Pune CCTV makes revenue from traffic violators

Pune CCTV makes revenue from traffic violators

Pune city police is the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over 790 km2 comprising Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities in Maharashtra. The city police are a division of Maharashtra police. The current Pune commissioner ate came into existence on 1 July 1965. Pune city police operates from 33 police stations. It also has the responsibility of traffic policing the city roads.

The police commissioner-ate is divide into two regions, North Region and South Region. Each region is headed by an Additional Commissioner of police. Each region is divided into two zones; hence there are four Zones in Pune City vitz. Zone – 1, zone – 2, Zone – 3, Zone – 4.

Each Zone is headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Each Zone is further divided into two or three sub-division. Each Zone is further divided int two or three sub-divisions. Each sub-division is headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).

Pune city surveillance, referred to as PCS, is a holistic and integrated video surveillance system for the city of Pune. The PCS System of IP based outdoor security cameras across various locations in the city of Pune. The Video surveillance data from various cameras deployed is stored at data centre and monitored at all police stations, command control centers at CP office, PMC office, PCMC office and Collectorate.

• The system consists of total 1363 cameras
• Fix Box Cameras are 1068
• Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras are 217
• Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are 78

These Cameras are spread across 418 Locations along with 22 Locations for ANPR Cameras.

The live video feed from all these cameras is continuously saved and stored in the data centre which has the capacity to store the video from all the cameras up to 90 days and 180 days storing capacity for ANPR Cameras.

Following command control and viewing centers are setup for viewing the live feed from the system.

1. Command and Control Centre at Commissioner of Police office with a viewing capacity of 150 cameras at time.
2. Viewing centre of PMC with viewing capacity of 60 cameras at a time.
3. Viewing centre of PCMC with viewing capacity of 25 cameras at a time.
4. Viewing centre of Collectorate with viewing capacity of 10 cameras at a time.
5. Viewing centre at each of the two Regional offices with capacity to view 10% of total cameras in the respective region, at a time.
6. Viewing centre at each of the four Zonal offices with capacity to view 10% of total cameras in the respective zone, at a time.
7. Viewing facility at each of the 40 police stations, with capacity to view 50% cameras in the respective police station jurisdiction.

Description of Components :

1. Network and connectivity – All the surveillance equipment is connected in network, so that the video feeds are available at data centre as well as viewing centers 27X7.
2. Data centre and applications – A data centre with high end servers with large storage facility is established, along with application servers. This center holds all the recordings from all the cameras, as well as all the monitoring applications.
3. Command and viewing centers – the command centre is established in the CP office. Additional CP office, Zonal DCP offices, PMC, PCMC, Collectorate and Police stations have viewing centers for viewing the live video feeds from respective regions. The command centre at CP office also has video-wall for viewing. Other viewing centers have TV sets as well as workstations for effective monitoring of live video.
4. Collaborative monitoring - The existing surveillance systems of Public and private establishments will also be integrated into PCS systems, so that in case of any incidence at these places, the video feeds will be available.
5. Help desk and facility Management system – A system is established along with man power, to monitor and maintain the entire infrastructure. A responsive help desk with ticketing system is established so that, any fault in the system is resolved in time and the system is resorted in normal state as soon as possible.

Optimum Utilization :

1. Maintaining Law and Order – Local commotion, Riots, Crowd gathering, Public festivals, Pubic gathering, Fire incidents.
2. Crime investigations – Burglary, Robbery, theft, identifying people/vehicles, Harassments to shop-keepers/local people, fights, Tracing of Murders.
3. Traffic controlling – Flow of Traffic, Density of traffic at junctions, Traffic congestion, Violation of traffic rules, Hit-and-Run cases, and Road accidents.

Support Pune Police to Maintain Law & Order - The live video feed, 24×7 along with automatic various alerts, will enable police to understand the situation on the ground early, so that police can react in-time.

Act as an aid to investigation - Entire video feed is recorded 24×7. So, any historical or past situation can be easily viewed by police.

Improve Traffic Management - Built-in video analytics will generate automatic alerts for traffic violation.

Help in deterring, detecting and thus dealing with criminal activities - Continuous display of live video, automatic alerts for crowd gathering, suspicious objects, suspicious loitering, automatic number plate recognition, will all help police to detect and deal with criminal activities efficiently.

The city traffic police collected Rs 7 crore more in 2018 as compared to the previous year after implementing the CCTV-drive e-challan system. In 2018, 2.5 lakh more violators were fined as compared to 2017, according to the information released by the Pune traffic police department.

The department took action against 18 lakh residents for traffic violations in 2018. Of these, 6.33 lakh cases were registered through the CCTV (closed-circuit television) surveillance system.

“Apart from active traffic policing, the major reason behind higher number of cases in 2018 are the CCTV’s installed across the city that captures the violations,” said Tejaswi Satpute, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), traffic.

A CCTV system captures the image of violators at traffic junctions and transmits it to the command and control centre of the traffic department through which a case is registered and fines are collected by the traffic personnel.

Residents who have violated the traffic norms can also go to the web portal (punetrafficop.net/) and pay the fines by filling the required details of the vehicles. The website provides details of the case, including the photograph of the vehicles violating the traffic rules.

In 2018, the traffic department generated a revenue of Rs 44 crore in fines, higher by Rs 7 crore than collected in 2017.

Out of the total 18 lakh cases, maximum numbers of fines were imposed on those vehicles that were found violating zebra crossings. Such violations amounted to 6.12 lakh cases out of the total 18 lakh cases where people were fined Rs 200 each.

“Zebra crossings are marked with black and white stripes on the road and zigzag lines on either side warning drivers that there may be pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross the road. They also tell drivers that they must give way to pedestrians on the crossing. However, people still violate these basic rules which results into taking actions against them,” said Satpute.

Due to the use of technology, we have the past records of traffic violations which have helped us to fine the offenders. We are now in a position that we can give the exact time and details about the traffic violations. Every day between 3 pm and 7 pm we conduct a drive across the city where we collect pending fines from violators using the records that we have with us – said traffic constable. 

At Nagpur, From October 6, 2016 and April 2, 2018, as many as 4,49,568 motorists were caught on mobile cameras breaking traffic rules. Of them, e-challans were already issued to 4,15,024 and fines too were recovered from them. The move has actually gone well as many motorists started following rules. The number of two-wheelers using helmets too have increased manifold.

Read Artical: ANPR

Top 8 BMS Companies in the 2018

Top 8 Global BMS Companies in the 2018

This is 2nd post in this blog regarding BMS - Building Management Systems. The rising need for integrating smart automation systems with the modern infrastructure is encouraging various building management system companies across the globe to offer superior and premium quality solutions for the evolving audiences. The objective of the Intelligent Buildings Management Systems (IBMS) is to centralize the monitoring, controlling operations with innovations, technological and skilful management of facilities within the building (From BMS Room). This system helps to achieve more efficient building operations at reduced energy and labor costs while providing a safe and quality working environment to the occupants. IBMS include wide range of variety of products, such as general light control, access control, security control, communication protocol, HVAC control, outdoor controls and others. Intelligent building is one of the emerging concepts in which modern infrastructure is being equipped with a variety of automated and manned control systems and monitoring devices.

Global Integrated Building Management Systems Market Analysis

Flexibility offered by various open integrated building management systems is one of the key factors fuelling the global IBMS industry to witness a CAGR of more than 12% by 2021. The ability of open systems to function as fully interoperable control systems and define protocols enabling the co-existence of multiple systems on the same platform make them the most viable choice for the modern companies willing to create automated or intelligent buildings. Furthermore, manufacturers are also leveraging these open systems as they allow the conversion of dissimilar products into seamlessly networked systems offering low cost and enhanced features often unavailable in proprietary systems.

Moreover, The Indian economy has shown steady growth in the last decade, despite the global economic meltdown. With the growth of income levels and more than one earning members households, the Indian average disposable income is growing fast resulting in enhanced demand for goods and services. Therefore several companies are trying to leverage this opportunity by establishing new plants in this country In 2017. The market seems to be quite fragmented and is going to result in intense competition in the next few years as various international players are focusing on increasing their customer base by acquiring or forming strategic partnerships with local or regional players.

Honeywell

Headquartered in the US, the company has been making a variety of commercial and consumer products since its inception in 1906. Honeywell, with the help of over 131,000 employees across the globe has been able to operate through key business units including Honeywell Aerospace, Home and Building Technologies (HBT), Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS), and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. Honeywell is a Fortune 100 software-industrial company. Revenue‎ ‎US$40.534 billion (2017). The company offers a wide product and service portfolios for the building management systems including the building automation systems, software and controls, construction and maintenance services and solutions, commercial combustion controls, and security and fire protection services. In June 2018, Honeywell introduced the Honeywell Vector Space Sense, a software solution which shows when, where, and how building spaces are being used at any given point in time. The software analyzes data from multiple sources across a building for delivering actionable insights which help facility managers in utilizing, optimizing, and prioritizing building spaces.

Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls has been manufacturing electronics, and HVAC equipment for buildings as the primary business since 1885 in Ireland. With employee strength of over 121,000 employees, the company operates in key business units including the Building Efficiency, Power Solutions, Global Work Place Solutions, and Automotive Experience. Johnson Controls annual revenue for 2018 was $31.4B, a 4.07% increase from 2017. Johnson Controls’ Building Automation System, Metasys has been contributing significantly to the continuously growing global next-generation building energy management systems market. According to Technavio, this market is expected to witness a CAGR of over 11% by the end of 2020. The company has been launching building automation systems for commercial buildings. For instance, in November 2017, it launched the BCPro, a smart building automation system providing simple and powerful tools for fast and easy set-up, and a new graphic display with editing, illumination and customization functions, allowing building operations to quickly access and view data.

Schneider Electric

Founded in 1836, Schneider Electric was headquartered in France. Employee strength of over 144,000 employees, Revenue‎: ‎€24.74 billion (2017). The company has been offering various products and services including building automation, switches and sockets, industrial safety systems, home automation, electric power distribution, Smart Grid, critical power & cooling for datacenters. Schneider Electric announced next generation of EcoStruxure Building in April 2018. It is one of the first open innovation platform for buildings with end-to-end IP architecture enabling quick connectivity of IoT devices to improve building value offering. Furthermore, the company has been engaging in strategic partnerships with other companies to ensure high quality products are offered in the market. For instance, in March 2018, Schneider Electric, Danfoss, and Somfy announced a partnership for creating a Connectivity Ecosystem aiming to accelerate adoption of connectivity in residential, mid-size building and hotel markets. Such strategic moves of the company are aiding it to gain a significant position in the top 10 building management system companies in the world.

United Technologies

Headquartered in the US, and founded in 1934, United Technologies has been focusing on researching, developing, and manufacturing products for varied industries including aircraft engines, HVAC, building systems and other industrial products. The company has a dedicated business segment named UTC Climate, Controls & Security segment focusing on offering fire safety, security, building automation systems, HVAC and refrigerating systems and services. Revenue‎ US$59.837 billion (2017) with total number of employees‎: ‎202,797 (2017). Furthermore, to show the global customers about the possibilities and potential in the building technology space, the company opened a state-of-the-art innovation and technology experience center for intelligent buildings in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The 224,000 square-foot UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings also meets the highest standards for green design and operations.

Siemens

Siemens is a German conglomerate founded in 1847. The company is involved in offering various products and services including power generation technology, project engineering and construction services, industrial and building automation, water treatment systems, and other automation and control software. The company has been actively involved in the development of building automation systems with its offerings including Desigo, Synco, and GAMMA portfolio of products. Furthermore, Siemens has been also promoting the integration of advanced technologies for meeting the evolving needs of the customers. For instance, the Desigo Control Point is an emerging concept for simplifying the operation and monitoring of HVAC, lighting, and shading in small or medium-sized buildings.

Cisco

Founded in 1984, Cisco has been headquartered in the US. The company specializes in the technology market by offering a wide range of networking hardware, high-technology products and services, and telecommunications equipment. The company offers the Digital Building Solution for making the building smarter through optimized lighting, building automation, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. For instance, Cisco’s Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches offer smart and highly secure access in a compact and rugged standalone form factor.

Bajaj Electricals

Founded in 1938, Bajaj Electricals is an Indian electrical equipment manufacturing company diversified with product offerings including lighting, luminaires, LPG based generators, fans, appliances, and others. The company’s core business is classified into consumer products, EPC, illumination, and exports. Bajaj Electricals has also been promoting the adoption of smart building offering real-time control from lighting, waste management and HVAC to access, video analytics, and other critical systems. In July 2017, Bajaj Electricals announced embarking on a new journey in digitization by offering Integrated Building Management System (IBMS) to help the customers upgrade to the next level of lighting. With its inception in the building management system market in 2008, Bajaj Electricals has been continuously innovating with its products assortment for retaining its significant position in the top building management companies of the world.

Building Logix

Building Logix has been offering a wide range of building management solutions including access control & video control, building energy management, smart building, system integration and other services. The company has also involved in offering effective building analytics software to help the companies leverage their present infrastructure and produce a better performing environment. Building Logix is further focusing on offering customized building analytics platforms for achieving cost savings and increased efficient-buildings.

Ref: Global Integrated Building Management Systems Industry Report.

Ref: http://www.smartbuildingsmagazine.com/