Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked the Maharashtra government to develop some 200 vehicle scrapping units across the state, with each district to have at least two. Gadkari made this suggestion at a meeting with CM Eknath Shinde and DCM Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Tuesday. The meeting also saw discussion on the progress of roads being built by the National Highway Authority of India with assistance from the state government.

Gadkari said vehicles aged 15 must be scrapped under the national policy, which the state too has adopted. He said big districts should have at least four units each, and small districts at least two scrapping units each. The 150-200 units should be able to provide 10,000-15,000 jobs. Also, Gadkari said, the Mumbai-Goa highway should be concretised completely before the Ganesh festival.