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Dear Editors, In your reply to my last letter you raised two points that I would like to address here. Responding to my assertion that the Gazette was negligent…

The Victims Association-Morbi sought the formation of an expert committee to investigate nationwide tragedies in the wake of the recent Harni Lake boat mishap in Vadodara

India plans to increase travel speeds on its national highway network from 47 kmph to 85 kmph by fiscal 2031-32. The plan includes decongesting highways and building high-speed corridors, with India spending Rs 19.5 lakh crore on this upgrade. This could reduce logistics costs to 9-10% of GDP, similar to countries like Singapore and the US.

The government has identified 5,803 black spots in the entire National Highways network in the country, with Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Karnataka having the biggest share of such highly dangerous stretches, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said state/UT-wise details of the accidents/fatalities at these black spots based on the data for 2018-2020 received from states.

Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said budgetary allocation of the road ministry has increased from about Rs 31,130 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 2,70,435 crore in 2023-24. Such increased budgetary allocation led to expansion of the National Highway (NH) network in the country from about 91,287 km in March 2014 to about 1,46,145 km at present, Gadkari added.