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Gadkari in London/Delhi is a difficult task: Gadkari on traffic, pollution

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May 11, 2017 11:54 PM IST

 Gadkari used a media interaction at the Indian high commission on Thursday to reel out an impressive list of figures and projects, but admitted that the only negative in his ministry’s record was the issue of road safety.

Minister for road transport Nitin Gadkari, who is in London to launch a ‘masala bond’ on the London Stock Exchange to raise funds for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), said controlling traffic and reducing pollution in New Delhi is a “difficult task”.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari being presented a memento at the market opening ceremony of London Stock Exchange on Thursday.(PTI Photo)
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari being presented a memento at the market opening ceremony of London Stock Exchange on Thursday.(PTI Photo)

 Gadkari used a media interaction at the Indian high commission on Thursday to reel out an impressive list of figures and projects, but admitted that the only negative in his ministry’s record was the issue of road safety.

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 However, he promised journalists that the next time they visited New Delhi, pollution would be “50% down”, when eastern and western bypasses being laid will ensure that traffic from various states does not need to enter the Capital.

 “Delhi is a difficult task,” he said with a smile, and noted that many families in the Capital had more than two cars. It was also difficult to lay cycle tracks in the Capital, he said.

 “In Delhi, there is no place for cycle tracks; we need mass rapid transport systems there. We are planning 70km mass rapid transport between Dhaula Kuan and Manesar,” Gadkari said.

  According to him, 30% driving licences in India were “bogus”, but said new measures will help eradicate such malpractices in the system.

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    Prasun Sonwalkar was Editor (UK & Europe), Hindustan Times. During more than three decades, he held senior positions on the Desk, besides reporting from India’s north-east and other states, including a decade covering politics from New Delhi. He has been reporting from UK and Europe since 1999.

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