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Odisha Introduces 2026 Pedestrian Safety Rules, Mandates Paths, Holds Agencies Accountable
✍️ The Hindu
🗓 26 Sep 2026, 06:18 AM
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Odisha has unveiled new Pedestrian Safety Rules 2026, making pedestrian paths compulsory on all roads and holding road‑owning agencies, contractors and consultants liable for deaths or serious injuries caused by design faults.
Odisha’s government has announced the Pedestrian Safety Rules 2026, aimed at reducing fatalities among pedestrians on state roads.
The new regulations make the construction of pedestrian paths compulsory on all roads, with specified design standards to ensure safety.
In addition, the rules impose penalties on road‑owning agencies, contractors and consultants if a faulty design results in a pedestrian’s death, disability or grievous injury.
Officials say the measures come in response to a rise in pedestrian accidents across the state and are expected to curb future incidents.
The new regulations make the construction of pedestrian paths compulsory on all roads, with specified design standards to ensure safety.
In addition, the rules impose penalties on road‑owning agencies, contractors and consultants if a faulty design results in a pedestrian’s death, disability or grievous injury.
Officials say the measures come in response to a rise in pedestrian accidents across the state and are expected to curb future incidents.