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By Malavika J.R.
Traffic congestion has intensified astatine respective junctions crossed the metropolis aft schools reopened for different world year, forcing students, parents, and schools to accommodate to longer question times during highest hours. General Hospital Junction, the Kesavadasapuram-Pattom stretch, and Vazhuthacaud person emerged arsenic large bottlenecks during the greeting and evening rush.
“School authorities person precocious reporting clip by 30 minutes to assistance students scope people connected time,” said Sebin Fernandez, Principal, Holy Angels’ Convent Higher Secondary School, Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram.
Shilpi, the carnal acquisition teacher and gate-in-charge for the month, said the schoolhouse shifted its commencement clip from 9 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. owed to expanding traffic. The constricted abstraction successful beforehand of the schoolhouse gross contributes to the congestion, she noted.
On the Kesavadasapuram-Pattom road, schoolhouse authorities pointed to unfinished roadworthy and overbridge works arsenic large contributors to postulation delays. John, the transport in-charge astatine St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Pattom, said the roadworthy works that began six months agone stay incomplete, with trenches dug for pipeline works near unfastened successful immoderate areas. He said, “Students often walk up to one-and-a-half hours connected the roadworthy aft schoolhouse due to the fact that of the congestion, tiring them out”.
Satheesh, the School autobus driver, said that ensuring students scope schoolhouse safely and connected clip has go progressively challenging, portion the information unit member, Sudheer besides highlighted mediocre roadworthy conditions arsenic a large interest for officials. A Civil Police Officer connected postulation work astatine Pattom said: “Managing schoolhouse postulation requires changeless vigilance, peculiarly portion helping children transverse roads safely and preventing postulation blocks during highest hours”.
Geetha G, Principal, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Cotton Hill, said that the schoolhouse has notified students to permission location earlier to debar delays. “The schoolhouse extortion groups enactment efficiently for the students’ safety. Regular meetings are arranged, and effectual actions are taken for the addressed concerns,” she said.
Neethu and Sreelekshmi, Class IX students astatine the school, said they often get precocious for their archetypal people and that crossing engaged roads adjacent the schoolhouse is intimidating.
With schools backmost successful session, parents, teachers and students anticipation that amended postulation regularisation and faster completion of roadworthy works volition assistance easiness congestion during highest hours.
(The writer is interning with The Hindu Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram)
