Cabinet nod for new norms for school transportation

Shimla | Tuesday | 17th April, 2018

Summary:

For Shimla smart city project, 24 posts will be filled on secondment basis and 26 posts of different categories will be filled on outsource basis. The estimated project cost is Rs 770 crore and will be implemented with the World Bank aid. The government of India has approved Rs 219 crore for this road. SHIMLA: Taking lessons from the tragic school bus accident of Nurpur in which 23 schoolchildren and four others were killed on April 9, the state cabinet on Monday gave in-principle approval to transportation guidelines for the safe plying of vehicles deployed in schools. In order to provide better mobility to home guards and civil defence at the time of natural calamities or distress, the cabinet approved purchase of 10 new trucks as replacement for its effective functioning..