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accountability for the vehicles which corners. In many cases they are linked
are towed away by the traffic crane. to the police control room of the
The cameras provide constant feeds nearest police station. The unique
that are sent to the control room. nature of the Third Eye campaign Surveillance
With this technology, the police is is the high level of involvement of
trying to bring in traffic regulation people from all walks. While some cameras bring in
and enforcement, and much more of these have been installed using traffic regulation
transparency and accountability. police funds, some have received MP
and MLA local funds while citizens & enforcement,
Traffic Surveillance Project and RWAs have also donated to transparency and
in Chennai them for CCTV installation.

It would be hard to miss the Private individuals such as accountability.
recent additions to the streets of shopkeepers, house owners and
Chennai over the past few months. Resident Welfare Associations have
The ubiquitous presence of tiny also come forward in great numbers
flickering lights that belong to the to install street-facing cameras cameras will be used for total
many CCTV cameras placed within 50 themselves. These cameras are not surveillance enabling the traffic police
metres of each other at most roads networked and the data rests with to take action against offenders.
and intersections have attracted the owners who have installed the
considerable attention and publicity. camera. In that sense, the Third Eye TROZ was launched by HMIF in
campaign is one of the largest public- March 2018, in association with the
The CCTV cameras are part of an private surveillance networks in the Chennai Traffic Police, in Anna Nagar
initiative launched two years ago by country. As part of the ‘third eye’ as a pilot project on road safety. To curb
the Chennai Police to combat crime. campaign traffic police have installed traffic violations, including speeding of
Dubbed ‘Third Eye’, the campaign has at least 10,000 cameras as of now, vehicles along the East Coast Road, the
gained steam over the last six months out of 15,345 as planned. city police have installed high-resolution
or so and now covers over half the city.
In first-of-its kind, Hyundai Motor automatic number plate recognition
Mylvahanan, DCP-Traffic, Greater India Limited completed Chennai’s (ANPR) cameras.
Chennai Police said, “We are installing first Traffic Regulation Observed Zone In a bid to curb signal violations
CCTV units in the city as a movement. (TROZ), by handing over a bank of on city roads and reduce accidents
It is the Greater Chennai City Police’s 63 sophisticated cameras and a fully caused by it, the Chennai Traffic
project to ensure safety and security equipped monitoring room, set up at Police is also planning to install
of everyone in the city. We are a cost of ₹2.5Cr, to the city police. RLVD cameras on arterial roads in
making all-out efforts to bring the Forty cameras have been exclusively the coming months. This will be
entire city under CCTV surveillance.” installed to track the number plates in addition to the ANPR cameras
Cameras have now been installed of traffic violators, while 18 will planned at signals.
at every major junction and street provide proof of violation and five
Till March this year, the traffic
police has registered over 37,200
cases relating to signal violations and
close to 15,000 cases pertaining to
stop-line violation.

Intelligent Surveillance
System at Gurugram
In a year’s time, Gurugram City in
India will have CCTV surveillance and
traffic management systems installed
at selected locations across 115
sectors, including the industrial town
of Manesar.

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