The diamond city has pipped Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata to become the first city in the country to have a real-time closed circuit video surveillance system.
Chief minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the project on Friday, which will help police to monitor the entire city. In the first phase, 23 locations like entry-exit points, diamond and textile business districts, communally sensitive areas and major traffic junctions will be under surveillance through 104 (95 fixed and nine 360 degree movable point tilt and zoom) cameras.
A state-of-the-art command and control centre (CCC) with a video wall measuring 280 sq ft where live video footage can be monitored has been set up by police. At least 80 police personnel have been trained for it.
The first phase has incurred an expenditure of Rs 10.50 crore, which was contributed by leading businessmen, business associations, Hazira industries and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). “The project has been developed on a PPP model. We even got technical consultation from experts and installation done at a discount,” said Surat police commissioner Rakesh Asthana, who floated the idea a year ago.
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