A file picture of a security personnel patrolling with a sniffer dog at a Metro station in Delhi.
New Delhi:
A new security camera system seems to be on the anvil for Delhi Metro. The Central Industrial Security Force and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are contemplating on adopting a new system that allows CCTV cameras to pick up situations which do not fall within the normal security parameter.
The system will work like artificial intelligence, wherein security cameras will be able to identify an unclaimed bag or a person crossing the security line at a platform. These images will immediately pop up on the monitor, thus drawing the attention of the security personnel.
The CCTV cameras installed at Metro stations in Delhi are partly monitored by the CISF and partly by the DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation). The CISF has altogether 5300 CCTV cameras installed at Metro stations, which primarily monitor the peripheries and the platform. Cameras within the train compartments are monitored by the DMRC.
But despite having such a dense network of cameras, and almost 4000 security personnel, both the agencies find it increasingly challenging to monitor the stations, which see a footfall of lakhs daily.
The new security camera system was tested during a demonstration held three months ago. According to sources in the CISF such a security system is already functional in underground Metro systems in other parts of the world like London, New York, Paris and Brazil.
Besides the new system, sources in CISF said that they have also put in a request of installing 900 more cameras at the Metro stations.
The system will work like artificial intelligence, wherein security cameras will be able to identify an unclaimed bag or a person crossing the security line at a platform. These images will immediately pop up on the monitor, thus drawing the attention of the security personnel.
The CCTV cameras installed at Metro stations in Delhi are partly monitored by the CISF and partly by the DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation). The CISF has altogether 5300 CCTV cameras installed at Metro stations, which primarily monitor the peripheries and the platform. Cameras within the train compartments are monitored by the DMRC.
But despite having such a dense network of cameras, and almost 4000 security personnel, both the agencies find it increasingly challenging to monitor the stations, which see a footfall of lakhs daily.
The new security camera system was tested during a demonstration held three months ago. According to sources in the CISF such a security system is already functional in underground Metro systems in other parts of the world like London, New York, Paris and Brazil.
Besides the new system, sources in CISF said that they have also put in a request of installing 900 more cameras at the Metro stations.
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