Boost to passenger safety! Indian Railways installs IP-based CCTV cameras at 813 major stations

Indian Railways and its PSU RailTel have put in IP-based CCTV surveillance cameras at 813 main railway stations.

Giving a serious increase to the security and safety of passengers particularly ladies and youngsters, Indian Railways and its PSU RailTel have put in IP-based CCTV surveillance cameras at 813 main railway stations throughout India. At 47 extra stations, the work is in progress and will probably be accomplished quickly, RailTel mentioned within the assertion. Moreover, by the month of March subsequent yr, 756 extra railway stations are focused to be lined. This Indian Railways mission covers all classes of stations and round 5,000 railway stations are being executed by the PSU. On June 25 final yr, the nationwide transporter had signed an MoU with RailTel for putting in CCTVs at railway stations. The PSU had floated 4 tenders in Could this yr for masking 456 railway stations, in response to a PTI report.

These IP-based CCTV cameras are being networked on optical fiber cable and their video feed is being displayed at native RPF posts and likewise at a centralized CCTV management room at zonal and divisional ranges. To make sure enhanced security and safety at railway premises, the CCTV cameras and video feeds are being monitored at three ranges. To this point, the PSU has accomplished the work of organising centralized management room at 14 zones of Indian Railways and work on the relaxation is at present in progress.

In keeping with RailTel, for monitoring of cameras, server, UPS and switches, a Community Administration System (NMS) has been additionally been supplied, which may be considered from any internet browser by approved personnel. In an effort to guarantee most protection contained in the railway premises, 4 kinds of IP-based cameras are being put in together with, Dome sort, Bullet sort, Pan Tilt Zoom sort and Extremely HD- 4k. RailTel mentioned this may give further edge to the Railway Safety Power officers to enhance safety. The video feed recordings from CCTV cameras can be saved for a interval of 30 days, it added.