In light of the terror threat on important installations in the national Capital, Delhi Police will be hiring 39 Pan-tilt-zoom CCTV cameras alongwith its accessories and place them in and around the Parliament House complex in New Delhi district.
According to a senior police official,the cameras will be hired till March 31, 2017 or till the permanent installation of CCTV systems, whichever is earlier.
“The CCTV cameras will be installed as per the requirement of New Delhi district to cover all the strategic locations around the Parliament House complex,” said the official adding, “The control rooms of the cameras will be installed as per directions of DCP, New Delhi district. The cameras will also be monitored from Police Headquarters,”
There will be connectivity between the local CCTV control room, the nearest police station and the police headquarters through optical fibres.
“The mount PTZ camera will be for weather proof, temper proof, water proof and vandalism proof and can work in all weather conditions. The cameras will be able to zoom on to any suspicious object/human being with minimum optical zoom of 36X with a pan range from 0 to 360 degrees,” said the official
The cameras will have a color resolution of 600 TV lines for sharp pick up of live video. Police said the cameras will have two modes, day mode and night mode, for efficient scanning purposes.
The police official further mentioned the 39 locations where the cameras will be placed. “MP parking entrance, Red Cross road, Parliament street near transport bhawam, Parliament street near PTI building, Rafi Marg-opposite constitution club, Near Jalebi chowk, backside of Rail Bhawan, In front of Shastri Bhawan east gate, in front of Krishi Bhawan entry gate, Church road, Raisina road, Inside Krishi Bhawan on the side facing Rafi Marg, Inside Red Cross building on the side facing Patiala house are some of the locations of the 39 spots where the cameras will be placed,” said the police official.