Mangalore: Heavy vehicles posing danger to lives of school children

Prashanth Nayak

Mangalore, Nov 13: Heavy goods vehicles plying on some of the roads where schools are located have been posing danger to lives of little children in the city.

One example is the increasing traffic on the road behind police commissioner’s office near St Anne's and Carmel schools that has been a cause of worry and fear for students and their parents.

Though such heavy vehicles ply on Rosario school – Telegraph office – Corporation Bank road when traffic policemen are assigned, they change their route and ply on Carmel School road immediately when the traffic policemen go away.

Along with hundreds of vehicles including two wheelers, auto rickshaws and other private vehicles plying on this road on a daily basis, the children and their parents have to struggle in between the heavy goods vehicles also to cross the road every day, thus putting their lives at risk.

Besides that, there are many other large goods vehicles stopping in between the road to unload right in the middle of the congested traffic. 

It is high time the authorities take notice of the situation and take measures to stop heavy vehicles from plying on roads where schools are located, before any tragedy takes place.