Nitin Gadkari

Subros is the leading manufacturer of auto air conditioning systems in the country, with a capacity of 1.5 million AC kits per annum.

Lamenting that truck drivers have been forced to work in extreme heat conditions, the minister said that he has been pushing for air-conditioned cabins for truck drivers for a long time.

He pointed out that more people die in road accidents than in street fights, riots or terrorist attacks.

"We can reduce 40 per cent pollution by not using fossil fuels like petrol and diesel," Gadkari said addressing Green Urja Conclave organised by Confederation of Renewable Energy Service Professionals and Industries (CRESPAI) in association with IIT-Delhi, IIT-Ropar and University of Delhi here.

Mother Dairy is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and was commissioned in 1974 as part of Operation Flood.

Addressing 'Times Network India Economic Conclave', Gadkari further said the government has done good work for the country's development in the last nine years.

Nitin Gadkari had recently said changes will be made to the surety bond offering to make it more lucrative as no contractor is buying it because of the strict conditions imposed by insurance regulator Irdai.

Speaking at an event organised by industry chamber CII, the union road, transport and highways minister further said India's exports will increase when its logistics cost will come down to single digit.

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said it is the aim of everyone at the Centre to make the country's villages happy and prosperous.

BS-7 complaint automobiles will be prepared on the lines of proposed Euro-7 emissions standards.

The Expressway will be completed in four packages, he added.

In the letter dated May 14, Nagpur Lok Sabha member Gadkari mentioned that the NGO 'Vidarbha Connect' has said the power project can be set up at Parshivni (Parseoni) in Nagpur district.

The call was received by a staff of Gadkari's office Monday night. The caller did not share his details and demanded to speak to the minister and threaten him, a senior police officer said.

Anand Mahindra started the day with a photograph of children at a school as his staple Monday Motivation.

This model can effectively address the issue of procuring expensive buses, solve connectivity woes and make the state transport corporations profitable, Gadkari reportedly said.

The road transport and highways minister invited Austrian and European industries to participate in enhancement of existing ropeway standards in India to ensure sustainable and safer transport.

Jayesh Pujari alias Kantha alias Salim Shahir Kantha, a murder convict, is accused of making threatening calls to Gadkari's public relations office in Nagpur first in January and then in March.

This is ahead of the earlier deadline of October this year. The Rs 7,716-crore, six-lane road project is seen as the third Ring Road that will decongest the current Ring Road and Delhi-Gurugram Expressway.

The Modi government gifted the Bhanupali-Bilaspur railway line to a hill state of Himachal and also sanctioned a budget of Rs 1000 crore for it.

Gadkari said that the journey from Delhi to Dehradun will now be completed in two hours by the end of the year.