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17 People Die on India’s Roads Every Hour, Report Says – India Real Time – WSJ

India’s roads are getting more dangerous, with 17 people dying in accidents every hour, a new government report shows.

“Much more needs to be done,” to make India’s roads safe, Sanjay Mitra, secretary of the Ministry of Roads and Transport said in the report.

The data is pretty damning. The total number of road accidents in India increased 2.5% in 2015, to 501,423. The number of people killed climbed 4.6% to 146,133. Injuries rose by 1.4%.

Road accidents also got more severe. The total number of people killed per 100 accidents was up 2.1% at 29.1 in 2015.

The Ministry of Roads and Transport said it had identified 700 “black spots” on roads, where more than five people died in the past year, and that it has earmarked 6 billion rupees ($89.9 million) to fix defects.

Source: 17 People Die on India’s Roads Every Hour, Report Says – India Real Time – WSJ

Posted in Economics, India alert, Social & cultural | 1 Comment »

Tags: affordable housing, Afghanistan, Apple Inc., Bay of Bengal, Chah Bahar, China, China Investment Promotion Agency, Contract, Flipkart, India

04/06/2016

Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan | Reuters

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on Saturday to mark the completion of a nearly $300 million hydroelectric dam project, the latest symbol of Indian investment in its South Asian neighbour.

The dam, originally built in western Herat province in 1976 before being damaged during the civil wars of the 1990s, was rebuilt by some 1,500 Indian and Afghan engineers, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

“It is symbol of our friendship and would usher in hope, light up homes, nourish the fertile fields of Heart and bring prosperity to the people of the region,” Modi said in a social media post as he departed for Afghanistan, the first stop on a five-country trip.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has nurtured closer ties with India in the past year as relations with Pakistan have deteriorated in the face of continued insurgent attacks and border tensions.

Afghanistan has walked a fine line as it accepts Indian aid, with Pakistan historically wary of any Indian influence in Afghanistan.

“Salma Dam is another big step in deepening and broadening the relationship between Afghanistan and India,” Ghani said in a post on Twitter.

At more than 100 metres (330 feet) high and 540 metres (1,770 feet) wide, the dam is designed to generate 42 megawatts of power and help irrigate 75,000 hectares of land, according to Modi.

India has poured more than $1 billion into Afghanistan reconstruction projects and humanitarian aid, making it one of the largest donors to the war-torn country.

A new national assembly building in Kabul and major power line and road construction have been among the main projects funded by India.

Source: Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan | Reuters

Posted in Economics, GeoPolitics, India alert, Politics | 1 Comment »

Tags: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Chah Bahar, India, iran, Narendra Modi, Port of Chabahar, President of Afghanistan, President of Iran, prime minister of india, Tehran

31/05/2016

ONGC Videsh, Azerbaijan’s SOCAR look to jointly sell oil | Reuters

ONGC Videsh has signed a preliminary agreement with the trading arm of Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR to look at jointly marketing crude oil, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

OVL, the overseas assets acquisition arm of the country’s biggest explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), wants to leverage the experience of SOCAR Trading SA in oil marketing, it said.

Reuters had reported about the deal on Monday.

Source: ONGC Videsh, Azerbaijan’s SOCAR look to jointly sell oil | Reuters

Posted in Economics, India alert, oil & gas | 1 Comment »

Tags: Azerbaijan, Baku, Caspian Sea, Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone, Chah Bahar, Ilham Aliyev, iran, Istanbul, Memorandum of understanding, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

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