Apart from identifying 27 accident-prone areas, the traffic police authorities on Friday took four accident-prone stretches connecting 
Allahabad with neighbouring districts under its scanner.

These stretches are Phaphamau-to-Malaq Har Har ( Allahabad-Lucknow Road), Jhunsi-to-Ramnathpur railway crossing ( Allahabad-Varanasi route), Naini-Zaribazar ( Allahabad-Mirzapur route) and Dhoomanganj-Puramufti ( Allahabad-Kaushambi-Kanpur) route.

Superintendent of police, traffic, Uday Shankar Jaiswal said that these stretches were listed as accident-prone stretches after a number of accidents were reported between these spots. He added that the senior range officials had written a letter to NHAI (national highway authority of India) appealing it to develop these routes so that the cases of road mishaps could be checked.

Jaiswal added that there were several reasons behind increasing number of accidents on these stretches like improper leveling of road, inadequate road space and ill-fated road structures. He claimed that once the NHAI managed to improve the status of these stretches, the cases of fatal and non-fatal accidents could be tackled automatically.

Besides, the traffic police department has streamlined traffic at some important crossings and introduced fresh tempo stoppages to check the cases of jams and blockades. SP, meanwhile, informed that cops had been asked to keep an eye on defaulters and initiate actions accordingly.

Source: The Times of India