Motorists often try to sneak past traffic junctions without a helmet or by jumping signals whenever a policeman is not around. Now, few will be able to take such chances in Mysuru.
For, high resolution CCTV surveillance cameras have been installed at various junctions in the city to book traffic offences.
A total of 40 CCTV cameras installed at key traffic junctions recently will be booking cases against motorists for helmetless riding, triple riding, stopping on pedestrian crossing, jumping signals, violating no parking and no entry rule, besides other offences, including use of high beam headlights.
The CCTV cameras installed under M-Trac, a traffic improvement project for Mysuru, have been connected to the Traffic Command Centre in the City Police Commissioner’s office, where a team of policemen will monitor the video feed for traffic offences round the clock.
“Testing is under way. The video feed is coming to the Traffic Command Centre. The process of integrating the system with the software is also under way. We will commission it soon,” City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda told The Hindu .
Officials at the Traffic Command Centre said the process of issuing notices to errant motorists could begin in less than a week’s time. Though traffic offences were being booked through CCTV cameras installed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) earlier, the process had been suspended after the cameras became dysfunctional about three years ago.
The new surveillance system, including CCTV cameras, connectivity and annual maintenance contract (AMC) for two years, is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 3 crore.
Round the clock
The video feed from the CCTV cameras can be watched 24x7 on eight large wall-mounted monitors and a couple of desktop display systems in the Traffic Command Centre.
A traffic policeman said that they are in a position to rotate the camera 360 degrees from the command centre, and also zoom the camera into the vehicle to record its registration number. Video feed recorded by each camera is stored for about 30 days, an official said.
The system allows the police to print a notice against the erring motorist by checking their address on the basis of the registration number. “The addresses of the vehicle owners registered with the Transport Department have been integrated with the system. So, a notice will be delivered to the house of the errant motorist in about seven days of them committing the offence,” the official said.
Cameras installed under M-Trac have been connected
to the Traffic Command Centre
