Some statistics to begin the new year
I do not believe in making new year resolutions. As Kiruba rightly points out - It is probably in the month of January every year that liquor and cigarette sales are the lowest, gym and slimming centers enrollment are the highest, but the sales get back to normal figures by February.
Having said that, I know my blog has been gathering dust for quite some time now and I intend to be more active with blogging this year but I will restrict myself mostly to speaking out loud only about “the” subject, for reasons that are obvious: 1. I am passionate about it. 2. A lot of regular readers of this blog are passionate about it too.
I am looking at introducing another dimension to this blog, but I’ll talk about that later.
OK, Now if you are wondering what the subject of this post had to do with all this, well here is the explanation:
According to a recent study:
- Delhi boasts of the highest car density in India - 85 cars per 1000 population.
- Ludhiana comes second at 56 per 1000. But, Ludhiana has the highest density of Mercedes’s in India and also the number of two-wheelers.
- Chennai comes third with about 51 cars per 1000 population.
- Overall car penetration in India remains at 8 per 1000. The TATA 1 Lakh car could change these figures - The study did not say that, I am speculating that.
As far as the two wheelers are concerned:
- Ludhiana ranks the highest with 376 per 1000.
- Coimbatore comes second with 321 per 1000.
- Vadodara at third with 275 per 1000.
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