Chandigarh, April 16 -- The State Transport Authority has issued 1,405 total challans and impounded 109 total vehicles for not complying with Safe Transportation Policy for Students (STRAPS) policy of the UT transport department.

This was revealed in a meeting held on Monday with STA, UT education department, traffic police and principals of various government and private schools on Monday to discuss safety of vehicles used to transport school students.

Maximum number of challans were issued for three wheelers--1,008 and 81 autos were impounded. As many as 198 buses and 199 taxis were challaned while 17 buses and 11 taxis were impounded.

UT Director School Education, HPS Brar directed the education department to include the school comp...