A list of guidelines formulated by the ministry of transport for vehicles plying school children will soon be passed as an order. The guidelines were made public on Thursday at in the presence of all stake holders, including schools, bus operators, and education department officials.
State transport secretary CS Sangeetrao along with state transport commissioner Deepak Kapoor unveiled the plan in the presence of transport minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil. Transport officials took note of the objections by the bus operators and said that they would make the necessary changes.
Chairperson of the bus owners’ association, Anil Garg, said that having a female attendant on board of a bus will be difficult as there would be few women keen to take up such a job. Another bus operator pointed out that the compulsion on using a bus with not more than eight years’ life was not practically possible.
Deepak Kapoor said that the guidelines are not final and every suggestion will be taken into consideration for making the final guidelines. He said that a co-ordination committee should be set up in every school which will have transport and education department officials to monitor the services and the school will be equally responsible for not following the rules.
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