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It was on 3rd of June last year when news of death of one BJP's tallest Maratha leaders and Union minister Gopinath Munde shook the ruling party and country alike. He was killed in a car accident, just days after taking oath as the rural development and panchayati raj minister of Modi government.

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Much is being debated today on the NDA government's proposed Road Safety and Highway Bill 2014, on Munde's first death anniversary.

Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has way passed his self-imposed deadlines of legislating it. Following Munde's death, he promised within a month the country would have a new road safety law at par with advanced countries. Then, the Winter session of Parliament was the new deadline. And tareekh pey tareekh followed with Budget session as the next goalpost.

But not only has the goal not been scored even after a whole year, the goalpost, too, has been shifted, meanwhile. Activists accuse the government of diluting the stringent provisions of the bill which were meant to crack down upon harsh, negligent and drunken driving. With an average of 377 roads deaths on a daily basis, India has an unenviable track record across the world.

While the government is being pulled up for its undelivered promise, it is time to also accept that legislations and road maintenance will simply not end road deaths and accidents because we are an uncivilised society. There, I said it. Read more here.

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