Statewide centralised vigil soon

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An advanced electronic surveillance system that will alert a control room at the police headquarters here in the event of any suspicious activities in any buildings across the state is in the offing.  

The central monitoring system, being  set up by Keltron  on a pilot basis, is said to be the first of its kind  in the country. It  incorporates  surveillance cameras and other  gadgets in public and private buildings and uses  advanced sensors. Similar systems are in place in many foreign countries.

“The work on setting up the control room will begin shortly and we hope to roll out the facility within three- four months,” said Keltron project manager S.P. Gopakumar.

“Though many offices like banks and shops have already installed surveillance cameras, these did not have the facility to give immediate alerts, but will only record the events  which could later help the investigators trace the culprits. But in the  advanced monitoring system, the police will get an alert as soon as sabotage bids take place on a premises and the police could take swift action to prevent it,” Mr. Gopakumar told Deccan Chronicle.

Either  interfacing equipment could be installed with the existing surveillance systems in a building or Keltron will install surveillance equipment like cameras, vibration sensors (mainly to detect any attempt to demolish walls) and infrared red sensors (to detect any suspicious movements) on the  premises as per the requirement of the premises owner.

In case any suspected activities are captured by any of these gadget, it will swiftly send  an alert to the control room over a broadband connectivity.

Any private and public institutions like banks, shops and other commercial enterprises could avail of the surveillance system by paying   installation and monitoring charges.

The initial charges would start from around Rs. 7,000 and the monitoring charge will also depend on the number of gadgets on a premises.