Watch | Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill: What it Entails

The amendment to the bill is being considered the first concrete step towards road safety in India.

This July 31, the Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amending the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

In conversation with Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, activist Piyush Tewari looks back at his six-year-long struggle to get a better road safety law.

mm

Author: Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty is Deputy Editor at The Wire, where she writes on culture, politics and the North-East. She earlier worked at The Hindu. She tweets at @sangbarooahpish.