Ministry sanctions Rs 700 crore as road deaths in 2015 touches nearly 1.5 lakh
As per the latest issue of the “World Road Statistics” (WRS) 2015, brought out by the International Road Federation, Geneva, the highest number of fatalities in road accidents in the world for the year 2013 was reported to be India (1,37,572), followed by United States (32,719) and Russian Federation (27,025) for the same year.
San Francisco: Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari visiting the Tesla electric car manufacturing unit, in San Francisco on July 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB)