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School buses come under thorough inspection
School buses come under thorough inspection

The Hindu

time14-05-2025

  • General
  • The Hindu

School buses come under thorough inspection

Joint inspection of school vehicles under Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Regulation and Control of School Buses) Rules in Virudhunagar district to ensure safety of students was conducted here on Wednesday. Collector V.P. Jeyaseelan visited the Armed Reserve Ground where the inspection of school buses were being done by officials from the district administration and the departments of Police, Transport and School Education. During the inspection, the officials inspected whether the fire fighting equipment were properly maintained in the buses and whether the vehicles had first aid boxes. The Collector also checked the working of emergency exits in the buses and whether speed governors were fitted in the vehicles so that the drivers cannot operate the buses in higher speed. As it has been mandated for the school administration to appoint attenders with due licence, the officials verified the licence of the attenders. These attenders have to help the students while boarding and alighting. The officials also checked whether the footboards of the vehicles were properly designed for the students to easily climb up and down from the buses. As per the rules, the first step should be 25 cm to 30 cm above ground level. The officials also inspected whether the driver's cabin was duly separated. They also checked the seating arrangment, including whether they were firmly fitted on the floor of the bus. They also tested the stability of the bus floor, railings in the windows to prevent the children from protruding their hands and heads out of the body of the bus. A total of 819 school buses belonging to 177 private schools have been given licence in Virudhunagar district by different Regional Transport Offices. Among the 569 school buses which were subjected to inspection, 500 buses were cleared for transportation of the students, while 69 buses were rejected for certain shortcomings. The respective school administration has been advised to take corrective measures in those vehicles for another round of inspection. Medical camps were organised for the school bus drivers on the occasion. Experts from '108' ambulance services demonstrated life-saving techniques and firemen demonstrated fire-fighting techniques to the bus drivers. Additional Superintendent of Police K. Ashokan; District Officer (Fire and Rescue Services) Chandrasekar; Revenue Divisional Officer- Sattur Sivakumar; Regional Transport Officers, Manickam (Virudhunagar), Chandrasekar (Srivilliputtur), Velumani (Sivakasi); Deputy Superintendent of Police Yogeswaran; District Educational Officer (Private Schools) Subburaj were among those who were present.

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