India’s deadly roads trigger calls for better safety standards 28.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 28, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Earlier this month, Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of the Tata Group, one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates, was killed in a road accident after his Mercedes hit a road divider on a highway north of Mumbai.
  • India’s government has set a target to cut the number of road accidents and deaths in half by 2024.
  • India’s government has set a target to cut the number of road accidents and deaths in half by 2024 and is working with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on projects, including a $3.1 billion investment to refit stretches of road where accidents frequently happen.