The government aims to reduce road accidents and deaths by half before 2025, said Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari while inaugurating the first National Road Safety Month on Monday.
Gadkari also said India has recorded significant drop in road accidents and related deaths in 2020 partly due to the Covid-19-prompted lockdown period. “India has seen 26.48% reduction in road accidents and 22% drop in deaths in 2020 against 2019…Covid-19 has contributed to this reduction in accidents and deaths,” he said.
“Till now, we have been observing National Road Safety Week. But from today, we will observe National Road Safety Month,” Gadkari said in his address.
