Ggn makes GPS mandatory for vehicles ferrying female employees

To ensure safety of women working at BPOs, call centres and other places in the corporate sector, the Gurugram district administration has made it mandatory to install GPS devices in vehicles used to ferry them to and from their workplace.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) devices will have to be installed within a month from today, an official release quoted Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Hardeep Singh as saying.

Gurugram has emerged as a hub of international level firms offering IT, finance and educational services, where a large number of women are working, Singh said.

These firms offer pick up and drop facilities through tie-ups with vehicle rental firms. However, as the vehicles were not equipped with GPS devices, it was difficult to track them, especially in case of any untoward incident, he said.
 

The Deputy Commissioner said that legal action would be taken against those who violate these orders.