MUMBAI: To beef up girls's safety within the megapolis, Mumbai police are planning to make use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance and set up 'panic buttons' across the town, a senior respectable mentioned nowadays.
The measures are part of a Rs 252-crore Safe City Project, which shall be implemented fully in three years.
"Use of UAVs for this purpose will be the first in the country," mentioned K M M Prasanna, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime), who worked at the project.
After the Nirbhaya gang-rape incident of 2012, the Union Home Ministry invited proposals from police departments of big towns to offer more safety to women. It also allotted Central price range for such tasks.
Mumbai Police got here up with Safe City Project which contemplates use of state-of-the-art era, mentioned Prasanna.
Sixty in step with cent of the fee is expected to be borne by way of the Centre, he mentioned, adding that the Maharashtra government not too long ago gave in-principle nod for the project.
The entire town shall be mapped the use of the Geographic Information System (GIS), and the spots where crimes in opposition to girls were reported frequently shall be recognized for installation of panic buttons.
On pressing the panic button, alert shall be sent to the nearest police station which will rush its group of workers to the spot.
"Women travel a lot by buses, taxis and auto rickshaws. We are planning to provide QR Codes and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to these vehicles so that they can be tracked," Prasanna mentioned.
Introduction of automated quantity plate identification device and facial popularity device are also part of the Safe City Project.
In addition to over 5,000 CCTV cameras already in place, another 1,500 cameras shall be set as much as widen the surveillance network within the town, Prasanna mentioned.
"We have identified 500 locations with underpasses and sky-walks. These spots too will be monitored by CCTV cameras," he mentioned.
Police commissioner Datta Padsalgikar and Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjay Saxena have been tracking the implementation of the project which will roll out over the following three years, Prasanna mentioned.
The measures are part of a Rs 252-crore Safe City Project, which shall be implemented fully in three years.
"Use of UAVs for this purpose will be the first in the country," mentioned K M M Prasanna, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime), who worked at the project.
After the Nirbhaya gang-rape incident of 2012, the Union Home Ministry invited proposals from police departments of big towns to offer more safety to women. It also allotted Central price range for such tasks.
Mumbai Police got here up with Safe City Project which contemplates use of state-of-the-art era, mentioned Prasanna.
Sixty in step with cent of the fee is expected to be borne by way of the Centre, he mentioned, adding that the Maharashtra government not too long ago gave in-principle nod for the project.
The entire town shall be mapped the use of the Geographic Information System (GIS), and the spots where crimes in opposition to girls were reported frequently shall be recognized for installation of panic buttons.
On pressing the panic button, alert shall be sent to the nearest police station which will rush its group of workers to the spot.
"Women travel a lot by buses, taxis and auto rickshaws. We are planning to provide QR Codes and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to these vehicles so that they can be tracked," Prasanna mentioned.
Introduction of automated quantity plate identification device and facial popularity device are also part of the Safe City Project.
In addition to over 5,000 CCTV cameras already in place, another 1,500 cameras shall be set as much as widen the surveillance network within the town, Prasanna mentioned.
"We have identified 500 locations with underpasses and sky-walks. These spots too will be monitored by CCTV cameras," he mentioned.
Police commissioner Datta Padsalgikar and Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjay Saxena have been tracking the implementation of the project which will roll out over the following three years, Prasanna mentioned.
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