traffic offenses: People who arrived by train at New Delhi railway station had trouble finding transportation to their destinations in the city, according to The Japan Times. Deepak Kanojia, president of a local labor union, said public transport drivers are facing the brunt of the heightened fines. The government hopes the new Motor Vehicles Act will bring order to India's chaotic roads with an almost tenfold increase in fines for traffic offenses. ; The United Front of Transport Associations called for the strike in New Delhi to protest the higher fines, which took effect Sept. 1 as economic growth in India has slumped to a six-year low. While policemen might give private vehicles a miss, they stop yellow taxi plates without fail and start finding problems with that vehicle, he said. Under the new law, the minimum penalty has been increased from 1.40 to 7. The minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, says the increase in fines is needed to improve the appalling safety record of India's roads, where more than 100,000 people are killed and nearly 500,000 injured in accidents every year.
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