Placatory noises are made about road safety by different authorities but despite Maharashtra witnessing 36,567 fatalities and 83,820 road accidents between January 2023 and April 2025, a top road safety council headed by the state transport minister had not met even once in two years, reported the Press Trust of India.

Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said he was not even aware of the existence of the State Road Safety Council. The last meeting of the State Road Safety Council was held on April 4, 2023, under Eknath Shinde, the current deputy chief minister. He was the chief minister at the time and held the transport portfolio, officials said.

The Maharashtra government constituted the council in May 2015, and biannual meetings, which are mandatory, were held regularly till 2019, following which only four meetings took place till 2023, they pointed out.