Road safety highest priority, US assures all help: Gadkari

TIL Desk/Business/Washington-Acknowledging that road safety is a “big problem” in India, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that safety of roads is of highest priority for the government and the US has assured full co-operation in meeting the challenge by sharing its technical knowledge.

“Road safety is highest priority for our government,” Gadkari told Indian journalists during a media round-table after his-day long meetings including that with US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and American business community.

“Today we discussed all our problems related to road safety with the (US Transportation) Secretary. The good thing is the Secretary promised me all types of co-operation with the rules, regulations, the software they have already developed, the system, the technology, the innovation. They are ready to co-operate with us in everything,” Gadkari said.