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Tumakuru will soon have cameras installed at major spots in the City for effective traffic management and a better law and order situation.
The Police department has decided to install CCTV cameras at 11 important spots to monitor the flow of traffic on major roads and also to monitor the law and order situation.
Total 15 CCTV cameras will scan over 11 important places and the cameras will be functioning 24 hours, watching over the various activities. With the help of rotating PTZ camers, it is easy to keep a watch, not only on the streets, but also on the nearby places.
For the effective implementation of the traffic system, the Police department has also decided to install still cameras at several prominent places. The still cameras will be operated in the specific areas and the focus would be on specific regions.
While the PTZ cameras, which can rotate 360 degrees, will be specifically installed at all the Circles and Junctions, so that they can have a wider and broader perspective of the areas. The panoramic view will also capture the happenings and incidents in the surrounding areas too.
The PTZ cameras are empowered with 200 mega pixel and can cover at least half a kilometre area. They have a capacity to store images and video shootings captured upto a period of 40 days. The cameras are also well-equipped to capture the registration numbers of the vehicles, which makes the task of nabbing the traffic violators easy.
However, the problem with the PTZ cameras or the rotating cameras was that when the cameras are in a rotating position, and if the angle of the camera is on one direction, while a crime or an offence was taking place in the opposite direction, then the PTZ cameras would fail to capture the act.
The Police department is of the opinion that it would basically fail in meeting the purpose behind the installation of such cameras.
Hence, it has been decided to install still cameras in all the four directions to capture the happenings, after from the PTZ cameras. In order to meet these requirements, the Tumakuru Mahanagara Palike had released an amount of Rs 1.5 crore, informed Karthik Reddy, Superintendent of Police.
Thorough inspection
Only after a thorough inspection, it will be decided that at which junction or region, the still cameras were most required. Only after that the still cameras will be installed, the SP stated.
Since the City was facing power outages, it was difficult to maintain the cameras round the clock. The cameras were now backed up with UPS, and hence, were now able to function well. However, with an increase in the power crisis, the battery back-up for the UPS was only for six hours. After six hours, the cameras again go silent.
The CCTV cameras are controlled from the control room and have been able to serve the purpose of the Police department to a large extent. The installation of the cameras have helped crack several cases. The cameras have largely helped in keeping a watch over the night prowlers, individuals moving around in a suspicious manner, vehicles and motorists violating rules during the night hours.
Bandhs and agitations
Every year, at least six to eight accident cases are booked, chain-snatching incidents, robberies and house-breaks are also registered, Reddy informed and added that, during protests and agitations, and also during bandhs, it is easy to monitor the main roads and areas to keep a watch on the anti-social elements and also, to ensure that the law and order situation was under control, with the help of the surveillance vehicles.
These surveillance vehicles have been deployed at all the important spots to aid the Police department to help crack the cases at the earliest. Inspite of taking all the required measures, it was a matter of concern to note that the number of crimes reported in the City were not reducing, he expressed.