While speaking to NDTV on road safety concerns in India, the Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said, "As a minister I acknowledge that there are a lot of mistakes in the road engineering which leads to road accidents. It is my responsibility to rectify such mistakes, fix the black spots and improve the infrastructure to save lives of 1,50,000 people who die because of road accidents every year." The minister also urged people and all stakeholders to come forward and create awareness across the country to adopt road safety measures.