NAGPUR: In an effort to bring down accidents in the rural parts of the district, the Nagpur rural police are experimenting with Vaastu Shastra, to reduce the 'negative energy' in accident prone zones. Vaastu pyramids have reportedly been installed at 12 such places across the district to improve 'vibes'.

The cops are monitoring the results to find out more about this phenomenon. As an immediate effect, though, cops say no accidents have taken place in these accident-prone spots in the past six months!

The number of deaths due to these accidents was currently standing at around 500 per year. Also, the number of new vehicles coming on to the road each day had risen to 98 in recent times.  The alarming figures had driven the rural police to turn to various measures to reduce accidents. Several Vaastu experts are said to have taken the initiative to implement Vaastu Shastra and try to solve the problem, and expert Sushil Fatehpuria was consulted for this effort by the police.

Several accident-prone spots were identified on the two national highways and four state highways in the district. It was deemed that the negative energy in and around these spots was the chief cause of the accidents. So, 12 spots were chosen for installation of certain Vaastu devices that would dispel the 'negative vibes' and bring in more positive energy to these places.

Yadav clarified that this was only an experiment, and there was no scientific basis behind it. "However, since the pyramids were installed six months ago, no accidents have taken place in any of the 12 accident-prone zones," he added. "We will watch these spots over the next six months to one year, and only then will we draw any conclusions. If the experiment succeeds, it will be extended to other accident-prone areas of the district," he said.