Do the Regional Transport Authority rules really forbid parents of pre-school children from travelling in school buses by rotation to ensure the safety of their little ones? Or are schools simply unwilling to risk exposing themselves by letting parents board school buses and see how children are transported to and from school?

Less than three weeks after a three-year-old girl of a prestigious Juhu school was molested inside her own school bus by the bus cleaner, parents across the city say they still do not have a clear answer to their main demand: that they be allowed to take turns and travel in the buses to make sure no one dares to molest the children.