NHAI introduces India’s first wildlife-safe road with table-top red marking in Madhya Pradesh

Key facts

• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced India's first wildlife-safe road on National Highway 45 (NH-45) in Madhya Pradesh, featuring innovative table-top red markings.
• The table-top red marking is a 5 mm thick, red-coloured surface with a slightly raised texture to alert drivers and slow down vehicles naturally.
• NHAI has also constructed 25 dedicated underpasses to enable safe animal movement beneath the highway and installed an eight-foot-high fence along the highway to guide animals towards underpasses.