This project with cost of Rs 177.17 crores including operation and management for the next 5 years aims to converge multiple types of camera feeds to a centralized point, which is the Intelligent Command and Control Room and co-located Data Center and DR in Private Cloud. Fixed Box, PTZ, and ANPR cameras and other Smart City elements like Emergency Call Box (ECB), Public Announcement System (PA) , Environmental Sensor and Visual Message Display System (VMD) will be deployed across Guwahati to enhance women, child, and elderly safety. The camera feeds will travel from the source to the destination via MPLS connectivity, with the SI being responsible for network backbone and last mile connectivity through an Internet Service Provider. The Data Center will have Tier III provisions and High Availability measures for IT and Non-IT components. The success of this project will be driven by Video Analytics using AI and ML methodologies.
The vision of the project is to implement a citizen friendly, holistic, integrated and responsive Intelligent City Surveillance System to achieve the following objectives:
Safety Improvement: Real-time safety management and intelligent surveillance can help prevent criminal activities and also respond to potentially dangerous situations in advance. Further, city surveillance will improve women's safety by providing a constant monitoring and alert system, deterring potential offenders, and aiding in the identification and prosecution of perpetrators, promoting a safer and more secure environment for citizens, especially women.
Higher Productivity: Achieving improvement in productivity, logistics and other economic activities by obtaining precise real-time information in key areas of the city through video surveillance system
Enforcement: Law enforcement is improved through continued monitoring of the city, specifically at crowded areas and aids in detection of criminal activity, enabling timely response and investigation through the use of video analytics
Effective & Preventive Policing: Geographical Information System (GIS) combined with city surveillance can enhance preventive policing by identifying crime hotspots, tracking criminal activity patterns, and enabling targeted resource deployment.
Event Tracking and Real Time Information: The real-time information at the Integrated Command and Control Center (CCC) from Cameras, Environmental Sensors and other technology interventions like GIS shall enable the operator to take necessary actions based on the type of information and send out emergency notifications through Variable Message Signages or inform other urban bodies as per set SOPs.
Integration with Existing Traffic Management System: Video and analytic data from traffic management system will further strengthen the effectiveness of the city surveillance system for real time policing as well as help to identify trends and patterns, which can inform city planning and infrastructure improvements.
Components of the Intelligent Surveillance System for Guwahati City
1. Cameras:
a) Bullet Cameras(1750 nos.),
b) PTZ Cameras (250 Nos.),
2. On premise Data Centre (3000 Sq Ft), & Integrated Command and Control Centre
3. Public Announcement system (20 nos.)
4. Emergency Call Box (20 Nos.)
5. Visual Message Display (10 Nos.)
6. Environmental System (10 Nos.)
7. Rapid Deployable Setup (4 Nos.)
8. Viewing Centre (4 locations)
9. Disaster Recovery on Cloud