KUTCH (EAST) police and L&T Samkhiyali Gandhidham Tollway Limited (L&T SGTL) have closed 70 illegal access points and gaps in the median on the Samakhiyali-Gandhidham stretch of National Highway 41 in Kutch district as part of a special drive, resulting in a 78 per cent reduction in animal fatalities on the six-lane highway over the past one year.
The special drive was launched on October 2, 2020 to prevent motor accidents and to check animals from straying on the highway. During the year-long drive, police and L&T SGTL blocked 70 illegal access points and gaps in the divider by erecting or restoring metal-beam crash barriers and constructing dividers on the highway, which connects Kandla and Mundra ports to the rest of the country.
