Will soon notify fine for not wearing seat belts in rear seat: Gadkari

Acknowledging lack of success in containing accidents, the Road Transport Minister said at a Business Standard event that govt will make airbags mandatory across vehicles

Referring to the recent road accident in which former Tata group Chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari stated that his ministry was planning to impose a fine on those who were caught without seat belts fastened, regardless of whether they were in the front or the rear seat.

The minister was speaking at the 'India@75 - Past, Present and Future' conclave organised by Business Standard in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Acknowledging that containing road accidents in India was one area where he had not achieved much success, he nevertheless declined to state