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ITMS on Mumbai-Pune Expressway KSRTC luxury buses to have
B y mid-2019, State showing route maps and fire-detection systems
the
weather conditions. In case
Maharashtra
he Karnataka State Road Transport
Road Development
Corporation will be of any accident, traffic jams, Corporation has decided to install Fire
repair works or land slide, the
introducing ITMS on the messages will be displayed. TDetection and Suppression System in all its
95kms long Mumbai-Pune The CCTVs shall have sensors premium luxury buses.
highway. that will register vehicle The FDSS, popular in countries like Sweden and
The ITMS proposed will numbers, speed and send Israel, will be able to detect rise in temperature in
have digital indicators e-challan. the engine compartment, particularly in case of a
fire or overheating.
Currently, all premium KSRTC buses have fire
extinguishers, but they need to be manually
operated and the process is time-consuming. FDSS
will be able to douse a fire in 5-6 seconds and can
protect our vehicles from fires caused from fuel,
leakages or short circuits. The foam discharged
through FDSS will create a film on top of the fuel
surface, creating a vapour seal, thus preventing
oxygen to the fuel surface. Foam will provide a
cooling effect and aid in preventing re-ignition.

Body cameras for Chennai Police
T he Chennai traffic them have to go to the
control room to save the
police,
in
an
attempt to reduce
be switched on or turned
confrontation between its feed. The devices cannot
personnel and motorists, off by the officer, nor can
plan to introduce body- the feed be tampered
worn cameras weighing with. Police have also
around 150g. The demanded live-streaming
devices would record of footage from body-
traffic violations and worn cameras as this
would make penalizing of
conversations for up to 10 violators more transparent.
hours.
Sub-inspectors and those
The cameras can be ranked above, who book
charged at police stations cases, will be equipped
and personnel wearing with the cameras.

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