NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is now gearing up to implement the much-delayed intelligent traffic signalling (ITS) system. Police sources confirmed that they were planning integrated city surveillance through the use of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), which will be connected to the ITS project. This move comes close on the heels of the terror attack on an Israeli diplomat in the capital. Sources said the ministry of home affairs has taken special interest in the project to install security cameras across the city. Confirming the move, joint commissioner of police (traffic) Satyendra Garg said, "The earlier tender for ITS has been scrapped and a new pilot project covering New Delhi and south Delhi areas will be started. It will have state-of-the-art signalling system, a variable messaging system to display real-time traffic situation on road, CCTV coverage of roads and traffic intersections , and cameras that can detect traffic signal violations , speeding and lane violations separately." A team of three police officers — special commissioner of police (special cell), joint commissioner of police (traffic) and joint commissioner of police (crime) — visited Mumbai last week to study a similar project to integrate cameras in the city. They will be visiting cities in other countries next month to survey the best systems in use in developed countries. In Mumbai , the project is in final stages with a March-end deadline for submission of tenders. Under the project, all CCTV cameras in public/private establishments in the city will be connected to a centrally controlled system managed by Delhi Police. The system would include the integration of CCTV cameras with new ones at road intersections, traffic junctions and along roads. Private cameras at malls, markets, banks, offices as well as security cameras part of the Delhi Metro network , at interstate bus terminals , railway stations and iconic buildings will be part of the system , said officials. Officials said that new cameras will be installed across the city, particularly in strategic and vulnerable areas. This surveillance network will work in conjunction with the ITS project that would have synchronized signal cycles, variable messaging service and cameras to check speeding and traffic signal violations.

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Delhi Police has taken the first steps to implement Union home ministry's safe city project.

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NEW DELHI: A Rs 1,260-crore mega project promises to change the face of policing in the

capital. Conceived after the Nirbhaya gang rape, the Union home ministry's Safe City Project

will put the entire criminal database in the hands of the cop on duty through the latest IT

tools and monitor public places through a wide network of CCTVs.

The high-tech plan covers everything from video analytics to facial scanning. Once

implemented, the system will enable police personnel to run a background check on any

suspicious person or vehicle anywhere in the city. Other components of the system will help

in detecting explosives, alerting about perimeter intrusion, reading biometrics, detecting

speed violations at night, and even analyzing prisoner movement and digital crime

mapping.

Delhi Police has already taken the first steps to implement the project, to be funded by the

home ministry through its mega city policing plan. PricewaterhouseCoopers has been hired

as consultant on various technology initiatives for a Rs 6-crore fee and the World Bank is

expected to contribute Rs 40 crore for the project.

The final amount, though, will be decided by the MHA, which has been sent the proposal.

Senior police officers say PWC has been tasked to prepare detailed project reports and

requests for proposals, bring implementation agencies on board and manage the

implementation, review and improvement of new systems.

The idea behind the Safe City Project is simple—effective policing, but it is a complex system

built on four components. The two most important parts are its Integrated Intelligent

Surveillance Systems (IISS) and the Automated Traffic Management Systems (ATMS),

followed by capacity building and initiatives for upgrading. The IISS at the ground level will

mean that all officers on the road will use hand-held personal digital assistant (PDA) devices

that are no less than a computer. The PDAs will have online access, enabling an officer to

check whether the car he has hailed for inspection is stolen or the driver has a crime record.

At a larger level, these single checks will help police secure the city.

At present, Delhi has CCTVs installed in 26 markets and at five border points. Installation

work in 28 other markets and 10 border points is 65% done. CCTV installation at the

Supreme Court, high court and district court complexes is also over. All these steps will

bring the total number of surveillance cameras up to 5,333.

Once the Safe City Project starts rolling, another 6,625 cameras will be installed at 479

locations while the traffic police are expected to install 5,000 CCTV cameras at important

intersections, taking the total to 16,928 CCTV cameras covering every corner of the city.

Delhi Police's cyber cell led by joint CP Sandeep Goel, the special cell led by joint CP MM

Oberoi and the traffic police led by additional CP Anil Shukla will oversee implementation of

the project in the next two years. However, vendors who win the project bids will be paid for

the five years, with the extra three years allotted for maintenance.

"The verification facilities will be available to PCR and beat officers and the hand-held

devices will authenticate the criminal history of a person," said joint CP Sandeep Goel,

adding that police vehicles will be equipped with automatic number plate readers and CCTV

footage will be analyzed in real time.

The ATMS will be a unified solution for traffic problems. It will be able to track e-challans,

check speeding at night with night-vision speed detectors. It will also analyze the peak loads

and junction management.

Other initiatives under the project include a PCR upgrade, cyber security, training of field

officers, data integration with private entities like hotels at the local level and disaster

fighting authorities like fire brigade and National Disaster Management Authority. Besides

the police's C4i control room, there will be two data centres, two mobile command centres,

800 mobile terminals for PCR vans and 6,000 hand-held devices. Experts, however, say the

project alone cannot make Delhi safer. "Merely bringing in devices and CCTVs is not

enough. It is important that Delhi Police customize the software according to ground

realities. For example, dense fog and monkeys—common Delhi problems—can play havoc

with video analytics. Similarly, connecting 243 locations is not enough. A clever use of

wireless and optic solutions will help police get the right kind of digital feed for analysis,''

said Dipankar Ghosh, director of a firm which deals with such security solutions.

Times view

State-of-the-art technology is an invaluable aid to policing, but Delhi Police must realize

that machines can only be as effective as the men behind them. If all of this money and

effort is not to go waste, the men must be trained to use this technology optimally and the

equipment must be well-maintained . So often our CCTVs don't work. That's just not

acceptable. Moreover, modernization is not just about technology; the police force must

imbibe a modern mindset — a mindset that's service-oriented and shows greater gender

sensitivity. Only then will the police slogan of "with you, for you, always" have real meaning.

Refer Times of India – 10-feb-2014

NEW DELI: The government has set a deadline for public transport vehicles running in

major cities with a population of over 10 lakh to install GPS devices by February 20, this

month.

According to a ministry of road transport and highways circular, owners of public service

vehicles are required to get GPS ( Global Positioning System) installed in their vehicles by

February 20, 2014 failing which necessary action as deemed fit shall be taken against the

defaulters.

The road ministry had earlier asked passenger vehicle owners to install these devices by

September 30, 2013.

In January, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved a Rs 1,405-crore

project to track and monitor public transport and provide alarm buttons for alerting

authorities.

The project involves setting up of closed circuit television (CCTVs) and using GPS to ensure

safety and security of women and girls in distress.

This project is part of the Nirbhaya Fund for women safety.

It will be implemented within two years after allocation of funds to set up a National Level

Vehicle Security and Tracking System and City Command and Control Centre with

installation of GPS, CCTV in public road transport.

The policy was formulated in the wake of gang rape of a 23-year old paramedic in a moving

bus, on December 16, 2012. This victim died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.

Delhi Police shortlists 5 advisory companies to help implement a plan for a safe city Aman Sharma, ET Bureau Jan 14, 2013, 01.35AM IST

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has shortlisted five consultancy firms to advise and support the

government in implementing a project to make Capital safer. The Centre is planning to put Delhi under a

blanket of sophisticated CCTVs and decongest roads by giving real-time traffic information to motorists.

The Union home ministry has asked the Delhi Police to implement these projects as part of the 12th Five

Year Plan.

Ernst & Young, Wipro Limited, PricewaterouseCoopers (PwC), Accenture

Services and Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) were shortlisted earlier this week by Delhi

Police. One of them could bag the consultancy contract from the government later this month. The idea is to cover the city extensively by a camera-surveillance system, which can recognise face and

detect wanted criminals or terrorists and flag off a centralised control room about the presence of an

individual at a particular place in Delhi. The CCTVs put up by the police, government institutions and the

third parties, such as hotels and multiplexes, will be integrated under the Integrated Intelligent Security

Surveillance System (IISSS).

The other major project on which police needs the consultant's help is an Active Traffic Management

System(ATMS), which can study traffic flows on all roads and generate real-time congestion status of any

road for a motorist. The system also envisions an unobtrusive 24X7 traffic enforcement system with

automated challans for traffic violations.

The selected consultant is supposed to study the international best practices before suggesting a solution

for Delhi. The government wants to integrate the existing control rooms of Delhi Police, Air Force Stations

in Delhi, Delhi government, home ministry, NDMA and the Delhi Fire Service.

It is also looking for radiation/hazardous material identifiers, truck-mounted x-ray scanning systems for

mass scanning of suspected vehicles and deployment of a face-recognition software in the CCTVs. "The

system should provide an intelligent surveillance, detect hot-listed vehicles, tag/flag suspect and have

alert-generation mechanism, which would enable faster and efficient decision support to keep the city

safe and secure," says a Delhi Police document on the envisioned project.

As part of the IISSS project, the government is also looking at installing gunshot detectors in high security

zones like Raisina Hill that can detect and convey the location of gunfire or any other weapon fire using

acoustic or optical sensors. These detectors, fitted with an array of microphones and sensors, are

integrated with a geographic information system. A centralised control room would get instant alert in

case of gunfire in high-security zone.

The ATMS system is aimed at improving mobility, discipline and safety on Delhi roads, which are seeing

increased traffic volumes. The comprehensive system involves setting up of traffic detecting

sensors, CCTV cameras and speed detection radars to facilitate 24X7 scanning and monitoring of

vehicular traffic volume, traffic violations and active management of traffic lights to enable the automatic

changing of their switching instructions as per the traffic flow. There would also be a public interface for

dissemination of information.