Third eye on coal town

The surveillance cameras installed at Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad on Sunday. Picture by Gautam Dey
If speeding or jaywalking is a habit with you, it is time to change.
The Dhanbad civic authorities have begun an extensive surveillance campaign on the coal capital's reckless roads, installing 110 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and speed guns across 28 traffic intersections in Dhanbad, Jharia, Katras, Sindri and Chatatand.
While 27 cameras have already been put up at strategic locations such as Randhir Verma Chowk, Birsa Munda Chowk, Rangatand Chowk and City Centre area, the remaining gadgets will be up and running in a phased manner before Durga Puja in September-end.
Chief executive officer Manoj Kumar of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) said they had roped in Jamshedpur-based agency Maple PC and Peripherals Private Limited for the Rs 3.8-crore job.
"Three to five cameras are being installed at each of the 28 intersections, depending on coverage area. They will include at least one pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera and the rest bullet cameras (a type video surveillance camera that are typically small and shaped like a rifle bullet shell or lipstick case). These apart, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras or speed guns will be installed at 16 entry and exit points of Dhanbad," Kumar said.
The senior corporation official added that the agency had been instructed to complete the job in strategic places of the town before Durga Puja. "Surveillance cameras, besides helping in traffic control, will help nail road offenders and also curb crime," he added.
Assistant manager (electrical) of DMC Amit Yadav said the district control room in front of the SDO office at Court More would receive and monitor all the camera feed.
Manager (technical marketing ) of Maple PC Hemant Kumar said the PTZ cameras installed at the centre of each chowk would be remote-controlled and directed towards suspicious people or events.
"The bullet and ANPR cameras will, on the other hand, monitor movement of vehicles in their respective directions. The ANPR ones will keep an eye on the number plate of each passing vehicle and generate a database of speed demons," the official said.
"The first phase of installation has already been completed and the remaining two phases will be completed before the year-end. Altogether, 110 cameras will be installed across 28 places of the town and district," he added.
Ref: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170731/jsp/jharkhand/story_164706.jsp


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