Poke Me: How Dry Is My Valley (Readers React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "How Dry Is My Valley". Here are the selected opinions that were published in the ET print edition on Saturday.

Jitendra Chaturvedi
A simple way out is to denotify the highway stretches going through the town, as has been done in many towns in Maharashtra by the state government. Having said that, the maintenance of those stretches will then be the responsibility of local bodies and not of the highway authority. The court judgement seems excessive but, at the same time, ‘status quo’ is not an option.

Devi Prasad
A very compelling argument. But don’t miss the ever-increasing accidental deaths on highways due to drunken driving. The Supreme Court is compelled to step in as state mechanisms have failed repeatedly. And can state do anything with almost everyone lacking road discipline in this country?

Vaidyanathan
It is easier to sit on the fence and comment. This social evil is ruining lower and middle class families and needs to be stamped out. All those crying bitter are essentially those with unaccounted money.

Sanjay
The probability of accidents is manifold under intoxicated driving. As far as tourism is concerned, no country permits drunken driving and there are strict laws for that. Strict patrolling of roads and highways can check drunken driving. Readers React More comments on economictimes.com POKE ME appears every Saturday.