The work of installing over 1,500 CCTV cameras in the areas under Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is in its final stages. The much delayed project is likely to finish by the end of October.
Nearly 90 per cent of the work for 1,524 cameras have been completed.
Later, additional cameras will be installed based on inputs from the police department taking the total number to 1600 cameras.
The contract has been undertaken by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL) at a cost of ₹127.63 crore, which includes 5 years of maintenance and data.
It is pertinent to note that it was initially planned to be completed in November 2022. Following an extension given by the civic body, it was then slated for completion by March 2023.
However, now the NMMC has given a deadline of month end, warning that the agency will be penalised for any further delay.
According to reports, the work on the integrated command and control centre, the centralized controlling and monitoring cell of the CCTV network located at the first floor of NMMC headquarters has been completed. It will be connected to the special cell of Navi Mumbai police commissionerate.
Of the cameras already installed, 19 have been commissioned on an experimental basis for testing purposes. The functioning of the cameras is being monitored by city engineer Sanjay Desai and additional city engineer Shirish Aradwad.
Features of these cameras:
All the cameras will have a captured video storage capacity of 30 days.
There is also provision to collate for independent storage, capturing CCTV videos of important events and incidents.
954 fixed cameras along with 360-degree panoramic view monitoring 165 pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras.
9 thermal cameras will be installed for enhanced security to keep a vigil on any terrorist or anti-national activity owing to sensitive long coastal belt
96 evidence cameras, which are crucial for the police department will be installed at 24 main traffic junctions.
288 automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras will also be installed.
Once commissioned, they will help in sending penalty challans along with vehicle photographs as proof to the residence of motorists who jump traffic signals or violate other traffic norms.
Various types of CCTV cameras will be installed at 540 locations in the city.
High definition cameras will be installed at the main chowks, bus depots, markets, gardens, grounds, junctions, public places attracting large crowds, NMMC headquarters, Palm Beach road, Thane Belapur road, Sion-Panvel highway and other such busy roads.
Public address systems will be deployed at 24 traffic junctions. It will help in guiding and giving instructions from the CCTV control room to citizens in times of emergencies as a part of the disaster management system.
Additionally, there will be monitoring cell at office of the deputy commissioner of police (traffic) and that of deputy commissioner of police (zone I).
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