{"id":175027,"date":"2026-01-21T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175027"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:21:56","slug":"nhai-introduces-indias-first-wildlife-safe-road-on-nh-45-in-madhya-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nhai-introduces-indias-first-wildlife-safe-road-on-nh-45-in-madhya-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"NHAI Introduces India\u2019s First Wildlife-Safe Road on NH-45 in Madhya Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced India\u2019s first wildlife-safe highway on NH-45 in Madhya Pradesh, featuring table-top red road markings, wildlife underpasses, and eco-friendly designs.<br>The 11.96 km Hiran\u2013Sindoor stretch passes through the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, areas with frequent animal crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key highlights:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The wildlife-safe road is located on the 11.96-kilometre Hiran Sindoor section of NH-45, which connects Bhopal and Jabalpur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Situated around 60 kilometres from Jabalpur, the highway passes through a dense forest corridor flanked by the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This region is home to tigers, deer, sambar, jackals, and other wildlife, making it a critical ecological zone where frequent animal crossings have historically led to accidents and fatalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced India\u2019s first wildlife-safe highway on NH-45 in Madhya Pradesh, featuring table-top red road markings, wildlife underpasses, and eco-friendly designs.The 11.96 km Hiran\u2013Sindoor stretch passes through the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, areas with frequent animal crossings. Key highlights:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":175028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5398],"tags":[101],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-175027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-december-2025","tag-madhya-pradesh-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175029,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175027\/revisions\/175029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175027"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=175027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}