CCTV cameras to be made mandatory in passenger buses

• Officials instructed to initiate an efficient method to pay tolls using a QR code

By Ajith Siriwardana  

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.