With a Jain sadhvi’s death in an accident on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway last week, the Jain community is demanding more safety measures on national highways, blaming the authorities for ignoring their earlier requests, resulting in the death of over 150 ascetics travelling on the highway in the past four years.

When sadhvi Parvnidi Shreeji died in an accident last week, Jains launched a social media campaign, requesting motorists to drive more carefully

On November 13, a tanker plying on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway lost control and knocked down three Jain sadhvis. One of them, Parvnidi Shreeji (36) died on the spot, while the other two — Mantranidi Shreeji (32) and Guna Shreeji (51) — were admitted to a hospital with serious injuries.