Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that extensive measures will be taken with the help of experts to prevent the increasing number of road accidents on various national and state highways in Maharashtra.

He was speaking at a review meeting on road safety held in Pune on Saturday. The meeting was attended by both Deputy Chief Ministers viz., Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar along with senior officials of the concerned departments. A presentation was made by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways about the accidents on the highways and the reasons behind them. The experts said that road accidents are not always caused by human error but also due to the technical errors in the vehicles involved in accidents and the errors in road construction can also lead to accidents. Mr. Gadkari suggested planning a comprehensive solution with the help of experts in the vehicle manufacturing industry as well as experts in the field of road construction.