Mumbai: Amid concerns over the hefty fines for traffic violations under the amended motor vehicles law, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said Monday that even he has been fined for speeding on the Bandra-Worli sealink in this city.
Talking to reporters about the major decisions of the Modi-led government in its first 100 days, Nitin Gadkari also said that abrogation of Article 370 and division of Jammu and Kashmir was the ‘most important achievement’ of the Centre. “100 days is a trailer, the entire film will unroll in the next five years,” asserted the minister.
Criminalisation of instant triple talaq and the amended motor vehicles law were some of the big achievements of the NDA government, Gadkari informed. “Even I have paid a fine for speeding on the sealink,” Gadkari said.
The Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, approved by President Ram Nath Kovind last month, aims at stricter punishment for violation of traffic regulations and to bring discipline on roads.
“Passing the MV Act amendment is a big achievement for our government. The high fines will lead to transparency, and (will) not result in corruption,” Nitin Gadkari asserted.
The Minister said road engineering is a reason, along with auto engineering, for the high incidents of accidents in India.
PTI