New Delhi, March 6 -- Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday held civil engineers, consultants, concessionaires, and substandard detailed project reports (DPRs) responsible for the rising number of road accidents and fatalities in the country.

"Most accidents happen in the country due to small civil mistakes and nobody is held accountable. Even small things like the road signages and marking systems are very poor in the country; these can be copied from countries like Spain, Austria, and Swizerland," Gadkari said in his address at the two-day Global Road Infratech Summit & Expo (GRIS).

Gadkari highlighted the urgent need for improved road safety measures and called upon the road construction industry to ...