UP News: CCTV cameras now mandatory in school vans

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has made CCTV cameras mandatory in all school vans in the state to guarantee the safety of students. A notification issued by state transport principal secretary L Venkateshwarlu said this provision will come into force three months after the date of publication of the notification in the Gazette. A top transport official said this provision exists in the motorized vehicles rules of Uttar Pradesh and CCTV cameras have also been installed in some school buses. According to officials, these cameras will be installed in all public transport vehicles once the proposed centralized vehicle location tracking center is ready to operate. The Transport Department has contracted a private agency for the implementation of Vehicle Location Tracking System (VLTS) in the state. The agency is mandated to implement, integrate, test and put into operation a vehicle tracking platform to track and monitor vehicles in the framework of Nirbhaya. The location of all those vehicles will be monitored in real time through an integrated system control. And order. Centre”, the official said. The action of the Transport Department is in line with the notification and order of the Union Ministry of Road and Highway Transport (MoRTH) requiring it to designate a public service vehicle, as defined in section 2 (35) of the law. On motorized vehicles from 1988 onwards, and those vehicles equipped with a vehicle location monitoring device with one or more emergency buttons that require a national permit or have a national permit.