Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 23: Continuing the ongoing Road Safety Audit and Inspection drive of School buses, the team of Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) Jammu today conducted road safety audit and inspection of the school buses owned by the private educational institutions including G.D Goenka School, Delhi Public School Nagbani and Maharaja Hari Singh School Nagbani
The drive was conducted in compliance to the directions of Administrative Secretary Transport J&K Niraj Kumar and Transport Commissioner J&K. Rajinder Singh Tara and the audit teams were constituted by RTO Jammu Pankaj Bhagotra.
The team comprising of ARTO BOI (P) Kuldeep Singh along with MVI Jasbir Singh and SMVI Amanish Sharma conducted safety audit of more than 100 vehicles inside the premises of G.D Goenka School, Delhi Public School Nagbani and Maharaja Hari Singh School Nagbani
During the audit thorough inspections of each bus was conducted under the provision of Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and Rules framed thereunder and also the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India.
The safety audit comes after recent concerns over the safety of school buses in the region, prompting the RTO to take proactive measures to address any potential risks.
Earlier, a circular regarding safety of school children in school buses was also issued by RTO Jammu with the direction to implement the same in letter and spirit.
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