"Can't Achieve Target To Reduce Accidents By 50% Before 2024": Nitin Gadkari
NDTV
He pointed out that more people die in road accidents than in street fights, riots or terrorist attacks.
India will not be able to achieve the target of reducing road accidents by 50 per cent before 2024 due to many shortcomings on the part of the government and other people, who compromise with road safety standards, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.
He pointed out that more people die in road accidents than in street fights, riots or terrorist attacks.
"We had said that we will reduce the number of road accidents by 50 per cent before 2024. But we could not do (reduce) much. We could not do it because we have certain shortcomings and there are other people who are not doing their bit," Mr Gadkari said while addressing a public function here.
Stressing the need for improvement in road engineering, he said, "People who prepare Detailed Project Report (DPR) are not doing their job properly. Their mindset is that there should be saving (reduce) on the cost".
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