Overview
- DGP O P Singh wrote to MoRTH Secretary V Umashankar and Haryana PWD Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Aggarwal, asking them to direct Project Implementing Units and the NHAI to complete pending rectifications.
- A joint analysis identified 474 black spots between 2019–20 and 2023–24, with 223 locations already rectified and 251 still awaiting improvement.
- The letter attributes recurring crashes to delays in road repairs, proper signage, service roads, traffic-calming measures and improved lighting.
- Nearly 4,000 fatalities were recorded in Haryana from January to October 2025, a toll that prompted earlier advisories to intensify police-led road safety steps.
- Police describe the initiative as preventive policing driven by data and inter-departmental coordination, with a state scheme offering cashless treatment up to Rs 1.5 lakh for accident victims.