Technology provides thrust to surveillance at junction
Dome cameras installed at five locations at Tiruchi Railway Junction
are delivering desired results for RPF, writes R.Krishnamoorthy
As technology-oriented integrated security system is
being put in place, surveillance is assuming a new dimension at the
Tiruchi Railway Junction as dome cameras installed at five locations at
Tiruchi Railway Junction are delivering the desired results for the
Railway Protection Force (RPF). Movement of people on platforms and
circulating area is being monitored effectively from a master control
room. Two cameras each have been installed at the first and second
platforms and one at the control room.
The concept
of round-the-clock monitoring of activities at the railway junction will
assume a strong significance when 66 remaining cameras are fixed at
locations spread over the length and breadth of the five platforms at
Tiruchi Railway Junction, the booking office and the parcel office,
according to Divisional Security Commissioner Kumaran.
The
RPF in Tiruchi will also be equipped with two luggage scanners, two
under-vehicle scanners, a parcel scanner, bomb suit and a bomb
suppression blanket under the integrated security system conceived soon
after the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008. These gadgets will be
supplemented by the presence of dog squad.
In all,
71 cameras –18 dome, 30 box and 23 PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) varieties – and
the other equipment will serve as effective deterrents, though there is
no threat perception in Tiruchi Divisional Headquarters. Most of the
divisional railway headquarters have also been covered under the scheme.
In Tiruchi, the real-time monitoring through the
cameras that have in-built back-up storage of recordings of one month
will be carried out with the aid of seven computer systems in the master
control room. At any given point of time, six to seven RPF personnel
moving about the railway junction will respond immediately in case of
need. Communication about location and movement of suspicious looking
persons will be delivered through walkie-talkies. The advanced security
system being implemented at an expenditure of Rs.4 crore was nearing
completion, officials said.
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