Rajasthan Patrika, November 06, 2025
By Pradeep S. Mehta
In the article titled “National Highways: More ‘Corridors of Death’ Than Speed Corridors”, the piece argues that India’s expanding national highway network while intended to enable faster and more efficient transport, has instead become a significant contributor to road fatalities due to systemic safety failures. The article highlights how many upgraded and high-speed corridors lack adequate safety engineering, effective traffic management, and consistent enforcement of driving regulations, turning these stretches into “death corridors” rather than safe mobility routes.
It further underscores persistent issues such as blind curves, inadequate signage, encroachments, and weak enforcement of speed and lane discipline, which collectively heighten crash risks and undermine the intended safety benefits of highway infrastructure improvements. Read more>>
Pradeep Mehta is the Secretary General of CUTS International, a 42-year-old leading global public policy research and advocacy group.
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