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‘Advanced surveillance

technology plays a critical role

in the transport sector’

Sudhindra Holla, Director,

Axis Communications, India & SAARC

City surveillance has been part project, the importance of surveillance
of most of the smart city projects was realised by the government. We
and in many smart cities, actual installed 104 Axis fixed box cameras
deployments that have happened (AXIS P1365) and 25 Axis PTZ cameras
were around surveillance. So (AXIS P5635-E) across major junctions,
far, how’s the progress in this streets and tourist spots in Karnal.
direction? These cameras were primarily
We have been working closely with selected due to its ability to capture
most of the smart city projects in rapid movement in high definition and
India, and the ‘Smart City’ vertical is deliver excellent image quality even in
a very crucial vertical for our growth. low-light conditions. These cameras
Karnal, Haryana is a historical city that come with Axis proprietary Zipstream
off late was plagued by an increase in technology which enables compressed
cases of violence against women, mob format streaming in real-time, allowing
congregation and traffic violations. transfer of data on low bandwidth. The
Upon inclusion in the smart city technology also boosts the compatibility

He further adds, “The solution by automated using the license plate – is a simple-to-install outdoor
Axis Communications involved reader. Heat mapping is another loudspeaker that provides
implementation of 104 Axis solution which enables quick clear, long-range speech for
fixed box cameras (AXIS P1365) identification of hot spots, dead remote speaking in live video
and 25 Axis PTZ cameras (AXIS areas and bottlenecks to visualize surveillance. Audio can be
P5635-E) which were installed traffic patterns over time as well manually or automatically
across major junctions, streets as in real-time,” he avers. triggered in response to an
and tourist spots in the city.” alarm and deter unwanted
Some of the solutions
That said, modern problems activity through pre-installed
require modern solutions; new showcased by Axis for smart or uploaded audio files.
traffic are:
technology has enabled the • PTZ Network Camera –
company to create smarter • P1356 MkII – which is ideal for city surveillance
surveillance solutions that ideal for securing locations applications such as
can be used for more than such as governmental and monitoring of public squares
just surveillance. “The Axis industrial sites, airports, and parking lots and other
license plate reader is one such railway stations, parking lots, open areas. It features four
solution that can be used for school grounds and university 2-megapixel sensors to
traffic management and vehicle campuses. provide a complete 360° field
counting. Parking lots can be • AXIS Network Horn Speaker of view over large areas.

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