Transport ministry seeks report from Delhi govt on car fires

NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry has asked the Delhi government to submit investigation reports and findings of the two recent incidents of cars going up in flames. A top ministry official said Delhi's transport department should conduct a thorough probe by its specialized staff to find out the reasons of the running vehicles catching fire.

"There are different reports including poor maintenance of vehicle and wire system that may have been the cause of the mishaps. But only a detailed investigation can zero down on the reason and that will help us to taking necessary measures. We have asked the state transport wing to submit the report as soon as they can," said a ministry official.

Recently a Toyato Etios of diesel variant caught fine on Outer Ring Road in Mangolpuri/ Pitampura area in West Delhi killing one person while in the second incident a youth had a narrow escape when his parked Audi Q7 caught fire and even gutted a Maruti 800 parked next to it.

While the ministry claimed it would take necessary steps after getting the reports, transport experts said this was nothing else than a lip service.

"Under section-135 of the Central Motor Vehicle Act, it's mandatory for each state government to have an accident analysis system. But this does not exist. After every accident a sub-inspector comes and forensic teams visit the site to pick up samples. Unless you have the mandatory auto-recall mechanism and product liability on the manufacturers, you can't have a piecemeal approach to ask the state governments to investigate each accident," said S P Singh of IFTRT, an advocacy group.

Admitting that the country has a long way to go, road transport secretary Vijay Chhibber told TOI that there is a need to have specialized manpower to investigate accidents. "This is being practised in countries like United States. We are looking at collaboration with the US road safety watchdog NHTSA," he said.

A release issued by International Road Federation (IRF) said Chhibber told a gathering on road safety that to meet higher mileage vehicle manufacturers are compromising on safety standards. "Recent move by his ministry and the industry ministry to introduce anti-lock braking system in two wheelers was shunned by the manufacturers asking for couple of more years to introduce it."

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