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Parents protest discontinuation of bus service by DPS school

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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
Last Updated : Jul 28 2014 | 5:06 PM IST
Enraged parents of hundreds of students today protested against the discontinuation of transport services by Delhi Public School authorities here following the non-payment of increased tuition fee.
They did not allow the buses to operate for sometime.
The school management had Friday issued a circular on the discontinuation of transport services. The matter of increased fee is sub judice, Vinay Goyal, a member of Parents Association said.
The parents had staged protest against the step Saturday and also held a meeting Sunday regarding the same. On receiving no response from the management until today, hundreds of them reached the school this morning and prevented buses from leaving the school premises, he said.
Police was informed by the school authorities who intervened and allow the buses to pick up students who were to appear for their exams today.
Goyal said that the school cannot stop the transport services when the case in pending before the court, adding that the attendance in school today was only 25 per cent.

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First Published: Jul 28 2014 | 5:06 PM IST

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