What if a highway could signal drivers to slow down without any horn, signboard, or traffic cop — simply through its own design? A fascinating experiment on an Indian national highway is doing exactly that, using colour, texture, and clever engineering to protect wildlife living nearby.

This innovation has been introduced on the busy Jabalpur–Bhopal National Highway — a crucial route that later runs through parts of Madhya Pradesh’s forest landscape. Nearly 12 kilometres of this stretch pass directly through two major wildlife zones: the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve and the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary.

For years, animals such as deer, jackals, sambar, Nilgai, and even tigers crossed this road, often coming dangerously close to speeding vehicles. Even though 8-foot-high iron fencin

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