Nitin Gadkari urges road makers to plan safer highways

A large number of deaths on Indian highways could be an outcome of poor planning that urgently needs to be addressed according to Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Speaking at the innovation and excellence in road construction with National Highways Excellence Awards (NHEA) 2021, Gadkari spoke about the recent accident near Damta in Uttarakhand where a bus fell into a deep gorge and 25 people died.