RTO crackdown against illegal school vans in Vadodara, 58 cases lodged, 29 vehicles detained

Vadodara: In a crackdown against the alleged illegal private school-vans in the city today the teams of regional transport office here lodged complaints against over 50 such vans which carry children to schools without having proper taxi permit.

The RTO operation was conducted two days after an accident involving such a van in which some of the school children injured.

RTO in-charge S P Muniya said that a total of 58 cases against as many vehicles have been lodged in this connection and 29 vans were detained for not having proper permit.

He said that despite repeated warnings to such van operators many were still doing so illegally and many of them flout the norms with regard to maximum number of children and other safety issues.

He said that the crackdown would continue.