BHUBANESWAR: Alarmed by the rising fatalities owing to road accidents, the transport department has decided to start an audit of road signages across the state. In the first phase, the audit will be carried out on at least 3,000-km stretch of roads.
“While road accidents are overwhelmingly caused by rash driving and human error, the potential to prevent such accidents and the consequent fatalities lies with the road infrastructure. To make our roads fully signage-compliant, we will start the signage audit,” joint transport commissioner (road safety) Sanjay Biswal said.
