CCTV cameras set up at vantage locations in Udhagamandalam town
The Hindu
For better traffic management and crime prevention in Udhagamandalam town, the Nilgiris district police have installed 100 Artificial Intelligence-enabled CCTV cameras and they were inaugurated by the Superintendent of Police, K. Prabhakaran, on Friday.
For better traffic management and crime prevention in Udhagamandalam town, the Nilgiris district police have installed 100 Artificial Intelligence-enabled CCTV cameras and they were inaugurated by the Superintendent of Police, K. Prabhakaran, on Friday.
Control rooms have been set up at the Charing Cross outpost and special branch office in Udhagamandalam. The cameras are placed in Charring Cross, Commercial Road, Garden Road, bus stand, Hill bunk, Alankar Junction, ATC, Market, Lower Baazar, Rose Garden, Ettiness Road.
The cameras will detect two-wheeler riders without helmets and four-wheeler drivers without seat belts. Speaking at the function, Mr. Prabhakaran said the camera would help in better regulation of traffic.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.