Chandigarh, March 28 -- Expressing concern over road accidents and stressing the need to make people from all sections of society aware about road safety, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that 4.80 lakh electronic challans were issued in the past one year against over-speeding vehicles.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a two-day national seminar on the theme "Road Safety Solutions", organised by the Indian Roads Congress and the public works department, Haryana, in Chandigarh, he also highlighted that 1,719 km national highways have been constructed at a cost of Rs.28,582 crore over the past 11 years.

The CM said that the government has installed 128 advanced cameras on National Highway 44 from Kundli in ...