37 students injured after overloaded tempo overturns in K’taka distt
At least 37 children were injured after an overloaded mini tempo ferrying students of a Belagavi private school overturned in Savadatti taluk of the district on Friday morning, police said. The RTO office in Belagavi has only 13 RTOs against the required number of 34 The mini tempo had a seating capacity of 12, and over a dozen students including highschoolers were made to sit in the driver’s cabin, police said, adding that none of the children were seriously injured. The then deputy commissioner of Belagavi, N Jayaram said banned carrying more than six students in an auto rickshaw after one over crowded students carrying rickshaw was overturned in Belagavi about five years ago. “The area under my jurisdiction – Ramadurga and Savadatti taluk in Belagavi – needs three transport inspectors, however all posts are vacant.,” he said, adding that the schools must follow the RTO guidelines and parents must refuse to send their kids to school in vehicles carrying more passengers than their capacity.
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