Negligence of children’s safety will not be tolerated: Collector Mallikarjuna

examined the documents of the vehicles and filed cases against the auto drivers for overloading the vehicles.

Cases were registered against 24 auto-rickshaws that failed to follow traffic norms. As many as 13 vehicles were seized for not having appropriate documents. Similarly, cases were registered against two school buses for violating norms.

Deputy Transport Commissioner (DTC) G C Raja Ratnam informed that auto-rickshaws carrying school students must follow rules without any deviation.

Officials of the transport department said from November 1 till date, cases have been registered against 97 auto-rickshaws for violating the rules.

The DTC warned that vehicles of the auto drivers will be seized if they indulge in overloading and rash driving and added that the inspections would be a continuous process.

In the meantime, the RTO officials organised awareness programmes at NAD junction, Pendurthi and Madhurawada areas on road traffic rules.

Among others, MVIs Ram Kumar, Balaji Rao, Hari Prasad Rao, Praveen Kumar, Raja Rao, Madhavi, Suman Kumar and Lalita participated in the drive.