New Plan Could Standardise Speed Limits on National Highways
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed giving the Centre the authority to set speed limits on National Highways and... Read More
Harnessing Technology and Collaboration to Combat Road Accidents
In a concerted effort involving officials from transport and police departments, road-owning agencies, medical & health professionals, and various stakeholders, the State... Read More
Improving Road Safety in India
Despite huge investment having been made towards improvement of road infrastructure in the country, road traffic fatalities have been on the rise.... Read More
Strengthening Systems, Sensitising States and Setting up Training Schools
He wants transparency in the working of his ministry and is known to often question sharply the company managements on the gap in the amount quoted and the actual cost incurred on road projects. He is often said to have chided them with questions like, “Don’t you have engineers to prepare the report before it comes to us for approval? If yes, how do they go wrong on the cost?” He doesn’t like speaking with the media as he feels his work must speak – the work of building 20km of roads a day becoming a reality, the work of improving the toll system, the work of trying to stop the parallel movement of money in the corridors of his ministry for clearance of projects. C P Joshi, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, is busy putting his ministry on the right track. He answered questions from Vidyottama Sharma on transport, traffic, transparency, and many other issues…
IRF India recommendations
The fifth regional conference of International Road Federation (IRF), India held at New Delhi in November arrived at many far-reaching recommendations on... Read More
Mumbai tops list of accident-prone cities
According to the National Crime Record Bureau’s 2008 report, Mumbai tops in the list of accidents in India. It accounts for one... Read More




