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Commuters successful Puducherry, who often kick of breached benches and litter astatine autobus stops, tin heave a motion of relief, arsenic 15 fully-accessible autobus shelters equipped with CCTV cameras and different facilities are acceptable for inauguration.
The autobus shelters person been installed by a System Integrator (contractor) nether the Smart Cities Mission successful Puducherry astatine an estimated outgo of ₹3.25 crore.
The hi-tech autobus shelters person been installed astatine Indira Gandhi square, Rajiv Gandhi square, Railway station, autobus stand, Raja theatre signal, Muruga theatre junction, Venkata Subba Reddiar square, S.V. Patel Salai and the Subbiah Salai-Gingee Salai junction among different locations.
According to an official, “The astute autobus shelters are equipped with a big of facilities specified arsenic CCTVs, modern seating arrangements, LED lights, charging sockets for phones/laptops, and ramps for commuters who usage wheelchairs. The shelters volition beryllium user-friendly for the aged and persons with disabilities.”
“The autobus shelters are besides equipped with a Passenger Information System and volition supply real-time transit accusation specified arsenic the way fig of buses, and accusation connected arriving buses with their estimated determination and accomplishment time.”
The shelters are installed with 2 LED panels with adaptable displays. While 1 sheet volition supply accusation connected the accomplishment of buses and schemes of the Puducherry Government, backstage agencies tin rent the abstraction connected the different for displaying advertisements. The gross from this volition spell to the acrophobic section body.
In addition, the authorities person planned to instal astute poles astatine a fewer autobus shelters to springiness details astir the ambient aerial prime successful the region. The astute poles volition beryllium integrated with the projected Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) successful the city, which would alteration their nonstop and round-the-clock monitoring. The System Integrator volition oversee the attraction of the shelters for a play of 5 years.
