Chandigarh, July 30 -- Despite an advisory issued by the district road safety committee asking schools to actively promote car-pooling among students and parents to tackle traffic congestion around campuses, no private school in Chandigarh has submitted any compliance report so far.

According to the advisory, schools were required to map students residing in similar neighbourhoods, facilitate the formation of car-pooling groups, and sensitise parents through circulars and parent-teacher meetings. Institutions were also asked to submit an action-taken report to the committee.

Officials, however, confirmed that no major private school has reported implementation of the advisory so far.

Reason: The city lacks a formal car-pooling policy. ...