School buses will resume operations at full capacity about a week after in-person classes for Stds I-XII start on Monday. The owners’ association in the state said there will also be a 30 per cent hike in school bus fees when services start on February 1. This comes as good news for lakhs of workers whose livelihood was snatched by COVID-19 two years ago, but parents are unlikely to be happy with the fee hike. 

On Friday afternoon, the School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA), Maharashtra, shot off a letter to the state transport commissioner seeking appointments at RTO offices to get fitness certificates for buses, so that they are ready to be back in service.