pune the city traffic police after a through study of an accidentprone stretch of the katrajdehu road bypass have compiled a list of corrective measures to reduce mishaps especially at bhoomkar chowk and navale bridge the extensive study covered a 10km stretch from new katraj tunnel to vadgaon bridge on sinhagad road the police have submitted their recommendations to the national highways authority of india nhai police have recommended 24 corrective measures such as digital sign boards at various points rumbler strips reflectors speed limit signs precautions realignment of entry and exit points installation of safety railings and filling potholes among others these are among primary steps to reduce accidents on the stretch we are holding discussions with nhai and hope the measures are implemented soon deputy commissioner of police rahul shrirame said senior inspector nandkishor shelke and an nhai team visited all the spots and discussed these measures on saturdaythe study was commissioned after a major accident near navale bridge in which four persons died after a speeding truck ploughed through several vehicles this spot has witnessed many accidents in the past primarily because of a gradual slope from new katraj tunnel to vadgaon bridge drowsy drivers and poorly maintained trucks police saidright now we are focusing on reducing the speed of heavy vehicles on the bypass there are many spots on the bypass where improvements are required rumbler strips blinkers digital sign boards speed limit boards and others shrirame addedwe have also requested nhai to install fresh sign boards diverting heavy vehicles to the first lane from the leftmost lane he saidnhai general manager pune s d chitnis said they have already implemented some suggestions rumbler strips and warning signs are in place we will implement the other measures soon chitnis said