to make road infrastructure inclusive of pedestrians.

"At Panchgaon Chowk on NH-48, where repeated incidents of wrong-side driving ...