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Cabinet nod for CCTVs, GPS in public transport
Cabinet nod for CCTVs, GPS in public transport, CCTVs, Security of women and girls. In the first project to be approved since setting up of the Nirbhaya Fund for women safety.
New Delhi : Stepping up measures for women's safety across the nation, the Central government on Thursday approved a Rs 1,405-crore project to track and monitor public transport and provide alarm buttons for alerting authorities. The project involves setting up of CCTVs and using GPS to ensure safety and security of women and girls in distress.
In the first project to be approved since setting up of the Nirbhaya Fund for women safety, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the safety measures for 53 cities with more than a million in population.
"The CCEA has approved setting up of a unified system at the national level (National Vehicle Security and Tracking System) and State level (City Command and Control Centre) for GPS tracking of location of emergency buttons in and video recording of incidents in public transport vehicles," Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the meeting.
The project will be implemented within a period of two years after allocation of funds to set up a National Level Vehicle Security and Tracking System and City Command and Control Centre with installation of GPS / CCTV / Panic buttons in public road transport, he said. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 1,405 crore and the scheme will be implemented.
