The Mumbai Terror Attacks have brought the whole country together. It is startling to see people gathering, lighting candles and showing so much anger at politicians and demanding action against the preparators of this horrendous crime that is Pakistan. Handful of Terrorist brought the nation of 1.4 billion to standstill for 60 hours. The deaths of 200 people and 400 others injured galvanised the nation. But however deaths due to terrorism is not the only reason people die in our country. It is shocking to note that appx. 100,000 people die every year in vehicular accidents which is the highest in the world. India has 6 million vehicles and the USA 250 million vehicles yet India has 100,000 fatalities and the USA just 50,000 fatalities in vehicular accidents !
As per world road accident statistics India has 1% of the vehicles in the world and 10% of the fatalities in vehicular accidents ! That is 10 times the world average. That measures up almost 300 casualties a day due to road accidents which is more than those died in Mumbai after 26/11 terror attacks. And nobody speaks up against these deaths in our country. The reasons are pitiable state of infrastructure, no planning and poor maintenance of our roads and above all lax traffic control and law implementation of traffic rules and insufficient public transportation system. Not to mention the hardships faced by travelers because of over crowding and congestion. 50% of children in Bangalore Mumbai suffer from breathing difficulties due to air pollution caused by vehicular emissions which uses adulterated fuel. Our Goan towns are no exception to above mentioned cities. Regards Vinay
