SRINAGAR : Overloading buses, autos, mini- buses of private schools openly violate traffic rules and ply on the risk of students’ life in Srinagar city but none cares especially the concerned authorities who despite Supreme Court ruling in this regard act a silient spectator.
According to reports parents hire private mini- buses, and pay huge amount in school’s bank accounts under JKBOSE but school managements board excess students than actual capacity of the buses.
According to passersby the most common violation by school transports is overloading though the traffic rules specify that the number of children in the vehicle should not exceed one and half times the permitted seating capacity if the children are below 12 years while each child above 12 should be treated as one person but who cares.
Though the parents pay huge amount as transport charges to private school management ranging between Rs 500-700 for just 2-3 km of distance yet their wards are subjected to travel in overloaded vehicles.
Having no particular fixed transport charges, schools impose charges according to its standard, some parents lamented, adding, “knowing that school authorities and the transporter both are minting money they look towards concerned authorities which too have failed.
They alleged that neither school management, nor Motor vehicle department bother about capacity of the vehicle and students ferried in the same.
Despite Supreme Court directions in this regard, the MVD and school management to carry sufficient students with other basic facilities available in the vehicle but it appeared that officials who must take initiative to imply the direction. (PTK)
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