India to make panic buttons a must on all public buses

India's buses will be fitted with panic buttons, sending an emergency message to a police control room.-AFP

New Delhi (AFP) - Panic buttons will have to be fitted on all India's public buses to curb sex attacks on women, the transport minister said Wednesday, more than three years after the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in Delhi.

The transport ministry said it would issue a formal order after June 2 making the emergency measures on public buses a must.