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Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that safety audits have been mandated at all stages of road development to reduce accidents. Inaugurating virtual Symposium on Vehicle Crash Safety, Mr Gadkari said, India and other developing countries are witnessing a very high rate of road accidents and around one lakh 50 thousand people are killed every year which is even higher than the COVID deaths.
The Minister said, his vision is to achieve 50 per cent reduction in road accident deaths and zero accidents and deaths by 2030. He said, about 60 per cent deaths are of two wheeler riders. Mr Gadkari said, protection and safety of motorcycle traffic is the need of the hour. The Minister stressed on the importance of training of drivers and establishment of advanced training institutes and centres.
