Danger ahead! 715 dead in 2023, 486 more in 2024 as India’s longest highway becomes deadliest
NEW DELHI: For years, NH-44 — India’s longest highway, stretching 3,745 km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari — has carried the weight of the nation’s movement. Its tarmac has known migrations, trade, daily commuters, truck convoys, and families on long-distance journeys. Yet on the stretches slicing through Haryana and Delhi, that familiar thrum of mobility conceals