Odisha

Road Safety: Owners Of Odisha School Vehicles To Face Action For Mishaps

By
Tarannum Khan

Puri: The District Transport Authorities recently held a meeting with school authorities, vehicle owners, parents and traffic police here to spread awareness about accidents caused due to overloaded school transport vehicles and negligent drivers, .

In the meeting, Regional Transport Officer SK Dalai warned the school authorities and vehicle owners about stringent legal action against them in case of a mishap.

The RTO officer made it very clear that school vehicles including buses, vans and auto-rickshaws can carry students only within their prescribed capacity. Documents such as fitness, road permit, and insurance, driving license and control certificates of the vehicle concerned need to be produced before the RTO as soon as possible.

Private schools that provide their own transport vehicles to students need to submit the required documents to the RTO within a week.

Traffic inspector GR Dash, District Education Officer Niranjan Sahu and block education officer Mamata Mishra were also present at the meeting.

 

Tarannum Khan

Recent Posts

First Poster Of Tiger Shroff’s ‘Baaghi 4’ Divides Netizens

Mumbai: The first poster of the Tiger Shroff-starrer ‘Baaghi 4’ is out. The poster shows…

November 18, 2024

Did Chicken Or Egg Come First? Scientists May Finally Have An Answer

Bhubaneswar: What came first -- chicken or egg? Scientists have finally found some evidence to…

November 18, 2024

Ashneer Grover’s Sly Comment After Getting Slammed By Salman Khan On ‘Bigg Boss 18’

Mumbai: Ashneer Grover of Shark Tank India fame, who was slammed by Salman Khan on…

November 18, 2024

G20 Summit: PM Modi ‘Delighted’ To Meet Joe Biden, Addresses Opening Session

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met outgoing US President Joe Biden and other world…

November 18, 2024

POCSO Court Sentences Man To 25-Year RI For Rape Of Minor Daughter In Odisha’s Balasore

Balasore: A POCSO Court has sentenced a man to rigorous imprisonment for 25 years for…

November 18, 2024

Elderly Man From West Bengal Found Hanging In Bhubaneswar Hotel

Bhubaneswar: An elderly man from West Bengal was found hanging in the room of a…

November 18, 2024

Odisha Trio Named In Indian Team For Men’s Junior Asia Cup Hockey

Bhubaneswar: Three players from Odisha have been selected for the Indian team which will compete…

November 18, 2024

Days After SC Guidelines On Demolitions, Yogi Adityanath Fires ‘Bulldozer’ Warning In Jharkhand

Ranchi: Five days after the Supreme Court laid down nationwide guidelines against arbitrary demolitions by…

November 18, 2024