February 24, 2020 The ministry?s move is crucial as every year five lakh accidents take place in the country, around 1.5 lakh people are killed, and between 2.5-3 lakh people are injured.According to the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, the GDP loss to the country is…
Read MoreSwedish king’s ’16 is still not zero’ statement on children dying in road crashes stumps Indian delegation
February 24, 2020 I am confident that strict implementation of the amended provisions of Motor Vehicle Act will result in reduction of fatalities. We need to fix the faulty road designs. Countries which have reduced road deaths have focussed primarily on two areas – road engineering and enforcement – and…
Read More4-lane delay due to cash flow shortage: Gadkari
February 23, 2020 Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has reportedly told Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Tokheho Yepthomi that the delay in Dimapur-Kohima four-lane road project was due to acute cash flow shortage faced by the contractors. The four-lane road is being constructed by two contractors…
Read MoreNitin Gadkari plans pollution control ideas in the country
February 23, 2020 Reportedly the supreme court on wednesday (February 19) ‘requested’ Union Road Transport minister nitin gadkari to come to the apex court and share “innovative ideas” on tackling pollution. An sc bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said that it was a request for the inputs of…
Read More11 pc of world?s road accident deaths take place in India: Gadkari
February 23, 2020 Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that 11 per cent of deaths in the world due to road accidents take place in India alone.He made the comments on Wednesday while addressing the ?3rd High-Level Global Conference on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030? in…
Read MoreIn next few months, India to get advisory board on road safety
February 23, 2020 The road transport ministry has put up a draft notification for setting up of the board barely two days after Union minister Nitin Gadkari committed to the global leaders in Swedish capital Stockholm to act systematically to reduce road fatalities in the country. India has nearly 11%…
Read MoreHow an elevated stretch of NH 44 through Pench Tiger Reserve earned a distinction
February 23, 2020 In July, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had said in Parliament how difficult it would be for a poor country like India to spend so much of resources on structures for wildlife. He, however, clarified that he was in favour of tiger conservation. Last…
Read MoreFinancing infrastructure
February 23, 2020 The National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) laid out a blueprint for expenditure of ~102 trillion over the 2020-25 quinquennium to change the infrastructure landscape in the country. Conspicuously lacking, however, were measures for mobilising funds to finance such a whopping requirement, particularly in the face of the yawning…
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