Nitin Gadkari is adding an new item to the menu of highway dhaba operators...a petrol pump. The Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari stated that he had asked his ministry officials to work on a proposal to provide approval to small Dhaba owners to build petrol pumps and toilets along the highways.
Gadkari hopes that this would solve the problem of the lack of toilets and also of trucks being parked on the highway while taking food/rest stops. The proposal will work around small dhaba owners to open petrol pumps with space to park 5-10 vehicles, and maintain toilets for general public.