28 de julho de 2012

NEPAL: Road traffic accidents on the rise

EXEMPLO. KATHMANDU, 27 July 2012 (IRIN) - Some 130 major accidents and thousands of minor ones are reported every day in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, says the country’s Traffic Directorate. At this rate, the roads are as deadly as the decade-long civil war that ended in 2006 after killing almost 18,000 people. Rajju Shakya, 19, was driving her scooter to university in the capital last year. “There was a turning point at the junction. I switched...