Chennai: Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has ordered the allocation of Rs. 500 crore to procure 1,000 air-conditioned buses for the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) and besides sanctioning Rs. 17.99 crore to fix vehicle location tracking devices and panic buttons to 13,490 buses operated by the eight transport corporations.
MTC already operates 355 air-conditioned buses and the addition of 1,000 air-conditioned buses is to modernise the city transport. The vehicle tracking device and panic buttons will be linked to the central control centre helping the real-time monitoring of the movement of the vehicles, their location, speed, routes and emergency warnings received by them.
When emergency help is required, the panic buttons could be pressed to contact the central control centre. The location of the vehicle could be tracked, and immediate and integrated assistance can be provided through the devices which ensures passenger safety, emergency assistance and safe journey of women and children.
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