New Delhi: If you are one of those people who get annoyed by constantly honking in traffic, making the situation more unbearable and the transport minister has heard your prayers and is working on a plan to bring music to your ears with horns and sirens are doing. in vehicles. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said he is planning to bring a law under which only the sound of Indian instruments can be used as horns of vehicles.
Gadkari revealed that he is also studying sirens used by ambulances and police vehicles and will probably replace them with the melodious tune played on All India Radio. Taking note of the ever-increasing noise pollution, Gadkari also said that such sounds are harmful to the ears.
Gadkari said he has switched off the red beacon. “Now I want to put an end to these sirens as well. Now I am studying the sirens used by ambulances and police.”
“An artist composed a tune for Akashvani (All Indian Radio) and it was played early in the morning. I am thinking of using that tune for ambulance so that people feel pleasant. It is very disturbing Sirens are used in full volume, especially after the passing of the ministers.It also damages the ears.
Gadkari said, “I am studying it and plan to make a law soon that all vehicle horns should be in Indian musical instruments so that they are pleasant to hear. Flute, Tabla, Violin, Mouth Organ, Harmonium ….”
The Union minister said the Rs 1 lakh crore new Mumbai-Delhi highway is already under construction, but it reaches the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust via Bhiwandi – the periphery of Mumbai.
Gadkari said that the ministry is already constructing a highway on Vasai Creek. He said that as the then PWD minister of Maharashtra, he could not connect Bandra-Worli with Vasai-Virar.
I plan to build a bridge across the sea and connect it to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and then from Nariman Point to Delhi it should take 12 hours (to cover the middle distance). This will decongest the Western Express Highway,” Gadkari said.
He said that 5 lakh accidents happen every year in India, in which 1.5 lakh people are killed and lakhs are injured. He said that we lose 3 percent of our GDP due to accidents.
There has been a 50 per cent reduction in accidents on the Mumbai-Pune highway. He said the Tamil Nadu government has reduced accidents and deaths by 50 per cent, but such success has not been achieved in Maharashtra.
The Union Minister said that the death rate in accidents in Maharashtra is very high.
Gadkari also said that he has made six airbags mandatory for vehicles.
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