Report on Accident of Muni Jambuvijayji

SR No.: 269139
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiroko Matusoka
Publisher: ZZ_Anusandhan
Total Pages: 9
Language: English
Classification: Article & 0_not_categorized
File Size: 90 KB

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following circumstances would lead me to believe the incident was an accidental homicide: 1) With the distant range of the small hills behind the Nakoda-Badmer Rd, the car may have come from the hills in an accelerated speed and out of control; 2) Approximately fifteen minutes after sunrise, the bright and white color of the sky blended with the white clothes of the Jain monks and nuns, and therefore the monks may not have been sighted in time for the driver to avoid hitting them; and 3) The driver of the Toyota Quails was driving at an exceedingly high speed and could not slow down in time to prevent hitting the monks. Needless to say, none of the monks were at fault for what happened.
On the other hand, these conditions do not easily answer a pertinent question: Why was it that Jambuvijayji, who was walking at the safest point in the middle of the group on the corner of road, was the most injured by the car? The driver must have already seen the group of four monks that were one km behind Jambuvijayji and had safely passed them. Why did the driver knock over Jambuvijayji's group? For these reasons, this accident remains a mystery and is in need of further investigation by the authorities.
Lastly, I would like to offer my humble opinion. As a Japanese student who has been studying in India for the last two years, I am greatly impressed by the Jain mendicants, who walk from place to place regardless of cold or hot temperatures. People normally pay a lot of respect to them. However, this incident has opened my eyes to two major problems: the government in general does not enforce road rules very strictly, and the Jain mendicants, although usually taken very good care of by the Jain community, increasingly face difficulties in finding proper accommodation in small villages on their pilgrimages.
I strongly wish and feel that the Indian people and the government must make the roads safer and enforce strict laws without hesitation. Traffic law and order is very poorly enforced