In Jaisalmer district, a school bus caught fire early Tuesday morning JAISALMER: A school bus carrying around 15 children caught fire in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district on Tuesday morning, triggering a swift evacuation as all the children were safely brought out of the vehicle, police said.The bus was travelling from Jaisalmer towards rural areas to pick…
Lucknow: Taking note of structural and non-structural safety hazards in schools across Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad high court’s Lucknow bench has observed that the safety of thousands of children is at risk as nearly 4,000 schools have high-tension electricity lines passing over their premises.The bench noted that incidents of such lines falling within school campuses have…
A large tree toppled onto a school bus, resulting in the tragic death of a child DAKSHIN KANNADA: A child was killed and two others were injured after a massive roadside tree fell on a moving school bus near Barimaru village in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday evening, police said.The bus, belonging to Kalladka…
RTO officials interact with school and college vehicle drivers during a road safety awareness programme in Hosapete, Vijayanagara Hosapete (Vijayanagara): The transport department has stepped up enforcement against school and college vehicles violating safety norms, booking 103 vehicles during a recent drive and recovering Rs 11.8 lakh in taxes and penalties.Addressing an awareness programme for…
Teams are checking whether buses are equipped with first-aid kits, fire extinguishers, CCTV cameras, GPS tracking systems and speed governors Noida: Noida and Ghaziabad transport authorities have stepped up inspections of private school buses to ensure compliance with safety regulations, officials said on Monday. Under the special drive, notices were issued to 98 vehicles over…
No children or passengers were inside the vehicle when it caught fire Ghaziabad: A CNG bus bearing the name of Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad, caught fire near the Nandgram intersection on Meerut Road on Saturday morning, triggering panic among commuters. Fire department officers said no children or passengers were inside the vehicle at the time…
A four-year-old girl tragically died after being run over by a school bus (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) BENGALURU: In a tragic incident, a four-year-old-girl, accompanying her mother to receive elder sister, died on the spot after coming under the sister’s school bus in Dasanapura, Nelamangala on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased is K Tanusha, second…
Prayagraj: With schools reopening on Wednesday, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) launched a weeklong drive to ensure that students are not transported in unfit vehicles. The campaign, which will continue till July 7, aims to help schools bring their vehicles in compliance with safety and legal requirements before stricter enforcement begins next week.Transport department records…
Ranchi DTO Akhilesh Kumar on Tuesday said a week-long enforcement drive of school buses and vans is being planned Jamshedpur/Ranchi: East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Rajiv Ranjan has ordered a joint inspection of all school vehicles in Jamshedpur to ensure compliance with safety norms, directing operators to update documents before checks begin next week.Stating that the…
