District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Monday directed all schools in the district to submit a report indicating compliance with June 26 order directing for strict adherence to bus safety rules.
In a communication issued here all schools operating in thedistrict have been asked to submit the said compliance report by July 15.
It will be recalled that the June 26 order while making themresponsible for adherence thereto and violations thereof directed schoolprincipals to ensure compliance with all relevant rules and Supreme Courtguidelines aimed at ensuring safety of students while on their way to and fromschools.
The order containing a range of relevant instructions –including that to concerned authorities asked to seize all such vehicles asfound violating any of the relevant guidelines or instructions as stated in theorder – was said to have become imperative in view of growing complaints andreports of overloading among other forms of negligence in school buses puttinglives of children on board in risk.
Meanwhile the public in general and parents of schoolchildren in particular in Srinagar have again been urged to report instances ofviolations of the order to DM’s office. They have been assured of immediate andstrict action under law against schools whose buses are found violating any ofthe bus safety rules or instructions contained in the order.