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The police department, in system, and the output will be used
consultation with the GMDA, has by GMDA, Gurgaon police and other
identified five areas where it will deploy government agencies. “It can also be
‘full surveillance’ measures, using fixed used for tracking the movement of a
and ‘PTZ’ cameras which will be able to wanted criminal in the city or speeding
capture footage in 4K quality. violations or even spotting potholes,”
Garg said the surveillance system Garg said
would be a useful tool to monitor Apart from that, Gurugram traffic
activities across the city and to police have tied up with Google maps
receive alerts . “This in turn will help for dissemination of traffic related
us to respond to accident spot .” information in real time for public use.
Seven police stations in the city, The information such as planned
and one in Manesar, will also be road closures, diversions, traffic alerts
The project is part of an integrated provided with a video feed viewing regarding road crash etc. is now
video surveillance system that would facility which will give them access shared by Gurugram traffic police
perform traffic enforcement and to real-time footage from 1200 with Google maps. Based on the
general surveillance in the city. CCTV cameras across Gurugram information shared by the traffic police,
and Manesar. The police and the Google maps immediately updates the
NEC Technologies India (NECTI),
the lead IT and network technologies administration will have advanced information on its public maps. For
technology to aid their public safety
integrator of the project will be and traffic management system as instance, if traffic police plans to close
deploying approximately 1,200 the GMDA’s ambitious CCTV camera a particular road on a particular date
High Definition (HD) and Ultra and at a particular time for a proposed
High Definition (UHD) cameras are project will start very soon. The marathon, then this information is
expected in over 200 traffic junctions, project — Public Safety and Adaptive passed on to Google maps in advance.
sending video feeds to monitoring Traffic Management System — will Google maps then shows the road as
begin with the installation of CCTV
centers 24 hours a day. closed and automatically redirects the
cameras at 220 intersections in the commuters to alternate roads.
The video surveillance system will first phase. Another 140 junctions
help enforce traffic discipline through will be covered subsequently. This mechanism has been tested on
the use of AI-based analytics software Officials said the CCTV cameras numerous occasions and was found
such as ANPR and RLVD. to be working effectively, said a press
will be connected to the Integrated statement issued by the Gurugram
Himanshu Garg, DCP-Traffic, Command and Control Centre with
Gurugram Police, said, “The system the help of optical fibre network. There police.
will monitor traffic junctions and will be nine monitoring stations — the Similarly, if an accident takes place on
other sensitive areas to identify ICCC and eight police stations. The a particular road, then this information
traffic offenders and issue alarms. new surveillance system is expected is relayed to Google maps in real time
Subsequent e-challans (electronic to not only help the police track down and commuters who are stuck in the
fines) can be issued to offenders who errant vehicles and monitor the city’s resulting traffic jam can see on Google
are captured flouting traffic rules traffic, but also act as a deterrent for maps that the congestion is being
with the help of these systems.” anti-socials and criminals. caused due to a road accident ahead.
As part of the GMDA’s ‘City A preliminary survey has already The basic idea behind this
Wide CCTV Based Public Safety been done by GMDA where it has arrangement is to prompt commuters
and Adaptive Traffic Management made detailed drawings of all the to make intelligent choices in order
System’, the police department will junctions and identified the number and to make their commuting experience
get access to extensive surveillance category of cameras required there. hassle-free.
infrastructure spread out across The feed from these CCTV cameras will Earlier, traffic police had to force
Gurugram and Manesar. Officials in be put into various analytics software people to take alternate routes
the GMDA and police department such as facial recognition, speed whenever road closures occurred.
will have wide-reaching implications violation detection system, e-challans, But now, with people having access
for how crime is monitored, and automatic number plate recognition to information in real time, they can
responded to, in the city. system and red light violation detection plan their travel judiciously.

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