Nitin Gadkari on increasing speed limit on highways: ‘India needs to revise its speed norms’
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has criticised some of the surprisingly slow speed limits on multi-lane roads in the country. Gadkari believes that the speed limit on highways and expressways in India should be increased.
Speaking at a road safety virtual conference Way to Vision Zero, which is a collaboration between the governments of Sweden and India, Gadkari said that it is unfortunate when vehicles plying on multi-lane roads are penalised for breaching speed limit of a mere 40 kmph.
The Union Minister came out strongly in support of increasing speed limits, especially on multi-lane roads and sought state road administration to go easy on penalising vehicles for speeding.
