Expressing serious concerns regarding road accidents, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari highlighted various measures undertaken to address this issue. He pointed out that road accidents result from multiple factors, including over-speeding, mobile phone usage, drunken driving, driving on the wrong side or lane, indiscipline, jumping red lights, non-use of safety devices like helmets and seat belts, vehicular condition, weather conditions, road conditions, and faults of drivers, cyclists, or pedestrians.
In the context of opposition to the introduction of eggs in the mid-day meals scheme in Karnataka, the article delves into how the nutritional policy in the state has been held hostage by dubious unscientifi c beliefs ascribed to by small but infl uential religious and caste-based groups.