PTZ cams to keep an eye on unauthorised construction
Having exhausted all other means, the Delhi Government has come out with an unique idea to install high resolution Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) camera to keep an eye in and around in Sainik Farm area to check unauthorised construction. The Information and Technology department, which has already installed 28 such high resolution cameras at prime locations across the city, has moved a proposal before the government in this regard. On the other hand, the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) is bringing a fresh proposal to regularise the Sainik Farm after the Prime Minister Office (PMO) has raised objections last year.
Top sources told The Pioneer that the Information and Technology department has moved a proposal to install high resolution PTZ camera in and around Sainik Farm to keep an eye on rampant unauthorised construction in the area. Sources claimed that the high resolution PTZ camera can capture images within radius of five kilometres in clear weather and more than three kilometres in foggy conditions has failed to provide any inputs. A special control room would be set up for effluent Sainik Farm area.
The cameras, it is claimed, would also provide aerial and video photography for use by security agencies would help create an integrated geospatial information system for surveillance and easy access by land use database, utility services and infrastructure departments. The PTZ camera is using Internet Protocol to transmit image data and control signals over a high speed Ethernet link. They are normally deployed together with a digital video recorder or network video recorder to form a video surveillance system. The proposal will be the part of the programme to install 64 PTZ camera at all important locations across the city to check unauthorised construction. The total budget is estimated around `120 crore for this project and it is being implemented with the help of Survey of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology and National Mapping Agency. Officials say that they are ready to provide data and video to all departments of the Government. Actually, the data base will the three MCDs and district task force to check unauthorised construction in their respective areas.