Uttar Pradesh: Smart City project ‘Bharosa’ to track movement of school vehicles in Lucknow

Technological advancement continues to provide relief to people in different spheres of life. In one such relief in the state capital, now parents need not worry about the safety of their school-going children being ferried in buses and vans as technology will help them track the movement of these vehicles in day to come.

Lucknow Smart City is all set to launch project ‘Bharosa’ for tracking movement of school buses and vans in Lucknow. The device data could be tracked through an app and hence parents would be able to know as to who is driving the vehicle, at what speed and in which district the bus is registered. They can also know how old a particular bus or van is, what its number is and at what time where it is moving.

Giving this information, Lucknow municipal commissioner Indrajeet Singh said, “Under project ‘Bharosa’, tracking devices will be fitted in all the school buses of the state capital at the cost of ₹60 lakh. This is how we will maximise the safety of our kids. The device in school vehicles will be linked to the command control centre of the smart city. They will be monitored from here and information about them will be available on the app. The Smart City Board on Monday gave nod to 20 projects worth ₹75 crore including this one.”

Many of the projects included in the meeting chaired by divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob were related to G20 investors summit. The city will be beautified for the summit. In the meeting, special priority was accorded to the safety of schoolchildren for which the ‘Bharosa’ project was approved.

Municipal commissioner Indrajit Singh said, “Presently, there is no system to monitor the vans and buses in any school of the city. Residents will be able to take advantage of this facility through an app. For this, complete records of buses, vans as well as drivers/helpers will be taken from the schools by us.”