More than 1100 school children from Vidya Niketan, Bellary Road, Hebbal, who use school buses daily, can now alight from and board them safely- thanks to AstraZeneca(AZ). The facility is being offered temporarily by AZ until a more permanent solution can be found. The company has offered the school the use of its parking lot next to the Process Research and Development centre (PR&D) for its buses that drop and pick up children from home to school and vice- versa.

Instead of alighting from or boarding the buses on the road outside the school, with all the attendant risks from other vehicles, children walk in single file and in an orderly manner to the parking lot.

The teachers and the administrative staff of the school will supervise the children’s safety. The teachers and parents of Vidya Niketan School are very grateful to AstraZeneca for offering them the use of its parking lot for the safety of the children.

“We see this as a part of our corporate responsibility- reaching out to those in our neighbourhood. It is an integral part of all that company does in the areas where it operates, supporting local communities”, said Sudhir Nambiar, Head of PR & D Bangalore, in a release.