The Madhya Pradesh Child Rights Protection Commission has directed the RTO, Bhopal to ensure that school vehicles, vans and autos should comply with prescribed guidelines of the Transport Department. As many as 27 cases were put forth for hearing before a joint bench of the commission chaired by its Chairperson Usha Chaturvedi here on Wednesday.
The commission heard two special cases also. The bench also comprised commission’s members Vijaya Shukla, Rita Upmanyu and Vibhanshu Joshi. On the complaint of District Child Welfare Committee’s president, the commission directed police inspector of Rithaura Kalan in Morena district to inform the commission immediately on tracing missing children. On the complaints received from students, the commission directed Shajapur District Education Officer to ensure safe bathrooms arrangements in hostels, issue notice regarding negligence committed by principal in Akodiya in distribution of cycles to students and install complaint boxes in all Government schools in development blocks.
The commission also directed to ensure action within 10 days for construction of a parapet on the well in Government primary school Khidiyakhanda under village Soyat Kalan. In the case of return of child to Sapna Pachori of Palace Arcade Kolar Road, Bhopal from the in-laws, the commission decided to take action only after hearing the version of the father. Girl student Satyam Malviya of Bhopal had appealed that she does not want to stay with her father and step-mother. On the commission’s directive, arrangement was made for her stay with her uncle till exams are over and send her to her maternal grandmother thereafter.