In India, 13 people die in road accidents every hour, making the country World No. 1 in road fatalities. India overtook China to top the world in road fatalities in 2006 and has continued to pull steadily ahead -up 40 percent in five years to more than 118,000 in 2008, the last figure available.

Annual death toll from road accidents in India is significantly higher than 20 years of Kashmir insurgency and Kargil war (1999) put together. Yet, the issue is not a priority for the Indian government. A lethal brew of poor road planning, inadequate law enforcement, a surge in vehicles and a flood of untrained drivers have made India the world’s road death capital. As the country’s fast-growing economy and huge population raise its importance on the world stage, the rising toll is a reminder that the government still struggles to keep its more than a billion people safe. The dangerous state of the roads represents a total failure on the part of our government. The authorities seem to know it all but do not take heed of anyone, while carnage continues on Indian roads.

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