School buses under Transport Department scanner in Nellore district

 andhrapradesh | Written by : IANS Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 11:53 AM

For ensuring utmost safety of schoolchildren, the Transport Department has introduced tough steps for issuing the vehicle fitness certificates and final approvals for the buses being operated by the school managements to transport their students.This year, rules are made such that each school bus will be personally driven by a Motor Vehicle Inspector before giving fitness certificate. The fitness tests also involve thorough checking of engine condition, head lamps, meshes, painting and so on.As a strict procedure needs to be followed in this, the department has issued guidelines saying that each MVI should attend fitness issues for just five school buses per day.Accordingly, as it requires a lot of time to cover all the 1,392 schools buses in the Nellore district, the transport officials have decided to start issuing of fitness certificates early. All the buses will be strictly checked prior to the beginning of the academic year in two months