In order to prevent the road accidents on the old Mumbai-Pune Highway (NH-48), the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) along with Save LIFE Foundation and Volkswagen group have announced a project named Vision Zero on Friday. The suggestion of the project, a tie-up between MSRDC, Save LIFE Foundation and Volkswagen, has already seen a fall on accidents on the Mumbai-Pune highway.

As the old Mumbai Pune highway has a parallel highway with the Mumbai Pune expressway adjacent to it, many accidents are said to have taken place over the years on this arterial road. Thus, to prevent and reduce the number of accidents in this link, the MSRDC along with Save LIFE foundation Volkswagen public health Department and home department  has started the  project in presence of former Chief secretary Jayant Bhatia, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP-Traffic) Vinay Kargaonkar, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) managing director Radheshyam Mopalwar among other dignitaries.