In a primary for Kashmir, Srinagar’s site visitors administration is bracing for a wise improve to detect site visitors violations by autos mechanically by way of cameras, controllers and algorithms.

Under the Smart City Project, the authorities up to now two weeks have put in closed-circuit tv (CCTV) cameras and different gadgets on the UT’s summer time capital underneath the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) at round eight site visitors junctions. The cameras have begun sending stay video and photograph feeds of site visitors violations to a command and management centre.

Sharing particulars, Srinagar senior superintendent of police (SSP, site visitors) Muzaffar Ahmad Shah mentioned the brand new system will mechanically detect obvious site visitors violations like rushing, driving with out helmet or seat belt, driving on the fallacious aspect or whereas speaking on cellphone, site visitors gentle violations and even overloading in public transport.

“The cameras will detect particular seen violations which will probably be despatched stay to our system for producing e-challan towards the violations. There is not any probability of evasion because the system works on proof of video and photograph proof which turns into a part of document,” Shah mentioned, including that with irrefutable proof, it will likely be simpler to cost violators.

“Besides, the violators can be challaned at multiple locations and it is an automated thing,” he mentioned.

Command and management middle arrange

Once the system detects violations, the operators in management rooms will confirm and generate e-challans towards the violations.

The system has been put in at eight site visitors junctions within the metropolis together with at metropolis middle Lal Chowk, Regal Chowk, Corporate Bank headquarter and uptown Jawahar Nagar.

Shah mentioned the system is being put in at 60 site visitors gentle junctions inside the subsequent two months, including, “This will unfold throughout town from Zakura (metropolis outskirts on south) to Pantha Chowk(metropolis outskirts in north). It will not be confined to town middle solely.”

Once the system is put in absolutely, algorithms are anticipated to take over. The feed has began to reach on the management centre, however challaning is but to start.

Will cut back police-violator battle: SSP

Addressing the affect of the good system, the SSP mentioned, “The battle between site visitors personnel and violators will probably be decreased. And the system will probably be automated, which means it’s going to detect violations 24*7, day and evening or regardless of the climate.”

Shah mentioned the system can be anticipated to curb the variety of violations: “A site visitors officer can detect or produce a single challan at a specific time however this technique can detect 1000’s of violations at a time. This will drive individuals to alter their behaviour.

“When the behavior changes, the commute in the city will improve,” he added.