Bhabhua. In Bihar, it has now become mandatory to install vehicle location tracking device in every commercial vehicles. Because, if this device is not installed, the transport department will not give fitness certificate to these vehicles. The Transport Department had recently issued an order in this regard. Orders have also been given to the District Transport Department to strictly implement this. However, this will only benefit the vehicle owners. Therefore, installation of this device has been made mandatory in the new system.
Information will be available in the control room
District Transport Officer Chandan Chauhan said that according to the letter issued by the department, now an order has been issued to install this device in every vehicle. He said that this is a device which will help in knowing where the vehicle is. With this, accurate information about the location of every vehicle will be available under the control of the transport department. You will be able to know which vehicle is where at which time.
Vehicles without devices will not get fitness certificate.
In Bihar, it has been made mandatory to install vehicle location tracking devices and emergency buttons in public transport vehicles for the safety of women and passengers. If this is not done the vehicles will not get fitness. At the same time, a fine of Rs 5,000 will also be taken from the vehicle owner. The Transport Department has sent guidelines to all the districts regarding this. On the other hand, with the installation of this system, it has become easy to see the live location of buses through the command and control centre.
It is necessary to install panic button in school buses
According to the department, instructions will also be given to install panic buttons in school buses for the safety of school students. The department will soon hold a meeting with the school management regarding this and after that instructions will be given to install alarms in public buses. The operation of school buses that do not do so will be stopped and these buses will also not be given fitness.
Control room is working in Patna
The Transport Department has already opened command and control centers in some cities including Patna. All public transport vehicles (bus, cab, taxi) are being monitored from here. The importance of this system is that if women or girls traveling in public vehicles, sensing danger, press the emergency button, an alarm will sound in the control and command center, after which the police will immediately reach for help.
Real time status of vehicles
Apart from this, under this system, the command and control center will also receive alerts in case of emergency alert, over speed and equipment being tampered or broken. With its help, the command and control center will also get real time information about the location of the vehicle. Vehicle owners can also know the real time status of their vehicles with the help of this software.
Benefits of emergency button
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Safety of women and other passengers will be ensured by having VLTD and emergency buttons installed in vehicles.
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Will be able to do live tracking of public transport vehicles.
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This will help in preventing over speeding.
this is how it will work
If women and girls traveling by bus, cab or taxi sense any kind of danger, as soon as they press the emergency button, an alarm will sound in the control and command center and the police will reach for immediate help. For the safety of women in the state, the process of equipping public transport vehicles with vehicle location tracking devices and emergency buttons is currently being done rapidly in Patna, Gaya, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur. Because the number of public transport is more in these cities.
This facility is available in city bus
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According to the Transport Department, vehicle location tracking device and emergency button have been installed in BSRTC buses. After which now live tracking of vehicles has started.
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Real time monitoring of Bihar State Road Transport Corporation buses is being done.
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VLTD to be installed in public transport vehicles