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 awareness messages via WhatsApp. The committee also cleared Rs 12 crore for ongoing detention yards in nine districts and Rs 2.02 crore for CCTV installation at key intersections in Ballia. To meet the chief minister's target of reducing road-accident deaths by 50%, the state will spend Rs 50 crore on electronic enforcement devices in 75 districts, with higher allocations to the 25 worst-affected districts. Enforcement capacity will be strengthened through the purchase of 18 hi-tech interceptor vehicles and 106 tablets. The traffic directorate will additionally procure iron and folding barriers, helmets, jackets, breath analysers and speed guns worth Rs 25 crore....