Quick medical attention in the event of accidents, effective crime control and detection and real-time enforcement of road rules will soon become a reality on the 80-km stretch of the GST Road.
Speed dome cameras will be installed from Chengelput to Tindivanam, a stretch where accidents have become common.
The cameras will be linked to a control room with huge screens to display live footage, S. Rajendran, Additional Director-General of Police, State Traffic Planning Cell, told The Hindu .
Costing Rs. 1.7 crore, the cameras would generate footage, which, in the event of an accident, would alert the control room to ensure timely medical assistance, especially trauma care, to victims during the golden hour. In addition, the control room would be able to plan how to intercept and apprehend the accused when offences were committed either on the highway or elsewhere, Mr. Rajendran said.
This pilot project would be fine-tuned and extended to other major national and State highways in phases.
The cameras and their real-time syncing with the control room would also help in identifying motorists resorting to over-speeding or drunken driving, he said. The work was expected to begin soon, and it could take 18-24 months for completion, he said.
