Government is committed to reduce the number of road accidents by 50 percent in the next two years and is employing various measures to achieve this objective. Addressing a workshop on Road Safety Engineering Measures in New Delhi today, Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari called upon all Project Directors and Regional Officers of Highway Projects to adopt a sensitive, time-bound and result oriented approach to tackle the problem of road accidents and take up the work of rectification of accident Black Spots in mission mode. <br/><br/>He also called upon all highway engineers to ensure that sound engineering solutions are put in place at the design stage of the highway itself. Speaking about the importance of road engineering in preventing accidents and the resultant loss of lives, the Minister said that simple and well thought out designs like the height of road dividers, placement of over-bridges and underpasses at appropriate places or the placement and design of speed breakers can often be very effective in ensuring safety on roads.