File Photo: In CCTV footage, the bus is seen dangerously swerving to the right on a highway, just minutes before a teen passenger was pushed out of it in Punjab's Moga district.
Chandigarh:
Punjab Government today invited e-tender to install CCTV cameras in the roadways buses and at the bus stands with an aim to provide better security to commuters.
"In the initial stage there is a proposal to install cameras and digital video recorders in 100 buses, 18 depots and three bus stands," a spokesperson of the Transport Department said in Chandigarh today.
"E-tender has been invited from the reputed registered firms/companies for this purpose," he said.
Notably,on April 29, a woman and her teenage daughter were allegedly molested and thrown off a running bus in Moga, leaving the girl dead and mother seriously wounded.
"The department had decided to install the cameras which would act as a deterrent to such cases," the spokesman added.
There are nearly 90 bus stands in the state while over 3,000 Punjab Roadways and Punbus buses ply on the roads.
"In the initial stage there is a proposal to install cameras and digital video recorders in 100 buses, 18 depots and three bus stands," a spokesperson of the Transport Department said in Chandigarh today.
"E-tender has been invited from the reputed registered firms/companies for this purpose," he said.
Notably,on April 29, a woman and her teenage daughter were allegedly molested and thrown off a running bus in Moga, leaving the girl dead and mother seriously wounded.
"The department had decided to install the cameras which would act as a deterrent to such cases," the spokesman added.
There are nearly 90 bus stands in the state while over 3,000 Punjab Roadways and Punbus buses ply on the roads.
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