14 school vehicles found operating without permit in Erode

In a crackdown on unauthorised vehicles used for

transporting school children in the wake of the death of a six-year old girl in

Chennai, Regional Transport Officials here slapped a fine of Rs 84,000 on 14

vehciles being operated without necessary permit.The officials conducted inspections of school buses, vans

and mini vans across the district yesterday and found 14 vehicles plying

without proper permit for transporting school children, officials said.The Transport department has ordered the crackdown after the

shocking death of S Sruthi, a class II student of a private school in Chennai,

who was crushed to death under the wheels of her school bus when she fell down

through a hole on the floor of the bus near Tambaram.

Besides slapping a total fine of Rs 84,000, the

officials ordered the operators of the vehicle to apply for necessary permit

for transporting school children, they said.