A child safety audit will be conducted at all city schools in Chandigarh, as per the order of the Chandigarh administration. The order was issued hours after a student died and several others injured when a tree fell on them. Nikita Panwar, secretary, Social Welfare and Woman and Child Development, has directed the Chandigarh Commission for protection of Child Rights to conduct a child safety audit of all schools, as per the official statement.
A team consisting of officials from Social Welfare, Health, Engineering, Education, Municipal Corporation, Forest department and Police will be carrying out the audit. It is to ensure that children in school are provided with conductive and safe environment, the statement said.
Suggestions will be given by the committee to the Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, and schools to adopt corrective measures to ensure the safety of the students in future.
A student was killed and 18 others were injured along with a staff attendant of the school, after an old tree fell on them inside a school complex on Friday, July 8, 2022. Chandigarh’s home secretary, Nitin Yadav, has said that a committee will inspect all the trees in and around various schools in Chandigarh to find out if there are any more vulnerable trees.
