Conduct child safety audit at all city schools: Chandigarh Administration

On Friday, a student was killed and 18 of her schoolmates sustained injuries after an old tree fell on them inside a school complex. A staff attendant of the school also sustained injuries, according to the school officials.

After the death of a student and injury caused to some when a tree fell on them, the Chandigarh administration has ordered a child safety audit at all city schools. According to an official statement, In view of the incident at Carmel Convent School in Sector 9 here, Nikita Panwar, Secretary, Social Welfare and Women and Child Development, has directed the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights to conduct a child safety audit of all schools.

On Friday, a student was killed and 18 of her schoolmates sustained injuries after an old tree fell on them inside a school complex. A staff attendant of the school also sustained injuries, according to the school officials.

The committee will be constituted to give its suggestions to the Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, and schools to take corrective measures so that no such incident occurs in the future.

To carry out the safety audit, a team comprising officials from Social Welfare, Health, Engineering, Education, Municipal Corporation, Forest Departments and police will be constituted. The exercise aims at ensuring that children studying in schools are provided with conducive and safe environment, the statement said.

Earlier, Chandigarh's Home Secretary Nitin Yadav had said that a committee will inspect all trees in and around various schools in Chandigarh and take appropriate measures if any tree was found vulnerable.

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