<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="parent_top_div">Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said faulty road construction should be made a non-bailable offence and road contractors and engineers should be held responsible for accidents and sent to prison. Addressing an event organised by industry body CII, Gadkari further said India is number one in road accidents in the world. &#34;Faulty road construction should be a non-bailable offence and road contractors, concessionaires and engineers should be held responsible for accidents and sent to prison,&#34; he said. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways aims to reduce road accident fatalities to half by 2030. According to the minister, the ministry data of road accidents in 2023 shows five lakh mishaps in the country resulting in 1,72,000 deaths. &#34;Of this, 66.4 per cent, or 1,14,000, were in the 18-45 years age bracket while 10,000 deaths were of children,&#34; Gadkari said. He pointed out that 55,000 deaths were reported due to absence of helmets and 30,000 were due to non-use of seat belts. Gadkari also said the highways ministry is spending Rs 40,000 crore to rectify black spots on highways. Gadkari urged the industry and other stakeholders to partner with the government for setting up of driver training and fitness centres to address the acute shortage of drivers in the country.</div></div>

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印度公路运输和高速公路部长尼廷·加德卡里提议，将不合格的道路建设定为不可保释罪，追究承包商和工程师在事故中的责任。他强调了印度令人担忧的道路事故统计数据，2023 年发生了 50 万起事故，导致 172,000 人死亡。加德卡里强调需要改善安全措施，包括驾驶员培训和健康中心，并宣布将投资 4000 亿卢比以修复危险的高速公路路段。该部的目标是到 2030 年将道路死亡人数减半

尼廷·加德卡里表示，道路施工质量问题应被视为不可保释的罪行