Mysuru, July 2 -- In a bid to ensure the safety of school children and vehicles ferrying students comply with the rules, City Traffic Police conducted special checks of such vehicles across city yesterday morning.

Vehicles such as autos, mini buses, buses, vans, Omni vans and other vehicles, carrying school students were intercepted by V.V. Puram Traffic Police, Siddartha Traffic Police, K.R. Traffic Police, Devaraja Traffic Police, Narasimharaja (NR) Traffic Police, Kuvempunagar Traffic Police and Lashkar Traffic Police in their respective jurisdiction.

The drive focused on verifying compliance with essential regulations such as valid vehicle permits, insurance, safety measures in place, adherence to passenger capacity, proper driver d...