In an order to improve the safety and traffic system in Gurugram, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has installed 750 cameras at different locations across the city.
GMDA officials said this is the first phase of the project which will see a total of 1,200 cameras installed across Gurugram. The remaining 450 cameras will be installed in the city soon.
The development authority has also connected these cameras to its mobile app. The city's residents can now download the GMDA app on their phones and get information about where the cameras are installed in the city.
This step will be beneficial for the officers of the GMDA department as they will be able to access the cameras from anywhere and also know the conditions of the cameras and whether it's operational or not, they said. According to GMDA officials, one of the objectives of making the location of the cameras available on the app is that if any untoward incident happens to anyone anywhere in the city, they can easily find out the place where the incident has occurred.
They can also inform the police about such incidents so that the police can reach on time. The second objective is that if people have information about the location of cameras, then they will also fear police action and will detter to break traffic norms. Currently, people can see the location of 750 CCTV cameras on this app of GMDA. These have been linked to the app. "The work of installing the remaining 450 cameras is underway. The GMDA had identified 22 key intersections for installation of these cameras. These cameras have been attached to the Integrated Command and Control Center at the GMDA office at Sector-44. Where the authorities and police personnel monitor them," said a senior GMDA official. These cameras are equipped with modern facilities which include-- scan the number plate of the vehicles, measure the speed of the vehicle, park the vehicle at Zebra crossing, detect wrong parking and recognize the face. GMDA has laid fiber cables across the city to connect these to a single centralized center and will be monitored from there. Apart from Millennium City, the authority has started installing cameras in the Manesar area.