Lucknow, Dec. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh has approved road-safety projects worth Rs.181.55 crore for 2025-26, with the chief secretary SP Goyal on Tuesday clearing major proposals of the transport department and the traffic directorate at a meeting of the Road Safety Fund Management Committee here.

The transport department will receive Rs.146.55 crore and the traffic directorate Rs.35 crore for wide-ranging initiatives, including a large-scale sensitisation event in February 2026, awareness programmes across all 75 districts, activities of road-safety clubs in schools, and competitions at block, district, division and state levels.

Funds have also been allocated for corrective works, publicity on state roadways buses, and sending e-challans and...