Hyderabad, June 18 -- Road transport authorities have issued 12,069 fitness certificates for school buses operating across the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits.

As per a Deccan Chronicle report, the certificates were distributed among 1,054 school buses in Hyderabad, 5,542 in Rangareddy, and 5,473 in Medchal.

During the inspection drive, officials booked nearly 150 cases for various violations, collecting Rs 11.64 lakh in compounding fees and Rs 3.2 lakh in taxes and penalties. So far, about 95 percent of the total school buses in the region have been inspected.

On June 13, as part of its ongoing special drive against school buses in Hyderabad, the RTA booked 22 cases for violations ranging from missing documentati...