Centre has asked the State Governments to prepare a roadmap to develop and reorient road infrastructure within their administrative limits so that fatalities and accidents on road can be curtailed.
Peeved by the number of road accidents across the country, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has called upon Transport Ministers from all States to prepare the roadmap without bothering about expenses.
Gadkari also warned that officials behind faulty engineering and road designs will not be spared as road accidents are causing a loss of 3 per cent of the GDP of the country every year.
More people in India die annually in road accidents than those killed in militant operations or extremism which is unfortunate, the minister said addressing the 18th Meeting of National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and 39th Meeting of Transport Development Council (TDC).
