17-05-2025
58 school buses in Coimbatore found with defects, denied fitness certificate
Coimbatore: Ahead of the reopening of educational institutions after the summer vacation, at least 58 buses used for transporting students were found unfit during an inspection at the Police Recruits School (PRS) ground here on Saturday.
A special committee, comprising the district collector, regional transport officers, police and education department officials, inspected 945 school vehicles on the day to check if the mandatory safety features were in place.
After the inspection, 58 buses were not issued fitness certificates, as they did not have a speed governor, first aid kit, valid fire extinguishers, and inside cameras and reverse camera sensors.
Collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar said the school buses were inspected for safety features as per the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Regulation and Control of School Buses) Special Rules 2012. At least 945 of the 1,471 school buses from 274 schools in the jurisdiction of Coimbatore Central, South, North, West and Sulur regional transport offices were inspected on the day.
"Defects were detected on 58 buses. We have given them a week to rectify the issues and resubmit the buses for inspection to obtain the fitness certificate.
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The vehicles that are not inspected today will have to ensure they receive their fitness certificates before the reopening of schools," the collector said.
An eye camp was conducted for the drivers who came for the inspection. Fire and rescue services department personnel demonstrated how to operate fire extinguishers in front of the drivers.
Regional transport officers A S Viswanathan, Pradeepa and Poonkothai conducted the inspection, while the collector and deputy police commissioner (traffic) S Asokkumar supervised the process.
