The district administration has failed to deter illegal ferrying of schoolchildren on three-wheelers. This is despite the fact that a child died while another suffered a severe hip injury while they were commuting to their schools via auto-rickshaws in the first week of April.

Residents said despite the accidents, the district administration had failed to look into the issue of illegal ferrying of schoolchildren on auto-rickshaws. “Most of the autos in the city are outdated. The drivers do not have licenses or the pollution certificates to run the auto-rickshaws on the roads. But these vehicles are still being used to ferry school children, that too in numbers,” a resident said.