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Ill planned motorization kills one person every six minutes on India`s roads

  • 28/02/2008

Ill-planned motorization kills one person every six minutes on India's

The union ministry of shipping, road transport and highway's figures show road accidents in 1999-2000 cost India about 3 per cent of its gdp

From 1970-2005, registered motor vehicles increased 50 times but road networks grew less than three times. Accidents increased fourfold; injuries and fatalities also shot up more than six times. Severity of accidents