Davalsab Onti prepared model of midday meals safety check for schools
12, SM Krishna Nagar, told TOI that district, the models were in 2024-25. “District and state level competitions were held in 2025-26. Now national level competition is scheduled to be held on Oct 12, 13, 14, at Vignan Bhavan Delhi. About 30 models are selected for national level from the state. Davalsab Onti, who prepared the model of mid-day meals safety check for schools, and Akash Ashok Patil, who prepared the model of School zone automatic speed braker, are both studying in class 9. It gives 15 seconds time for a student to cross the road,” he asserted.
At this point, speed braker swells like road hump so that vehicle speed can be controlled.
Explaining his model, Patil said that while recognising surrounding problems, his teacher drew his attention towards speeding vehicles on the road. Gadag : GadagGovt school students have developed two science models aimed at addressing everyday safety and welfare concerns to assess the quality of mid-day meals served at the school, and automatic brakes on speeding vehicles near schools. The innovative models have been selected for the national-level ‘Inspire Award’ competition, giving the students an opportunity to showcase their ideas on a wider platform. Manjunath Huilgol, science teacher, PM SHRI Government Model Higher Primary School No. Our’s is the only school in the state to send two models for the competition,” he claimed. “Since our school is located on Gadag-Balaganur main road, many vehicles, including garbage vehicles, move fast here. Whenever a student goes on road, our model buggers and turns green traffic light to 0red. School head master Kumar D Talwar, high school HM SC Nagaralli commented that their students have brought laurel to the district.