With less than a month for the re-opening of schools on June 6, a total of 2,948 school vehicles, mostly buses and vans, in Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai and Tirupattur districts, are under the scanner of the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) for their fitness and other safety aspects so that they are capable of transporting students safely.
RTO officials said the on-going assessment, which began a few days ago, is being carried out by the district-level committee on school safety that includes the Revenue Divisional Officer, the Deputy SP, the District Educational Officer and the RTO.
The plan is to complete the assessment by May 15 so that unfit vehicles may do the necessary repairs and get ready before the school re-opening on June 6. “We track all school vehicles regularly by maintaining a separate register for fit and unfit vehicles. We also verify documents of vehicles in the campuses itself prior to the school reopening,” M. Ramalingam, RTO (Ranipet), told The Hindu.
