CCTV cameras in 6,350 DTC, cluster buses soon

In order to instill confidence among the women of Delhi about feeling secure in the public transport buses, Delhi Government on Tuesday approved installation of CTTV cameras in 6,350 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses from the Nirbhaya Fund which amounts to Rs140 crores. “The objective of this decision is to instill a sense of security in the minds of women commuters and to ensure their safe travel in public service buses,” said a Government official. The Cabinet meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party Government was chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In his first budget speech as Finance Minister for the financial year 2015-16, Manish Sisodia had proposed installation of CCTV cameras in all DTC and cluster buses in the national Capital. This was followed by the Delhi Government’s direction to the DTC for the installation of CCTV cameras in 200 buses on a pilot basis, which were installed in buses of Sarojini Nagar and Rajghat bus depots. “Each of t...