Gurugram: Haryana CM gives go ahead to CCTV camera project

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for installation of CCTV cameras as part of the city-wide surveillance and traffic management system in Gurugram. A proposal to this effect has been approved by the chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday.
CMO offiicals said that amount would be provided by the home department and other expenses under this project would be borne by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA).
The Gurugram police has been consulted on crime-prone and sensitive areas and 21 such spots have been covered in the solution architecture, out of which 16 are junctions.Each junction has been studied and plans have been drawn for the type of camera and its location.
He said as many as 61 pilot CCTV cameras were installed and commissioned on January 4, 2018 under the pilot project undertaken by the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram, in collaboration with the Gurugram police.
Fifteen locations were covered under this project, and 44 fixed cameras, 12 Pan–Tilt–Zoom cameras, and five Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, were deployed and connected to a common control centre at the police headquarters. The project was largely successful, he added.
Under this project, Intelligent Traffic Management System, that is, ANPR cameras, Red Light Violation Detectors (RLVD) cameras and Speed Violation Detection would be deployed at high-priority junctions. Similarly, Ultra High Definition cameras would be deployed at high crime-sensitive areas and ANPR and fixed-box cameras at entry and exit points. General surveillance cameras would be deployed at underpasses. An interim manual challaning system has also been implemented.
The spokesman said LED screens would be deployed at Police Headquarters and at Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) to act as central location for monitoring of video feed. LED screens would also be deployed at selected police stations which would act as local monitoring centres, he added.