Gadkari for a plan under which anybody can report an illegally parked car

Over lunch with <i>Business Standard</i>, the minister discusses demonetisation and his plans

Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport, highways and shipping, conjures up images of Santa Claus. He exudes rotund well-being and “jollification”; all that is missing is a bell, a sleigh and chortles of “ho, ho, ho”. The same spirit was evident at a press conference he addressed before we went to lunch. When reporters referred to Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu’s suggestion that building permissions should be contingent on provisions for parking so that cars did not crowd roads and public thoroughfares, Gadkari said he had the same problem. “Look at the road outside my office. It is