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Many of the buses were also found to lack fire-fighting equipment while some air-conditioned vehicles did not have safety grills,” he said. Officials said only 712 of the 1,400-odd school buses plying across Ghaziabad district had come for the inspection on the Kamla Nehru Nagar grounds, of which 125 were found to have flouted the guidelines.In the drive in Noida,52 buses were found lacking the safety features. Over 300 buses had reported for the inspection in Noida. Educational institutions across the district also source their vehicles from private transporters.“We had not included buses or vans being operated by private contractors. Another drive is likely to be conducted on April 22 for school buses in Greater Noida Sources said many of the buses were found with jammed emergency doors, missing footrests, lack of boards mentioning “on school duty” on the rear of the vehicles and even fire-fighting equipment..