While the two proposals were outrightly rejected by the CoI, the PM came down strongly by asking why departments concerned were dragging their feet on implementing a policy for road safety — a policy measure that the Prime Minister himself suggested on November 23, 2005.
After Singh was informed that the expert committee submitted its report in February this year and now a draft Bill for the Cabinet was expected by only 2008 March-end, he pointed out that this approach was not acceptable when everyday there were blueline bus accidents in Delhi.