Summary:
A day after the end of the Budget Session of the Parliament, the Road Safety Network has written to the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari to issue an Ordinance on road safety. In order to save lives, India must urgently update and modernise its road safety legislation. AdvertisingThe Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2017 was introduced for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha in the Winter Session of 2017. The national coalition of road safety organisations has demanded extraordinary measures ahead of dissolution of the Lok Sabha and the impending lapse of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill. AdvertisingIndia is a signatory to the Brasilia Declaration, where the country made a commitment to reduce road crash deaths by 50 per cent by 2020..