In a bid to prevent wild animals from being knocked down by speeding vehicles inside Aarey Colony, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, on Ghodbunder Road and along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, forest department authorities are putting up banners requesting motorists to drive slowly while passing through forested areas. The posters are coming up in locations frequently used by animals for crossing.

Step off the gas: One of the several posters asking motorists to slow down. More than 40 leopards have died in road accidents in the SGNP periphery from 1994 to 2011