The Operational Command and Control set up by the government with unique features is helping the police monitor the situation at the pushkar ghats in Kurnool, Guntur and Krishna districts online.
Police are observing public places, bus and railway stations round the clock from the Command and Control and are giving directions to the police personnel concerned.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is visiting the Command and Control room established at AR Grounds with the ministers and Director General of Police N. Sambasiva Rao daily, is monitoring the gathering at all the pushkar ghats, pushkar nagars, public holding areas, bus and railway stations and satellite stations.
He praised the police for setting up the Operational Command and Control (OCC) integrating the intelligence services, which is for the first of its kind in the State.
Speaking to The Hindu on Saturday, Vijayawada Police Commissioner D. Gautam Sawang said closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) and drones operating in Krishna and Guntur districts have been connected to the Command and Control.
32 systems, 15 screens
As many as 32 systems and 15 screens have been installed in the OCC and a special hall has been arranged from where the VVIPs and police officials can monitor security, traffic, VIP movement, sanitation, pilgrim rush, criminals at the ghats and talk to the staff who are on duty and alert them, he said.
“Police can conduct scientific study on crowd management and control, disaster prevention and management, facial recognition, identify targets and threat to VIPs, video analytics, crime control, areas that required attention and take decisions on the spot,” Mr. Sawang said.
The CCTV and drone videos can be used for study in the religious events, jataras and festival for better management, the Police Commissioner, who is the brain behind the OCC, said.
Additional Director-General (Technical Services) Anjana Sinha said 30 personnel have been deputed at the OCC for monitoring Krishna Pushkarams round-the-clock. “We can see the Sangameswaram ghat in Kurnool, Seetanagaram bathing ghat in Guntur, Pavitra Sangamam ghat at Ibrahimpatnam, Durga temple and other vital locations and instruct the staff over the developments through CCTV footages and drones in Vijayawada city,” Ms. Anjana said.
