Significant spike in number of challans issued against school van and cab drivers

The Delhi Police issued 6,532 challans to school van and cab drivers for traffic violations this year, almost three times the number of challans issued last year.

An eight-year-old boy was killed and a minor girl injured after an autorickshaw hit their school van in north Delhi's Timarpur on Tuesday, police said.

In a similar incident in April, a seven-year-old girl was killed and 17 students injured when a milk tanker rammed into their private school van near Kanhaiya Nagar Metro Station in northwest Delhi.

A senior traffic police officer said, "The lives of children are precious. It has been observed that school vans and cabs are often driven rashly, risking the lives of children. We have held meetings in schools and requested the principals to create awareness among parents. We have also spoken to parent-teacher associations about it."