CCTV cameras to be made mandatory in passenger buses

11 November 2023 07:59 am Views - 1214

PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror) - A Parliament Committee has decided to make it mandatory to install CCTV cameras in passenger buses. The decision has been taken by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Energy & Transport, which met in Parliament recently.

Committee Chairman Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda has also directed the officials to make it mandatory to have GPS technology when issuing route permits to passenger buses.

Police officers who were present at the meeting stressed the need to have CCTV cameras in passenger buses and accordingly, the Committee Chairman instructed the officials to take steps to install CCTV cameras in buses.

It was also revealed by the Committee that most of the Expressways in Sri Lanka were loss-making at present and that loss-making Expressways are being maintained by the profits of the prof­itable Expressways.

The Chairman instructed the officials to initiate an efficient method to pay tolls at all Expressways using a QR code.