Haryana: 472 signals, smart cameras for Karnal

KARNAL: To monitor the city traffic, Karnal Smart City Limited (KSCL), will install 472 more closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and traffic lights at various locations in the city under the integrated command and control centre (ICCC) project of the smart city.
Madras Security Printer private Limited has won the contract and will soon start work.
Under this project, 42 cameras will be installed on all chowks located on national highway-44, which will include 360-degree rotator cameras, which will keep a vigil on all activities.
Footage of CCTV cameras will be monitored by a team at integrated command and control centre (ICCC), which is under construction at Sector 12.
“Karnal Smart City Limited (KSCL) is installing 472 CCTV cameras and traffic lights at 29 locations (major chowks). The work is expected to be completed by November. The ICCC project, which include smart water supply system and smart street light system, is estimated to cost Rs 158 crore,” said Nishant Kumar Yadav, deputy commissioner-cum-CEO, Karnal smart city project.
He said an adaptive traffic control system will be installed to regulate traffic in different areas. This system will calibrate itself on the basis of the coming traffic and adjust signals accordingly.
“For example, if a large volume of vehicles are arriving from a particular side, traffic lights can be adjusted to clear the rush. The system can also adjust itself for any emergency vehicle such as ambulances by providing green corridor kind of system,” said Yadav.
He said through red light violation detection and automatic number plate reader (ANPR) cameras, e-challans will be generated in case of a traffic rule violation.
Already 127 cameras, including 12 pan-tilt-zoom security cameras, have been installed at 35 locations in the city.