kolhapur the deputy education director of the kolhapur division satyavan sonawane has written to the higher authorities recommending them to continue the transportation of the school children via autorickshaws till the end of this academic yearsonawane on december 7 had sent a letter to the school education department requesting them to implement the autorickshaw ban from the 202021 academic year earlier residents of kolhapur city and activists had met the deputy education director to request him for the continuation of the autorickshaw transportation as it would create a huge inconvenience to the parents and autorickshaw union alike ramesh more one of the activists who were present for mondays meeting told toi that there has been a huge outcry among the parents we can understand the implementation of the rule in the metro cities like mumbai and pune but in the smaller cities like kolhapur making the school bus transportation mandatory does not make any sense he said he further added that the education department was positive in its approach and we hope that the same kind of action is initiated at a higher level earlier the citizens action committee parents and teachers planned to launch agitation against the ban on autorickshaws ferrying schoolchildren the decision was taken during a meeting organised by the committee along with representatives of parents and teachers the regional transport office has already cracked the whip on around 61 autorickshaws carrying school children in a special enforcement drive from december 5 to december 10