Referring to the recent accident on the Pune-Bangalore Highway, wherein four ad executives lost their lives after their car fell into the Neera river, member of the newly-formed Navbharat Democratic Party Vinita Deshmukh said she would be writing to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, asking them to suspend National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) authorities and contractor.u00a0

Leading the charge: Vinita Deshmukh of the Navbharat Democratic Party discusses the issue of rising number of accidents on the highways across the state at a meeting in the city yesterday. Pic/Sachin Thakare