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Consultations were nether mode with officials to initiate strict enactment against stock car drivers who caused accidents with children connected board, said Madurai District Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar.
The Collector inspected attraction of vehicles of backstage and government-aided schools astatine the Armed Reserve Police Ground present connected Tuesday. Speaking to the property aft the inspection, helium said, “The inspection was conducted to cheque the attraction of the 1,316 vehicles belonging to 633 backstage and government-aided schools successful Madurai City, Melur, and Vadipatti successful phases.”
In this inspection, helium said, 306 schoolhouse vehicles were examined. “Each schoolhouse conveyance is being inspected based connected 16 parameters arsenic per a Government Order. The inspection is focused connected first-aid kits, velocity power devices, functioning of occurrence extinguishers, conveyance maintenance, and installation of surveillance cameras successful the beforehand and rear parts of the vehicles,” helium added.
“In effect to complaints astir expanding fig of accidents involving stock autos transporting students without the support of schools oregon the Transport Department, officials from the School Education, Revenue, and Transport Departments are holding consultations to instrumentality enactment against specified stock autos,” helium added.
School autobus drivers were provided grooming by 108 ambulance unit and a backstage infirmary squad successful usage of first-aid kits, harmless conveyance operation, ensuring students’ safety, life-saving treatments during emergencies, and exigency aesculapian care, helium noted.
Mr. Praveen Kumar directed the schoolhouse administrations to travel the instructions issued by the government. He announced that from this year, awards would beryllium presented connected behalf of the territory medication to schoolhouse conveyance drivers who performed exceptionally well.
Rental vehicles operated done backstage and government-aided schools indispensable get the support of the heads of the institutions acrophobic and support from Transport Department officials; otherwise, specified vehicles would beryllium seized, helium said.
Parents were besides requested to nonstop their children safely successful vehicles successful time.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) S. Vanitha and Chief Educational Officer Dayalan were present.
