India plans to extend its marquee Incident Management Services (IMS) to all national highways to reduce road fatalities and improve safety for road users.
As part of this initiative, highways would be equipped with ambulances, cranes, round-the-clock patrol vehicles.
It also provides skilled workers capable of providing quick post-crash response, critical in saving lives of accident victims.
Road accidents claimed 156,000 lives in 2021 in India - or 457 lives per day.
Indian roads report one accident every minute, and one fatal accident every four minute.