S. A. S.NAGAR:Nobody would be allowed to play with lives of school children: Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan
Action against 68 vehicles, 50 challaned, 18 impounded
In accordance with the directions of the Chief Minister, The District Administration today launched an extensive drive as part of the statewide action to check roadworthiness of buses and other transport vehicles that are used for ferrying school children.
Disclosing this here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Girish Dayalan said that the District Administration undertook this drive as a mission to ensure the safety of school children and nobody would be allowed to play with their lives.
The Deputy Commissioner divulged that the drive was undertaken in Mohali, Derabassi and Kharar.The RTA Mr. Sukhwinder Kumar checked 25 vehicles out of which 11 were impounded while 14 were challaned. The SDM Kharar Mr. Himanshu Jain challaned 4 vehicles, ATO Simran Sra challaned 14 vehicles and impounded four. The SDM Mohali Mr. Jagdeep Saigal challaned 11 vehicles while one was impounded. The SDM Derabassi Mr. Kuldeep Bawa impounded 2 vehicles while issuing challans to 7.