Haryana State Transport Department has decided to set up CCTV cameras in all bus stands across the State and Global Positioning System (GPS) in the city buses running in Gurgaon and Fariabad.
Director General of State Transport Haryana Arun Kumar said that all the bus stands in the State would be fitted with CCTV cameras so as to prevent any mischief in the premises. A sum of Rs4 crore would be spent on providing for this facility. CCTV cameras would also be installed in city buses running in Gurgaon and Faridabad.
He said that destination boards would be installed in the roadways buses which would indicate its route. And, GPS would also be installed in city buses. However, it would take another six months’ time to complete the procedure as tenders would be invited next month. Kumar added that the intra city buses in Gurgaon carry about one lakh passengers daily covering about 22,000 kilometers. The fare collection from these buses is around Rs4.5 to Rs5 lakh daily.
“The Department would increase the number of buses in Gurgaon City Bus Service to 150 in next four months which will include 50 AC and 100 ordinary buses. In the local buses fleet, some buses would be borrowed from Delhi depot of Haryana Roadways and those buses would ply on Dhaula Kuan (Delhi) to IMT Manesar route,” he added. He further said that the State Government would incur Rs32 crore on these new buses. Also, five more buses would be added to the fleet of Super luxury Volvo Buses, taking the number to 20.