Admin plans to install number-plate recognising cameras at 50 locations in Patna

Time of India

3 days ago

Patna: In a move to increase surveillance and strengthen security across the city, the district authorities has decided to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at 50 strategic locations across the city.
Besides this, the construction of fibre-made check posts and the availability of iron-made security trolleys for vehicle checking will also be ensured to keep a check on criminals and traffic violators.
District magistrate (DM) Thiyagarajan SM said as per the departmental instructions, the installation of ANPR cameras, security trolleys, and the construction of check posts should be completed by August 1, from a security and law and order perspective.
"The agencies involved in road construction have been tasked with providing these facilities," he said.
Notably, 50 locations in the city have been identified for the installation of the cameras, including Malahi Pakri, 90 Feet Road at Kankarbagh, both ends of Parsa flyover, Kurthaul Mor, Mahendru post office, JP Setu, Marine Drive near Didarganj; Kachchi Dargah, Nala Road, Army Cantonment Danapur, Saguna Mor, Gola Road, IPS Mor, Bailey Road overbridge, Harinagar, Hartali Mor, Krishna Ghat near Ashok Cinema; Vaishali Golambar, Sampatchak Mor, Inter-State Bus Terminal at Ramachak Bairiya, Mahadev Mor, Ramdev Chowk, Patrakar Nagar, and Zero Mile, among others.
Similarly, fibre-made check posts will be constructed at 27 entry points of the city, which will function as police barracks. Proposed sites include Didarganj-Raghopur Bridge, Karmalichak, Pahadi Mor, Chhoti Pahadi Mor, Bhootnath Road, Khemnichak, Jamanpura Mor, Chanakya Law College, Sipara, Saristabad, Beur Mor, Hathidah Mor, Cantt Area, Usri, Gadikhana Mor, Khagaul Lak, AIIMS Golambar, Mithapur Bypass, R-Block, Gandhi Setu (south bank), JP Setu, Marine Drive, Digha Golambar, Gai Ghat, and Mogalpura.
Around 1,000 vehicle-checking trolleys will be deployed at various locations. The responsibility for providing the trolleys has been assigned to the mining department.
Traffic SP Aprajit Lohan said different govt departments responsible for the construction of roads will install the ANPR cameras and other facilities. "The reason for this is that whenever a new road is constructed, security should be integrated into its tender.
For example, in Bidupur, where the six-lane road was built, they did not install any traffic posts, police posts, or cameras. As a result, the road became a hotspot for over-speeding, stunts, and criminals escaping because everyone knows there are no cameras there.
Therefore, it was decided that in the future, any department responsible for road construction must include cameras, police posts, and other security measures in their project plans," he told this newspaper.
According to information provided by the traffic police, presently, there are a total of 29 ANPR cameras installed across the city. In a month, 1,507 challans were issued to violators through these cameras. In the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra's murder case, the ANPR cameras, CCTV footage, alerts from toll plazas helped the West Bengal police to nab the four accused from Kolkata.