Kalaburagi: Four-year-old child killed in school van accident, driver arrested
Kalaburagi: A tragic incident occurred in Shivapura village, Afzalpur taluk, where a four-year-old girl, Khushi Bannatti, was run over by a school van on Wednesday. The child was fatally injured when the van driver, Shreeshail, accidentally reversed the vehicle, not noticing the child behind him.
According to reports, Khushi, the daughter of Rajashekhar Bannatti, had just been dropped off at her home by the school van. Moments after being dropped, she ran from behind the vehicle towards her father, who was standing at the gate of their house. Unaware of her presence, the driver reversed the van, resulting in one of the rear wheels running over Khushi, killing her on the spot.
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Following the accident, the driver was arrested by the Afzalpur Police. A case has been registered based on a complaint filed by the child’s parents, alleging that the driver’s negligence led to their daughter’s tragic death. The police are investigating the matter further.
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Railway lines as fence could cut cost of barricading to curb man-elephant conflicts: MP Wadiyar
Bengaluru, Sept 17: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has suggested that to bring down the exorbitant cost barricading – estimated to cost around Rs 1.3 to Rs 1.5 crore per kilometre – railway lines could be used to construct fences on Tuesday.
Wadiyar took to X to share the letter he had sent to Union Environment Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Stating that “railway (lines) barricading” is proving to be an effective way to restrict the movement of elephants, he suggested that this should be taken up on a large scale.
“Upon consultation with the relevant authorities, it has come to my understanding that the cost of barricading per kilometre comes to Rs 1.3 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. Given that the border of the forests in my constituency stretches to over 400 km, with around 280 km of forest border requiring immediate barricading, the cost of such an exercise will reach Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he wrote in his letter.
He said the environment ministry could make a direct request with the railway ministry for an allocation of railway lines, thus reducing the cost of the project to just that of labour cost.
“The benefits of this initiative are manifold, from reduction of human casualties, protection of property and livelihood, to conservation of elephants and, most importantly, promoting human-elephant coexistence, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Working towards safer coexistence in Mysore-Kodagu! Submitted proposal to Union Environment Forest & Climate change Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji for railway barricading to reduce elephant-human conflicts. pic.twitter.com/VjOWIF1TTC
— Yaduveer Wadiyar (@yaduveerwadiyar) September 17, 2024
