“Contractors are becoming billionaires while people die on roads": Entrepreneur asks Nitin Gadkari for a website listing road projects

Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Anuradha Tiwari has urged Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to bring a public website that reflects the contractors, costs, officials, and maintenance firms for Indian roads.

She reasoned that unless accountability is taken, common people will keep dying on roads while the contractors will keep making money.

“Dear Nitin Gadkari,” Tiwari captioned her recent post on X that went viral within a few hours. 

The lady wrote: 

“We need a public website that shows:

> Which contractor built road

> Which babu approved it

> Total cost & ministers involved

> Firm responsible for maintenance”

“Contractors are becoming billionaires while people die on roads,” she remarked, asking the Minister to take prompt action. 

“Bring real accountability now!” Tiwari advised. 

Anuradha Tiwari’s post comes as a wake-up call amid 26,770 fatalities on national highways in the first half of 2025.

Dear @nitin_gadkari

We need a public website that shows:

> Which contractor built road
> Which babu approved it
> Total cost & ministers involved
> Firm responsible for maintenance

Contractors are becoming billionaires while people die on roads

Bring real accountability now!

— Anuradha Tiwari (@talk2anuradha) October 25, 2025

Netizens respond

Users suggest digital mapping, QR codes, and anonymous reporting to bring accountability, as poor construction and maintenance persist despite highway expansions.

Minister Nitin Gadkari's office has not yet responded to the demands.

“@nitin_gadkariji, as a great admirer of the transformative work by your Ministry under @narendramodi ji's leadership, my recent travels on North Indian highways left me disheartened as a taxpayer and law-abiding citizen,” commented a user.

“Just like RTI changed transparency in governance, we now need a citizen-led accountability system for infrastructure,” said another.

A third user remarked, “You are essentially asking him to dig graves for themselves.”

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Who is Anuradha Tiwari?

Entrepreneur Anuradha Tiwari runs a content writing agency and grew popular last year because of her “Brahmin genes” post. Though many criticised her for the “casteist” post, she did not remove it or apologise. 

“As expected, a mere mention of the word ‘Brahmin’ triggered many inferior beings. This reveals who the real casteists are. UCs receive nothing from the system—no reservations, no freebies. We earn everything on our own and have every right to be proud of our lineage. So, deal with it," Tiwari wrote on X.

Tiwari is a TEDx speaker and Content Marketing expert.

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