Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has proposed to increase the speed limit of vehicle on highways up to 20kmph . In a meeting with his officials , Gadkari stated that the conditions of highways have improved overtime and can bolster faster travel . Gadkari also mentioned putting mechanism for uniformity of speeds limit on certain stretches rather than effect frequent changes in notified speed limits even on short stretches . This comes alongside the Ministry’s efforts to the Government has planned to shift public transport and logistics to 100 percent clean energy sources , Union minister said that asserting that India has made significant progress towards improving green energy access over last decade . Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body CII , the road transport and highways minister said India is already on track to reach its goal of 175GW of installed renewable capacity by 2022.They have stated that conditions of highways have improved overtime and can bolster faster travel times .The minister said to reduce congestion on corridors and enhance logistic efficiency , 35 locations have been identified for the development of multimodal logistics parks . These logistics parks would also trigger the development of manufacturing clusters in adjacent rural and tier 2 urban. Godkari said ” Society should be livable , workable , and sustainable for all with an important focus on ethics, ecology, and the environment .”
