PRAYAGRAJ, May 1 -- To improve student safety and reduce traffic congestion outside schools, authorities in Prayagraj have directed educational institutions to utilise their own premises for parking and managing school buses. Officials added that students will now get on and off buses within school grounds rather than on public roads.

The directive was issued during a meeting of the district school transport safety committee held at Sangam auditorium, chaired by additional district magistrate Satyam Mishra.

School managements were instructed to ensure that buses are stationed only in designated parking areas within campuses to prevent traffic snarls outside institutions, he said. Authorities also asked all schools to constitute a school...