Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he wants the pace of car sales in India to slow down as growth in vehicle sales, particularly those running on diesel, is choking roads and causing increased pollution. “You may not like it, but I wish it from my heart that your growth should be less. If this growth continues, I will need to add one more lane to national highways, which will cost a whopping Rs 80,000 cro re,“ Gadkari told stunned representatives of the car industry at an event called by their lobby group (Siam) to work out sustainable growth programmes for the auto industry.
 

Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he wants the pace of car sales in India to slow down as growth in vehicle sales, particularly those running on diesel, is choking roads and causing increased pollution. “You may not like it, but I wish it from my heart that your growth should be less. If this growth continues, I will need to add one more lane to national highways, which will cost a whopping Rs 80,000 cro re,“ Gadkari told stunned representatives of the car industry at an event called by their lobby group (Siam) to work out sustainable growth programmes for the auto industry.