Haryana government to start campaign to check school buses under vehicle policy

To comply with the Haryana government's harmless schoolhouse conveyance policy, a run to cheque schoolhouse vehicles volition beryllium tally by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) bureau soon, an medication serviceman said.

Gurugram District Transport Officer and Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Ravinder Kumar, said connected Monday that the Haryana authorities is superior astir the information of schoolhouse students.

"For harmless question of schoolhouse buses, it is indispensable that the drivers of these buses travel the postulation rules decently and the schoolhouse conveyance should beryllium successful bully condition," helium added.

The SDM said that astatine slightest 4 to 5 schoolhouse buses should beryllium checked daily.
If immoderate responsibility is seen successful immoderate vehicle, past it should beryllium challaned, helium added.

He said that schoolhouse buses should question dilatory during fog play and person yellowish lights installed.

First assistance kits, CCTV cameras, trained drivers-conductors, helpline numbers, etc. should beryllium written connected the buses, helium added.

Regular checking of schoolhouse vehicles is indispensable arsenic present the RTA has directed schools to conscionable each parameters of their vehicles arsenic per the norms acceptable by the authorities authorities nether the 'Surakshit School Vahan Policy' wrong 10 days.

"A run to cheque vehicles of acquisition institutions of the territory volition beryllium started from January 21. During this play they volition beryllium inspected arsenic per the schoolhouse conveyance policy," helium added.

Kumar clarified that schools should instrumentality work for the harmless proscription of students, irrespective of the mode of transport.
"Schools should beryllium held liable if thing untoward happens. They should beryllium liable for the proscription of students, immoderate the mode," helium asserted.

"School conveyance drivers play a precise important relation successful managing and maintaining the schoolhouse vehicles. Though determination person been regular consciousness programmes passim the year, a caller league volition statesman aft 2 months, galore caller drivers volition besides articulation antithetic schools truthful the section wants to guarantee each are trained and adhere to the Surakshit Vahan School policy," said an RTA official.