Bengaluru: Road accidents claim more than 3,000 lives in four years
Bengaluru, August 14: In a shocking revelation, more than 3,000 people have lost their precious lives in road accidents in the last four years in the state.
Though the police department has been creating awareness among people on following traffic rules following increased traffic congestion, the number of accidents is on the rise in Bengaluru, the capital city of the state. In the last four years, total 3,250 people have lost their lives and 18,694 persons sustained injuries. The alarming situation is that Bengaluru is witnessing highest number of two-wheeler accidents. Majority of the roads in the city are not motorable. Because of heavy rains in the city for the last few days, huge pot-holes developed in the roads. As the pedestrians are not following the traffic rules properly, accidents happen regularly, police sources said.
Reckless driving, wheeling, riding without helmets, fast driving, drunk and driving and pot-holes were the major reasons for the accidents. Normally, accidents occur in thickly populated areas. During nights, car and lorry accidents are more as they drive carelessly, traffic police said.
Death toll:
Year Accidents Death
2014 711 737
2015 714 740
2016 754 793
2017 609 642
2018 330 338
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
