This Article is From Jul 20, 2015

Punjab Roadways to Install CCTV Cameras in Buses

Punjab Roadways to Install CCTV Cameras in Buses

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.
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