Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said Nitin Gadkari dreams to see Mumbai and Delhi only be a 12-hour drive away. At the India Today Conclave Mumbai.
“My dream is that one day I will have a cup of coffee in Nariman Point and then reach Delhi in 12 hours. For this, I have made a plan and called in consultants. I am ready to invest Rs 50,000 crore in the Mumbai-Delhi highway,” the. minister said, listing his future projects.
“Work is underway to connect the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to the Mumbai-Delhi highway which is there till the JNPT. 70 percent of the work is done,” he added.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, stated at the India Today Conclave Mumbai that the road and highways ministry is aiming to cut down on traffic accidents by 50% by 2024.
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“The highways that are being constructed now are being done after taking several considerations into account. I humbly accept that I have not had much success in terms of curbing road accidents,” the minister said.
“Five lakh road accidents happen in the country each year, in which 1.5 lakh people die. I have been in a road accident, too, with my wife and daughter.
“But, we need your cooperation to curb this. We are educating people, and bringing changes to the law. But we need the people and media to cooperate. I am also in talks with automobile companies and with several NGOs that work to provide emergency services immediately after an accident. We will reduce road accidents by 50% by 2024,” the minister assured.
The minister also discussed Maharashtra politics, claims that the BJP leadership was complicit in businesses leaving the state for Gujarat, and how his party would fare in the upcoming elections.
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