Jalandhar, March 29 -- Rajya Sabha member Ashok Kumar Mittal, while highlighting vehicle thefts and nearly 5,00,000 road mishaps that cause around 2,00,000 deaths annually in the country, has called for using technology to overcome challenges.

While raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha, the founder chancellor of Lovely Professional University suggested making GPS mandatory in vehicles above 50cc. It should be fitted at the manufacturing stage and made tamper-proof so that stolen vehicles can be tracked and crimes prevented, he said. He also proposed that every vehicle should have a dash camera recording both inside and outside the vehicle with at least 15 days of storage.

He further suggested creation of an integrated surveillance syste...