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UPDATE

Mohali to keep eye Sparsh CCTV gets Cyber

on traffic violators Security Certification

he foundation stone of the city surveillance parsh CCTV, a leading security purposes,
and traffic management system project in player in the field of video establishing clear ‘Essential
TMohali was laid by the local government Ssurveillance and security Requirements (ER)’ for
official recently. The project was aimed solutions, has become the these devices. The ERs are
at curbing traffic violations, hooliganism, first company across the designed to ensure the
illegal activities and other crimes especially globe to get a cyber-security security and integrity of the
against women by maintaining a centralised IoTSCS certification for IoT CCTV systems used in public
monitoring system on 18 busy junctions. product (CCTV Camera) from and private sectors.
The city surveillance and traffic management Standardisation Testing and The key components
system would cover 18 locations on city roads Quality Certification (STQC). of the requirements
with over 400 cameras, besides two speed The entire product range by include Detailed Testing
detectors on Airport Road. A CCC room would Sparsh CCTV is now cyber Parameters, Security Testing
monitor the feed of four types of cameras. secured.
Report, Secure Process
Conformance, In-house R&D
In March 2024, the Registration and Mandatory
Picture credit – Times of India Information Technology fourth Anchor Unit in EMC
Ministry of Electronics and
Compliance.
(MeitY) issued a public
The company’s upcoming
procurement preference
2.0 at Kashipur, Uttarakhand
to advance the ‘Make in
India’ initiative, in line with
Surveillance manufacturing
the order from 2017. This is one of the largest Video
notification specifically centers in the country with
ITMS for addressed the procurement a capacity of producing 1
of CCTV and video
Million cameras / month.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway surveillance systems for
I-powered Intelligent Traffic
Management System (ITMS) will
Abe introduced along Mumbai-Pune ITS UK and CCS in collaboration
Expressway as per the latest reports. AI
and data analytics will streamline vehicle ntelligent Transport length bodies and the wider
flow and bolster road safety. The RTO will Systems UK and Crown public sector with access to
monitor the system from the control room at ICommercial Service (CCS), improved routes to market
Lonavala. ITMS will be able to automatically an Executive Agency of the for transport technology
recognize vehicle number plates, enabling Cabinet Office and the UK’s solutions including Intelligent
the police to issue e-challans for traffic biggest public procurement Transport Systems,
violations. The system, connected to the organisation, have agreed technology infrastructure,
central control room, will also significantly to collaborate to support and transport technology
reduce the occurrence of prolonged traffic the transport technology related services. Working
congestion caused by stationary vehicles. sector and help achieve the with CCS, ITS UK will host a
best commercial deals for series of roundtables that will
The ITMS will deploy more than 200 the public sector. seek to gather market insight
mounted AI-enabled CCTV cameras into how procurement of
mounted on gantries strategically positioned CCS is currently undertaking transport related services
along the 95-kilometer stretch. The cameras a review of the transport could be improved to
can detect up to 17 different types of technology market sector, better support the roll out
traffic violations, ensuring comprehensive the aim of which is to provide of technology across the
surveillance and enforcement. central government, arm’s transport network. TT

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