School buses in Haryana would now be under the digital eye for the safe transportation of the students.
Haryana Transport Department has issued instructions for ensuring installation of two CCTV cameras, one each at the front and the rear of the school bus with facility of digital video recorder (DVR), monitor and cables etc to ensure safe transportation facility to the schoolchildren. It has also been made mandatory to maintain 15 days recording in the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and three months backup at the school control rooms.
A spokesman of Transport Department on Saturday said that the State Government has formulated Surakshit School Vahan Policy for safer ferrying of children in the school buses.
Moreover, instructions have also been issued to ensure that attendant from the school in each bus is provided. In case the bus is used to transport girls than a lady attendant should be provided in such a bus, he added.
The spokesman said that Director General of Police, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Director General State Transport, Director General, Higher, Secondary and Elementary Education Departments, all Deputy Commissioners, all Secretaries, Regional Transport Authorities in the State and all Sub Divisional Officers (Civil) have been asked for ensuring compliance of the same.