Better law and Order and Crime control in the state will expedite the ongoing development process. The lucknow police had been equipped with modern gadgets with round the clock functional CCTV Cameras will keep a close tab at important places. This was stated by Chief Minister, UP Akhilesh Yadav while inaugurating CCTV system, police control room and drone cameras at Modern Control Room office in Gomti Nagar on Sunday. He inaugurated Smart City Surveillance- Drishti, CCTV project- Nazar: Ek Ummeed, aerial surveillance project (drone cameras) at this occasion.
Yadav said corruption and crime can be weeded out from the society by using the modern gadgets. “The government was dedicated to provide effective law and order to the people of the state. The government is taking concrete steps in this direction and the police are working hard to keep the law and order under control,” the CM said. He said the policemen should be praised for the efforts they put in while working under adverse conditions.
Taking on the rival political parties implicitly, the CM said the present government had done everything to provide secured atmosphere to the people of the state. “Due to advent of modern information technologies in the recent time, the criminals had got their modus operandi acclimatized with these gadgets. Besides, the police had to bear additional responsibilities with the change in time. So it is high time to equip police with modern gadgets to control the crime,’ he said.
He said more control room will be set up in the time to come in the state. “We had a control room in Kanpur and now in lucknow. We already had a women power control room 1090 in lucknow,” he enumerated the achievement of his government. He said efforts were being made in the direction that police may respond in 10 minutes to 15 minutes to the distress calls. He also thanked to the special police officers for their co-operation to the police in cracking the crime. He also felicitated several SPOs for ensuring communal harmony in lucknow.
He also released the ISO 900-2008 certificate conferred to modern control room and smart city surveillance system on this occasion. The programme was also addressed by minister for health and family welfare, Ahmad Hasan, minister of state, skill development, Abhishek Mishra, principal secretary, Alok Ranjan, principal secretary home, Devasish Panda and DGP, AK Jain. Senior politicians including minister for Political Pension, Rajendra Chaudhary, principal secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal, clerics and religious leaders and important dignitaries were also present on this occasion.
Under the scheme, 70 Pan, Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) and 170 fixed cameras had been installed at different places. Besides, 40 NPR (Number Plate Reader) cameras also had been installed in the city. All the CCTV cameras had been linked to the modern control room for quick response and action. The CCTV system will not only help in controlling the crime but it will also help in traffic management and providing relief to the victims of road accidents. Soon the Modern control room will send e-challans to offenders of rules of the road.