The entire south Mumbai —stretching from Colaba to Worli — came under CCTV surveillance on Monday, as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the first phase of digital surveillance project for the metropolis involving a total of 6,000 cameras.
launching the first phase of a crucial project that comprised installation of cameras at as many as 434 locations, Fadnavis said that the CCTC surveillance project for the entire city — involving 6,000 cameras — would be completed by October 2016, a month before the eighth anniversary of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai.
“My Government’s effort will be to ensure optimum use of manpower with technological intervention for effective policing. We plan to complete all the three phases before the October 2016 deadline. By next year’s 26/11 anniversary, the entire city of Mumbai would be under digital camera surveillance,” Fadnavis said.
The CCTV surveillance project, when completed, will come in handy in for the city police in crime detection, early response, detection, prosecution and conviction. The project, which is being executed by larsen & Toubro India, is estimated to cost Rs 949 crore.
Speaking at a function after the first phase of the CCTV surveillance project, Fadnavis – who also holds the State Home portfolio – said that once all three phases of the project were completed, the Mumbai Police would have at their disposal an Integrated Command and Control Center.
“Once all the 6,000 cameras installed and activated across the city, there will be 100 per cent command and control system integration. With the data integration, we will be able to evolve a comprehensive strategy to tackle crime, Our objective is to ensure integration of policing with latest technologies,” the chief minister said.
Fadnavis said that face detection, number plate identification and data analysis system facilities would be available after the entire project was completed.
He said that under the installed first phase of the project, the data feed from the CCTVs would be sent to Mumbai Police headquarters and traffic police headquarters at Worli command centre.