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"Though the promotion of road safety was included in Schedule VII of the Companies Act in April 2014, not much was done on this front. MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh is likely to soon have 'robots' managing traffic on busy intersections, according to senior police officials. Kiren Yadav, former SP (traffic), Meerut, said, "Vehicular traffic is rising exponentially on the roads while traffic policemen are not present in adequate numbers to deal with the situation. Crossings will be monitored by CCTV camera web network that will spot and challan every single law violator. "As such police is eyeing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund of companies to finance strengthening of road safety infrastructure, which includes installation of a large network of CCTV cameras..