A day after this paper’s report, state permits buses to ply, with a 15-point SOP, including sanitation rules and 50 per cent capacity
School buses parked outside JB Petit and Cathedral and John Connon schools at Fort during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. Pic/Ashish Raje
A day after mid-day’s report about the issue, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday night released a 15-point Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for school bus operations. School bus owners’ and operators’ losses due to the pandemic had been pegged at Rs 3,000 crore in the state. While school buses can begin operations with immediate effect, they have to still consult with individual schools to work out the logistics.
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