The city has witnessed a troubling rise in road accidents involving schoolchildren recently. Reports cited the deaths of four kids aged between nine and 12 in just 20 days, while one nursery school student was injured.

In all these fatalities, children were crushed by buses and dumpers. Drivers have been booked for rash and negligent driving. Parents have demanded that the police take serious steps to ban heavy vehicles around school premises, especially during school hours.