Strict action against school buses in Nagaon for flouting Supreme Court guidelines

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NAGAON: District Transport Officer, Nagaon (DTO) Sunit Bora urged all the heads of educational institutions including the government as well as other private run schools in the district to follow the strict instructions of the Supreme Court especially in school buses and other vehicles being used in carrying students to the institutions.

The department concerned initiated a slew of strict measures in the district to make the school authorities bound to follow the instructions of the Supreme Court especially the installation of CCTV camera, nets on windows and other compulsory precautionary measures as well as facilities in their respective school buses or vehicles.

Besides, the department concerned also seized several school vehicles for flouting the instructions and guidelines and also imposed penalties in this regard.

While talking to this correspondent here DTO Sunit Bora said that even some leading educational institutions of the town, were violating the guidelines and instructions for which the department concerned had to initiate strict action against those violators.

"We have engaged special enforcement teams in operation on roads against the school buses or other vehicles that are being used for carrying students to school and the operation will continue as our prime concern is the safety of the students," DTO Bora added further.

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