PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday launched altogether 227 high-tech luxury buses in the state capital here ahead of the five-day celebration of 350th birth anniversary of Sikh’s tenth guru Gobind Singh Maharaj , beginning from January 1.Of total 227 buses, 125 have been dedicated for free-of-the-cost ferrying of Sikh pilgrims who have already began arriving here to participate in the 350th Prakashvotsava which is being celebrated at grand level.The high-tech buses are fitted with facilities like global positioning system (GPS), door censor, CCTV camera, reverse camera, information panel and emergency alarm.CM personally inspected one of the buses before dedicating them for free ferrying of Sikh pilgrims. "Since these luxury buses are fitted with modern security arrangements, Sikh pilgrims visiting the capital can take services of these buses without any fear and apprehension," Nitish said after launching the free bus services at the CM secretariat here.He said the footage of the CCTV camera fitted in these buses would remain preserved for the next three days. These footages could be utilised for tracing the criminals if any untoward incident happened in the buses. Recalling the Nirbhaya case of Delhi, CM said the offenders could have been easily identified, had the bus in which the rape incident happened, been fitted with the CCTV camera.CM said these buses are also fitted with emergency alarm. In case of any suspicion or doubt, the passengers, instead of shouting, can press emergency alarm which will alert the driver. He said the buses also have information panel which will provide advance information to travellers about the next bus stop or how much time the bus will take in reaching next destination.Nearly two dozen Sikh pilgrims who had reached from different parts of Punjab were also present at the launching ceremony. They lauded Bihar CM for providing free bus service for the visiting Sikh pilgrims.Any Sikh pilgrim visiting the Bihar capital can take services of free buses in between December 25 to January 5, 2017, a Bihar government official said. After the Prakashotsava, these buses would be operated in 13 towns namely Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura, Aurangabad, Gaya, Munger and Sasaram.Around 5 lakh Sikh devotees from across the world, especially from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Punjab and Haryana in India, are likely to arrive here to pay their obeisance at the Takht Shri Harmandir Saheb, the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh in between December 25 to January 5. The main celebration will be held between January 1- 5.Patna Sahib, the birthplace of the tenth Sikh Guru, is considered one of the holiest places by Sikhs around the world, besides being a major tourism attraction for people from all communities.Guru Gobind Singh was born in Patna in 1666 to Guru Teg Bahadur , the ninth Sikh Guru and Mata Gujri. The current shrine of Patna Sahib or Takht Sri Harmandirji Saheb, signifying the birth of Guru Gobind Singh was built in the 1950s.