Traffic Command Control Centre to be inaugurated today

To be monitored by 10 personnel, headed by an Inspector-rank officer

The ambitious and much-awaited traffic command control centre will finally be inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday.

Located at the newly constructed Police Commissioner’s office in Visakhapatnam, the project was conceived in 2011, and after seeing a number of rough weathers, including the super cyclone Hudhud, the is ready to go operational from Saturday.

The centre will house a video wall of 12, 50-inch LED monitors, and will be integrated with 47 high-definition PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) cameras, mounted on 47 signal posts from NAD Kotha Road to Maddilapalem Junction. The video wall is tuned to receive about 160 live feeds simultaneously and will be hooked to the cameras with a dedicated optic fibre line.

“Apart from the optic fibre connectivity, we also have the provision for wireless connection,” said Commissioner of Police Amit Garg. The centre that will operate 24/7 will be able to store the recorded data for about 120 days, as the system is built on a 144-terabyte server.

According to Mr. Prakash of Stanpower, the Hyderabad-based company that installed the cameras and the centre, in case of disruption of power, the system can be integrated with a solar power system.

The centre will be monitored by 10 personnel, headed by an Inspector-rank officer.

Basically, it will be effective for monitoring traffic including traffic snarls.

“The city is growing at a rapid pace and traffic snarls can be mitigated from the centre by enforcing timely measures such as changing the timing of the signals and creating diversions,” said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) K. Mahendra Patrudu. The system is equipped to record violations, accidents, law and order issues and crime.

The recordings can be used as a proof against the violators and offenders, said the ADCP.

The high-definition cameras have an effective range of about 500 mts and are fitted with wipers to handle rain.

Specially-designed App

While in the first phase 47 cameras will be integrated, in the next phase another 47 cameras covering areas such as Gajuwaka and Pendurthi will be added on.

The system will be integrated with the cell phones of senior officers and with the help of a specially-designed App, they can use the cell phone to communicate with the beat constable or to the public through the public address system, which are mounted on the signal posts.

The cameras can be synchronised to the vehicles of VVIPs and public utility vehicles such as ambulances with the help of a chip embedded into the vehicles to give green clearance from about 500 mtrs from the signal post.

The cameras can also be synchronised with the command centre on facial recognition. “The moment a camera records a face and the image is matched with the criminal record of a person, it will generate an alert. But this is our future plan and it can be implemented once the work on the CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System) and database is completed,” said Mr. Patrudu.

Strict vigil

The video wall can receive 160 feeds simultaneously

Optic fibre connectivity; provision for wireless link

Effective for monitoring traffic including snarls

Facility for facial

recognition on the anvil