Maharashtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis has formally launched Mumbai’s city-wide CCTV surveillance network that is expected to make the surveillance system stronger. A total of 4717 CCTV cameras across 1510 locations, covering almost 80 percent of the city, were inaugurated. Apart from the fixed cameras, 5 mobile surveillance vans will also start patrolling the city.”In less than one and a half years we’ve succeeded in making Mumbai City surveillance network go Live. It’ll help in smarter surveillance, better policing & traffic management,” said Fadnavis.
As many as 4,717 out of the 6,000 cameras have become operational and the remaining 1,200 cameras are expected to become functional by November. The cameras used for the project are Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras (PTZ cameras), which are capable of taking high resolution images while allowing for remote directional change and zoom functionality. The footage is saved for 30 days, but can be extended and saved for up to 180 days. Most of these cameras also support night vision and 360 degree coverage. To allow for better coverage along the coasts, where conventional monitoring is difficult, thermal-sensing cameras have been used.
Each camera will be linked to the main control room at the Police Commissioner’s office in South Mumbai and the emergency control room in Kalina. The live feed will also be made available to traffic police’s main control room, all police stations, DCP’s offices and Regional Additional CP’s offices. However, only the main control rooms at Crawford Market and Kalina will have the ability to operate the cameras. The CCTV network also has a face recognition system.
