Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla inaugurates Police Command and Control Centre (PCCC) at Chandigarh
Chandigarh, July 30:- Union Home Secretary Sh. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS, today inaugurated Police Command and Control Centre (PCCC) at ICCC Complex, Sector-17, Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh, Sh. Praveer Ranjan, IPS, Director General of Police, Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Vijay Namdeorao Zade, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh. Debendra Dalai, IAS, Chief Conservator of Forests, Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh and other senior officials.
While sharing information about the project, Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh said that the objectives of Chandigarh Smart City mission are to enhance the safety and security, improve efficiency of municipal services and promote better quality of life, for the residents. To achieve these objectives, Chandigarh desired to foster the development of a robust Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure.
He said that Police Command and Control Centre (PCCC) has been established under ICCC project of Chandigarh Smart City. It is monitoring the smart field elements like CCTV Surveillance Cameras wherein more than 1000 cameras are installed for real time surveillance of Traffic Junctions and other important buildings of Chandigarh like water works, parks, government hospitals, community centers, parking locations, schools etc at around 285 locations. This system uses Artificial Intelligence based Advanced Video Analytics and generates automatic event alerts. This helps in real time surveillance of the city and generates alarms for specific incidents.
He said that Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) wherein Traffic Enforcement Systems including Red light Violation detection (40 Junctions), Over Speed Violation (10 Systems), Automatic Number Plate Recognition (40 junctions and 20 Entry and Exits of the City) has been implemented. Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS) monitors the real time traffic conditions of the city and uses Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technology to improve the signal timing and helps the city in easing the traffic issues. This system has been installed on 40 Junctions. 24X7 help desk has been established which helps the citizens of Chandigarh to address their grievances at a faster pace, he added.
He said that citizens of Chandigarh are being greatly benefited from this project. Incidents like vehicle theft, irresponsible driving, loitering, illegal parking, trespassing etc have been reduced with the help of CCTV surveillance cameras.
The Adviser said these solutions will also improve the women safety in the city. ITMS and ATCS solutions will not only help in improving the traffic conditions but will also make the roads safer by enforcing the traffic laws on the violators.
He further said variable message signs and public addressing systems will broadcast the real time information to the commuter on the move. This system will help in better management of the incidents in the city and efficient disbursal of the governance services. Citizens of Chandigarh will experience world class governance and living standards through these systems.
