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Kolkata: Taking a step forward towards curbing accidents on National Highways (NH), the state government has taken up the crucial move of conducting survey of "accident prone black spots" on NH-60. The study will be conducted to ensure "geometric improvement" of the black spots that is considered to be the only way out to reduce number of accidents. At a high level meeting in the presence of all stake holders including PWD and concerned police officers matters related to NH-60 had cropped up. The NH originates from Balasore in Orissa and terminates at Moregram of Jangipur in Murshidabad where it merges with NH 34. When contacted, ADG traffic Vivek Sahai said: "The rate of accidents on NH-60 has gone down in 2019 compared to that in 2018..