Government concentrating on reducing road transport costs: Gen V K Singh

MANGALURU: The central government is working on several initiatives that would reduce the cost of road transport thereby lowering the cost of goods and services benefiting the common man, stated General V K Singh (retd), minister of state, union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH), at the Global Virtual Summit 2020-Leasing and Hire Purchase: Procuring Assets @Ease of Finance organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
The minister explained that the government is working on linking all the major ports with an intention of reducing the roadblocks and making road transport much smoother and efficient. “We would be witnessing around 220 million kms of roads in the near future linking all the major ports of India. Road transport which is the fastest mode of transport would be made cost effective due to the same,” he said.
Dr Singh revealed that the government is working on several things at the moment to save lives. “As you are aware of the new transport policy, a lot of things would be coming which would benefit the people. We are also working on an accident fund for offering cashless treatment in the golden hour to save lives,” he explained.