To reduce morbidity and mortality due to road accidents, the World Health Organisation sponsored Road Safety has started giving positive results in Jalandhar City of Punjab. Jalandhar is among the two cities in the country where this project is presently running as a pliot project for the last two years. The other city is Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.Jalandhar Police says that there is tremendous decrease in the deaths due to accidents. AIR Correspondent reports there were 290 deaths in 258 fatal accidents Data reveales that in the year 2009. With the implementation of the project the number of deaths has decreased to 80 in 2011.Besides saving human lives, the project has also generated huge revenue of over 2 crore 56 lakh rupees for the city police by fining more than 2 lakh 22 thousand traffic rule offenders. This project has been initiated by United Nations in collaboration with several international agencies and is being implemented in 10 different countries including India.Data reveales that in the year 2009, there were 290 deaths in 258 fatal accidents and about the same numbers of people were injured in more than 150 non-fatal accidents in the city. That means on an average basis 24 human beings were killed in road accidents every month. Whereas, after the implementation of the project in 2010, the number of deaths has come down to 185 and further decreased to 80 in 2011 and about 45 till date in this year. Besides saving human lives, the project has also generated huge revenue of more than rupees 2 crore 56 lakh for the city police by challaning more than 2 lakh 22 thousand traffic offenders. State Nodal Officer of the Project, Dr Ashok Nayyar said that the project is moving in the right direction.This project has been initiated by United Nations in collaboration with several international agencies and is being implemented in 10 different countries including India.