Wearing seat-belts to be mandatory in car, violators to be fined

Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari made an announcement on Tuesday that wearing seat belts would be made mandatory for all the passengers in a car. The draft notification will be released in next 3-4 days.

The new rule can also penalise anyone for not wearing seat belts while on the rear seats in a vehicle.

This rule came into effect after the Cyrus Mistry fatal accident on Sunday. The incident occurred when his car crashed into a road divider of Charoti bridge over the Surya river in Palghar.

Meanwhile, the government is also planing to make six airbags mandatory in all vehicles.