THE Yangon Region Transport Committee (YRTC) said that they would provide school buses for one month free of charge if the primary schools request them in June, the first month of reopening schools under the Yangon Region Administration Council’s guidance.

The YRTC will operate its model  school  buses  according  to  the  Road  Transport  of  the Ministry of Transport and Communications’ regulations, with  more  than  10-seaters  buses  that  install  a  security  system  at  doors.  Every  vehicle  has  a  nurse  kit,  two  fire  extinguishers, bus attendants and “D” licensed drivers. The speed limit will not be allowed to exceed 40 km/h so that students will be safe.

The YRTC is now filming an  advertisement  for  school  buses to be broadcast on TV.

“We  are  now  filming  an  advertisement for school buses, and it will be broadcast on Television soon. We planned to provide model school buses to the schools in need under the supervision of the Yangon Region Administration Council in June,” said the Joint Secretary of the YRTC.

A  total  of  150  school  buses  have  been  reportedly  earmarked  to  help  primary  schools in Yangon if there is a need for school buses.

The  YRTC’s  school  bus  project  aims  to  run  as  corporate  social  responsibility  (CSR),  and  CCTV  will  also  be installed in the bus for the safety of the students.

“We,  YRTC,  do  not  run  school  buses  for  commercial  purpose  but  the  purpose  of  running  as  CSR.  So,  private  school  buses  pay  special  attention to follow the rules systematically,” he added.

The  model  school  bus-es  will  use  only  12  seats  of  a  24-seater-bus  following  the  COVID-19  guidelines.

Maung  Sein  Lwin  (Myanma  Alinn)

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