Uttar Pradesh Government Makes Installation Of CCTV Cameras Mandatory In School Vans

The new provision shall come into force after three months from the date of publication of the notification in the Gazette.

CCTV To Be Mandatorily Installed In UP School Vans (Representational Image)

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In a strong move to ensure the optimal safety of school going children in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory to install CCTV cameras in all school vans ferrying students. The move from the state government was announced through a notification issued by the state transport principal secretary L Venkateshwarlu, news agency IANS reported. The notification underlines that the new provision shall come into effect after three months from the date of the publication of the notification in the Gazette. 

Following the UP government’s latest decision, a senior official was reported as saying that similar provisions were already in place under the Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicle Rules, which saw the installation of CCTV cameras in some school vans already. “Now, the notification has fixed the deadline for installing CCTV cameras in all school vans in the state,” the official was quoted as saying. 

As per the official, similar cameras shall be installed in all public transport vehicles across the state, once the proposed centralised vehicle tracking centre was ready to function. 

A private agency has already been roped in by the state transport department for the implementation of the Vehicle Location Tracking System (VLTS) in the state. The concerned private agency has been empowered for the deployment, integration, testing, and commissioning of a vehicle tracking platform for tracking and monitoring vehicles under the Nirbhaya framework. 

“The ambitious project seeks to dovetail all the public transport vehicles, except two-wheelers, three-wheelers and e-rickshaws, with vehicle location tracking devices and the location of all such vehicles will be monitored in real time by an integrated control and command centre,” the official was further reported as saying. 

The action plan of the transport department is in line with the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) notification and order mandating that specified public service vehicle, as defined under section 2(35) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, and vehicles requiring/having national permit be equipped with the Vehicle Location Tracking Device along with one or more emergency buttons.