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Risky rides on overloaded vehicles, but they don't care!

Last updated on: February 8, 2013 10:21 IST

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Image: Men use ropes to try and right a supply truck overloaded with wheat straw, used as animal feed, along a road in Dargai, in the Malakand district, northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
Photographs: Mian Khursheed/Reuters.

Transporting people and goods is a big challenge in most countries around the world.

With a burgeoning population, we often see people overcrowding trains, buses, auto rickshaws and even motorbikes, risking their lives.

Truckers overload goods to save costs, ending up in huge disasters.

Take a look at the clogged transport networks across the world...



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