Govt mulling use of nitrogen-filled tyres to help reduce accidents

The government is considering making it mandatory for manufacturers to mix silicon with rubber to improve quality of tyres and use of Nitrogen in them to help prevent road accidents, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha. He said the cement concrete highway led to 133 deaths in 2016, 146 in 2017 and 11 in 2018.

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