NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is now gearing up to implement the much-delayed intelligent

traffic signalling (ITS) system. Police sources confirmed that they were planning integrated
city surveillance through the use of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), which will be
connected to the ITS project. This move comes close on the heels of the terror attack on an
Israeli diplomat in the capital. Sources said the ministry of home affairs has taken special
interest in the project to install security cameras across the city.

Confirming the move, joint commissioner of police (traffic) Satyendra Garg said, "The
earlier tender for ITS has been scrapped and a new pilot project covering New Delhi and
south Delhi areas will be started. It will have state-of-the-art signalling system, a variable
messaging system to display real-time traffic situation on road, CCTV coverage of roads and
traffic intersections , and cameras that can detect traffic signal violations , speeding and lane
violations separately."

A team of three police officers special commissioner of police (special cell), joint
commissioner of police (traffic) and joint commissioner of police (crime) visited Mumbai
last week to study a similar project to integrate cameras in the city. They will be visiting
cities in other countries next month to survey the best systems in use in developed
countries. In Mumbai , the project is in final stages with a March-end deadline for
submission of tenders.

Under the project, all CCTV cameras in public/private establishments in the city will be
connected to a centrally controlled system managed by Delhi Police. The system would
include the integration of CCTV cameras with new ones at road intersections, traffic
junctions and along roads. Private cameras at malls, markets, banks, offices as well as
security cameras part of the Delhi Metro network , at interstate bus terminals , railway
stations and iconic buildings will be part of the system , said officials.

Officials said that new cameras will be installed across the city, particularly in strategic and
vulnerable areas. This surveillance network will work in conjunction with the ITS project
that would have synchronized signal cycles, variable messaging service and cameras to
check speeding and traffic signal violations.















Govt plans Rs 1,260cr hi-tech drive to make
Delhi safer
Dwaipayan Ghosh,TNN | Jul 23, 2013, 06.09 AM IST

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NEW DELHI: A Rs 1,260-crore mega project promises to change the face of policing in the
capital. Conceived after the Nirbhaya gang rape, the Union home ministry's Safe City Project
will put the entire criminal database in the hands of the cop on duty through the latest IT
tools and monitor public places through a wide network of CCTVs.

The high-tech plan covers everything from video analytics to facial scanning. Once
implemented, the system will enable police personnel to run a background check on any
suspicious person or vehicle anywhere in the city. Other components of the system will help
in detecting explosives, alerting about perimeter intrusion, reading biometrics, detecting
speed violations at night, and even analyzing prisoner movement and digital crime
mapping.

Delhi Police has already taken the first steps to implement the project, to be funded by the
home ministry through its mega city policing plan. PricewaterhouseCoopers has been hired
as consultant on various technology initiatives for a Rs 6-crore fee and the World Bank is
expected to contribute Rs 40 crore for the project.

The final amount, though, will be decided by the MHA, which has been sent the proposal.
Senior police officers say PWC has been tasked to prepare detailed project reports and
requests for proposals, bring implementation agencies on board and manage the
implementation, review and improvement of new systems.

The idea behind the Safe City Project is simpleeffective policing, but it is a complex system
built on four components. The two most important parts are its Integrated Intelligent
Surveillance Systems (IISS) and the Automated Traffic Management Systems (ATMS),
followed by capacity building and initiatives for upgrading. The IISS at the ground level will
mean that all officers on the road will use hand-held personal digital assistant (PDA) devices
that are no less than a computer. The PDAs will have online access, enabling an officer to
check whether the car he has hailed for inspection is stolen or the driver has a crime record.
At a larger level, these single checks will help police secure the city.

At present, Delhi has CCTVs installed in 26 markets and at five border points. Installation
work in 28 other markets and 10 border points is 65% done. CCTV installation at the
Supreme Court, high court and district court complexes is also over. All these steps will
bring the total number of surveillance cameras up to 5,333.

Once the Safe City Project starts rolling, another 6,625 cameras will be installed at 479
locations while the traffic police are expected to install 5,000 CCTV cameras at important
intersections, taking the total to 16,928 CCTV cameras covering every corner of the city.

Delhi Police's cyber cell led by joint CP Sandeep Goel, the special cell led by joint CP MM
Oberoi and the traffic police led by additional CP Anil Shukla will oversee implementation of
the project in the next two years. However, vendors who win the project bids will be paid for
the five years, with the extra three years allotted for maintenance.

"The verification facilities will be available to PCR and beat officers and the hand-held
devices will authenticate the criminal history of a person," said joint CP Sandeep Goel,
adding that police vehicles will be equipped with automatic number plate readers and CCTV
footage will be analyzed in real time.

The ATMS will be a unified solution for traffic problems. It will be able to track e-challans,
check speeding at night with night-vision speed detectors. It will also analyze the peak loads
and junction management.



Other initiatives under the project include a PCR upgrade, cyber security, training of field
officers, data integration with private entities like hotels at the local level and disaster
fighting authorities like fire brigade and National Disaster Management Authority. Besides
the police's C4i control room, there will be two data centres, two mobile command centres,
800 mobile terminals for PCR vans and 6,000 hand-held devices. Experts, however, say the
project alone cannot make Delhi safer. "Merely bringing in devices and CCTVs is not
enough. It is important that Delhi Police customize the software according to ground
realities. For example, dense fog and monkeyscommon Delhi problemscan play havoc
with video analytics. Similarly, connecting 243 locations is not enough. A clever use of
wireless and optic solutions will help police get the right kind of digital feed for analysis,''
said Dipankar Ghosh, director of a firm which deals with such security solutions.

Times view

State-of-the-art technology is an invaluable aid to policing, but Delhi Police must realize
that machines can only be as effective as the men behind them. If all of this money and
effort is not to go waste, the men must be trained to use this technology optimally and the
equipment must be well-maintained . So often our CCTVs don't work. That's just not
acceptable. Moreover, modernization is not just about technology; the police force must
imbibe a modern mindset a mindset that's service-oriented and shows greater gender
sensitivity. Only then will the police slogan of "with you, for you, always" have real meaning.










































Refer Times of India 10-feb-2014
NEW DELI: The government has set a deadline for public transport vehicles running in
major cities with a population of over 10 lakh to install GPS devices by February 20, this
month.

According to a ministry of road transport and highways circular, owners of public service
vehicles are required to get GPS ( Global Positioning System) installed in their vehicles by
February 20, 2014 failing which necessary action as deemed fit shall be taken against the
defaulters.

The road ministry had earlier asked passenger vehicle owners to install these devices by
September 30, 2013.

In January, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved a Rs 1,405-crore
project to track and monitor public transport and provide alarm buttons for alerting
authorities.

The project involves setting up of closed circuit television (CCTVs) and using GPS to ensure
safety and security of women and girls in distress.

This project is part of the Nirbhaya Fund for women safety.

It will be implemented within two years after allocation of funds to set up a National Level
Vehicle Security and Tracking System and City Command and Control Centre with
installation of GPS, CCTV in public road transport.

The policy was formulated in the wake of gang rape of a 23-year old paramedic in a moving
bus, on December 16, 2012. This victim died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.







Delhi Police shortlists 5 advisory companies to help
implement a plan for a safe city
Aman Sharma, ET Bureau Jan 14, 2013, 01.35AM IST
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has shortlisted five consultancy firms to advise and support the
government in implementing a project to make Capital safer. The Centre is planning to put Delhi under a
blanket of sophisticated CCTVs and decongest roads by giving real-time traffic information to motorists.
The Union home ministry has asked the Delhi Police to implement these projects as part of the 12th Five
Year Plan.
Ernst & Young, Wipro Limited, PricewaterouseCoopers (PwC), Accenture
Services and Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) were shortlisted earlier this week by Delhi
Police. One of them could bag the consultancy contract from the government later this month.

The idea is to cover the city extensively by a camera-surveillance system, which can recognise face and
detect wanted criminals or terrorists and flag off a centralised control room about the presence of an
individual at a particular place in Delhi. The CCTVs put up by the police, government institutions and the
third parties, such as hotels and multiplexes, will be integrated under the Integrated Intelligent Security
Surveillance System (IISSS).
The other major project on which police needs the consultant's help is an Active Traffic Management
System(ATMS), which can study traffic flows on all roads and generate real-time congestion status of any
road for a motorist. The system also envisions an unobtrusive 24X7 traffic enforcement system with
automated challans for traffic violations.
The selected consultant is supposed to study the international best practices before suggesting a solution
for Delhi. The government wants to integrate the existing control rooms of Delhi Police, Air Force Stations
in Delhi, Delhi government, home ministry, NDMA and the Delhi Fire Service.
It is also looking for radiation/hazardous material identifiers, truck-mounted x-ray scanning systems for
mass scanning of suspected vehicles and deployment of a face-recognition software in the CCTVs. "The
system should provide an intelligent surveillance, detect hot-listed vehicles, tag/flag suspect and have
alert-generation mechanism, which would enable faster and efficient decision support to keep the city
safe and secure," says a Delhi Police document on the envisioned project.
As part of the IISSS project, the government is also looking at installing gunshot detectors in high security
zones like Raisina Hill that can detect and convey the location of gunfire or any other weapon fire using
acoustic or optical sensors. These detectors, fitted with an array of microphones and sensors, are
integrated with a geographic information system. A centralised control room would get instant alert in
case of gunfire in high-security zone.
The ATMS system is aimed at improving mobility, discipline and safety on Delhi roads, which are seeing
increased traffic volumes. The comprehensive system involves setting up of traffic detecting
sensors, CCTV cameras and speed detection radars to facilitate 24X7 scanning and monitoring of
vehicular traffic volume, traffic violations and active management of traffic lights to enable the automatic
changing of their switching instructions as per the traffic flow. There would also be a public interface for
dissemination of information.