<span style="color: #222222;">India has now the second largest road network in the world being fuelled by the tremendous growth in construction of expressways and highways.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said this while addressing the 60th annual convention of SIAM through video conference today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that the current rate of road building per day has averaged to 30 Kilometre a day, with the highest being 40 Kilometre per day of highways.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Gadkari expressed confidence over achieving Road safety targets in near future. He said, the automobile industry has progressed a lot in that direction.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister noted that vehicle manufacturers have implemented regulations crucial to vehicle safety such as crash norms, airbags, seat belt reminder and reverse parking assist.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These regulations have brought the auto industry in India at par with the global auto industry.</span><br />''