Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the government is committed to reduce the number of road accidents by 50 per cent in the next two years and is employing various measures to achieve this objective. These measures are geared to tackle the problem through a multi-pronged strategy which includes effective road engineering solutions at the design stage, rectification of accident black spots, improvement in automobile engineering, driver education and revision and effective enforcement of laws.
Gadkari was speaking at a one-day national level workshop on Road Safety Engineering Measures organised by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in New Delhi. The minister also spoke on the importance of road engineering in preventing accidents.
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