Pune: Because the city school is reopened from February 1, school buses can be a difficult finding.
No more than 10% of all types of vehicles transporting students to and from schools in Pune District will start operations, transporting said, adding that the decision was “sudden” to reopen the school.
“We previously received information that the school would be reopened from February 15.
Suddenly on Friday, a decision was made to reopen schools from next Tuesday.
How will the transporter ready? This hasn’t happened for the first time and a sudden decision Arriving did not give us time to prepare, “Kiran Desai, the President who worked from the Association of Pune bus owners and members of the task of members of the school bus transportation appointed by the state government, to Ti.
At present, there are around 10,000 vehicles from various types that bring students to schools in Pune District.
The amount fell by almost 5,000 from the time of a hit pandemic.
“I have not been approached by any school to start transportation.
This is happening for the third or fourth time the school is reopened and turned off due to a surge in Covid-19 case.
At present, the Covid case in Pune is on the higher side.
Some schools contact me Tell them may start in March and they want to keep an eye on the situation now and continue with online class, “Raju Latamble, a transporter who has more than 200 school buses, to Ti.
He said, “Even if we approached by school to start service, we will need at least three weeks because we need time to prepare the bus and bring back staff.” They added that bringing back staff, especially women’s bus servants, is another challenge.
“They want a prolonged work guarantee without being fired and a salary increase of at least 30%.
Most of them have gone into other forms of work.
Similar is the situation with our driver and conductor.” Desai said.