Surat-based Innovative Telecom & Softwares has implemented one of India’s first city surveillance projects in Surat. The Surat Safe City project was inaugurated by Gujarat’s Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, recently.
For the end-to-end execution of this project, an open bid invitation was floated which was won by Innovative. The project is being implemented in 5 phases, and aims to deploy a network of 5,000 surveillance cameras at 500 locations that will cover an area of 150 sq km.
The first phase, costing Rs 10.5 crore and completed in record time of less than 4 months from the date of tender issue, included installation of 104 CCTV cameras; setting up of a state-of-the-art Command and Control Center (CCC) equipped with 280 sq ft video wall; a datacenter with 200 TB storage; and an integrated physical security information management system.
For this project, Innovative used technologies from Verint System, IBM and Delta.
In the first phase, CCTV cameras have been installed at entry and exit points of Surat city, important traffic junctions, bus station, railway station, public places, markets, and other core and sensitive areas. Footage of all cameras will be stored for 30 days.
“The vigilance network is monitored at the CCC located at the Commissioner of Police Office, Surat. It will provide actionable intelligence that will help the police curb crime and terror in Surat. It will also be used to generate 2D mapping reports which will facilitate the city administration in resource planning and disaster management during natural and man-made calamities,” said Mihir Chahwala, Director, Innovative Telecom & Softwares.
This is perhaps the first-ever city-surveillance project in India built with public-private partnership. Large companies like Reliance Industries, Essar, L&T and other local industries including diamond, textile and real estate, have contributed Rs 8 crore to the project. The Surat Municipal Corporation has contributed Rs 2 crore.
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