411 CCTVs to be installed at 79 entry and exit points of Gujarat

Action will be taken to control inter-state crime by installing 411 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras at 79 entry and exit points of Gujarat’s borders, announced state’s Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday. 

Monitoring of the state borders will be made tighter under the Vishwas-2 CCTV project, he said.

Responding to a question about the Vishwas project in the Vidhan Sabha, the Sanghavi said that the CCTV camera project has proven to be important in crime prevention and detection operations due to real-time monitoring with high-tech CCTV cameras.

Now under the Vishwas Project Phase-2, there are plans to install 411 CCTV cameras at a total of 79 entry and exit points of the state borders. Under the Vishwas Project Phase-1, more than 7,000 cameras were installed in 41 cities in Gujarat and 35 command and control centers have been set up to monitor them.

Gujarat Police has been successful in solving more than 12,000 crimes like robbery, theft and others through this CCTV network.

Under Vishwas Phase-2, 411 CCTV cameras will be connected to Netram and Trinetra CCTV schemes at a total of 79 entry-exit points of the state borders with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. All the cameras have detection capabilities through video analysis.

With the help of this high-tech CCTV network, stolen vehicles or vehicles involved in crimes can be tracked if they cross the inter-state border, according to Sanghavi. 

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