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MLA, public stage demonstration
Special Correspondent
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Demand safety for school students travelling in govt. buses
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— Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan
In one voice: Taramangalam MLA P. Kannaiyan staging a demonstration in front of the State Transport Corporation depot in Mettur on Saturday.
METTUR: Demanding safety for the school students who travel in government buses with free bus passes, Taramangalam MLA of Pattali Makkal Katchi P. Kannaiyan, accompanied by cadres and general public, staged a demonstration in front of the depot of the State Transport Corporation here on Saturday.
Earlier, they also took out a procession carrying the body of 14-year-old M. Selvakumar, a Class IX student of Government Higher secondary School, Mecheri, who was killed in an accident when he ran along with a group of students to board a town bus on Friday evening.
As the bus was stopped a few yards away from the bus stop, the students ran to catch the bus. In the melee, Selvakumar, son of a peasant from a near-by village, fell and died.
Condemning the incident, Mr. Kannaiyan said that the tragedy could have been averted had the bus driver stopped the bus at the stop. The MLA said that the students had claimed that a few bus drivers used to show utter disregard to the safety of the schoolchildren who possessed free bus passes.
Later, the MLA met the officials of the transport corporation and urged them to ply more services during peak hours.
They were also told to sensitise the bus crew to the safety of school students. Teachers should be deputed to organise the boarding of buses in a regulated manner.
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