Good news school students: PIL in High Court to reduce school bag weight

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the High Court seeking appropriate direction to the government to reduce the bag weight of primary school children. Tumkur lawyer L. Ramesh Naik has filed a PIL in the High Court and it is yet to come up for hearing. Good news school students: PIL in High Court to reduce school bag weight

The government often issues notifications and circulars regarding rules and laws related to school administration. However, it is said that there is no specific rule regarding the bag weight. In 2006, a bill was presented in the Rajya Sabha to reduce the weight of bags.

It was left there. It is said that although the central government has issued a rule in the school students school bag policy 2020 that the weight limit of children’s bags should be this, it is not being followed. Children going to primary schools in towns and cities carry heavy bags to school every day.

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This is having a serious impact on their health and well-being, and it is requested in the petition that appropriate direction should be given to the government to reduce the bag weight of school children.

BMTC buses: Read this before you sit in ladies seat in Bus

BMTC buses: BMTC has collected fine lakhs of rupees from passengers in various cases including ticketless travel in BMTC buses in a single month. Read this before you sit in ladies seat in Bus. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation collected Rs 4.62 lakh in fines from 2,744 passengers in August for various cases, including ticketless travel in buses.

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation BMTC Male passengers have also been fined across the city for sitting in seats reserved for women passengers, while 119 male passengers have been fined Rs 11,900 for using women’s reserved seats under Sections 177 and 94 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

2,625 ticketless passengers were detected and a total fine of Rs 4.50 lakh was collected from them. 1,430 cases have also been registered against bus operators on the basis of dereliction of duty in buses where ticketless passengers were travelling.