Chennai: 121 more CCTV cameras to survey stretch from Porur to Kathipara

CHENNAI: The stretch from

Porur to Kathipara

along Mount-Poonamallee High Road, home to educational institutions, hospitals and IT parks, is among the stretches with high vehicle density. Realising that this stretch is prone to traffic violations and vulnerable to incidents of crime, police on Tuesday installed

121 CCTV cameras

and 8

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

(ANPR) cameras on the route.


The cameras, installed every 50m on junctions such as Kathipara flyover, Butt Road, Nandambakkam, Ramapuram,

Mugalivakkam

and Porur, have been installed at a cost of Rs 30lakh. A team of police personnel surveyed the areas and installed the ANPR cameras at places where motorists tend to cross at high speeds at odd hours. The Ramapuram traffic signal on Mount-Poonamalle High Road is officially the most congested junction in Chennai with, on average, more than 1.75 lakh vehicles crossing it every day. The stretch below the Porur flyover, with 1.27 lakh vehicles crossing every day, is a close second.

The stretch between Porur and Kathipara so far had less than 100 cameras, making it difficult for police to identify and nab those violating traffic rules, including jumping signal, violating stop line rules, riding triples and driving over the speed limit. Now, ANPR cameras can trace owner details of vehicles that violate rules by reading number plates and help issue e-challans for fines. These cameras will help build a database of vehicles plying on the road and book violators without police personnel out on the road. They will also help trace stolen vehicles. Photos of vehicles flouting the rules will be attached to the e-challans. The cameras will be linked to the transport department database as well to enable automatic serving of e-challans.

Inaugurating the facility at Nandambakkam, police commissioner A K Vishwanathan said

CCTV cameras

should be now considered a first eye while solving crime cases. Installation of camera had brought in a feeling of safety among commuters, particularly women.


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