Keltron comes up with high-end surveillance system

Arjun RaghunathFirst Published : 28 Nov 2009 05:02:00 AM ISTLast Updated :

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When you are in trouble, you will dial 100 for assistance. What if the police official on the other end can simultaneously locate your place on the Geographic Information System (GIS) map on a computer screen while talking to you and direct the patrol party in the nearest area to rush to your place? This will be the system in place in Kolkata in a few weeks. And guess who is implementing this high-end surveillance technology; it is our Keltron. The ambitious projects in Kolkata and Pune which are taking final shape are sure to become golden feathers in the cap of the Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation.


The highlight of the project in Kolkata is the marking of all private and public telephone numbers in the city on a GIS map. This automated surveillance system is supposed to be the first of its kind in the country.

The system which will be in place in Kolkata will be a combination of Integrated GISbased Automatic Vehicle Tracking and Management system, traffic management, Disaster call management and Critical public place surveillance system (IGVTDC). The IGVTDC will play a vital part in the overall law and order maintenance as well as crisis management of Kolkata and is expected to redefine the services offered by the police.

The major activities of the system would be controlling the traffic by providing necessary messages through display boards, attending distress calls and communicating them to the patrolling vehicles and surveillance at important places, said Keltron chief general manager Michael Suresh Raj.

The project is being implemented by the Kolkata Police at a cost of Rs 26 crore.

The CGRAPS, being introduced in Pune, is a combination of critical public place surveillance system, garbage vehicle monitoring system, red light violation detection system, area traffic control system, passenger information system and speed limit violation detection system.

‘’The Rs 17-crore project, funded by the Pune Municipal Corporation under the JNNURM scheme, is in the trial run stage and will be commissioned shortly,’’ said Beena Mathew, general manager, Security Division, Keltron.

It is learnt that the Pune Municipal Corporation authorities are planning to hand over the management of CGRAPS to a private party on a public-private participation model.

‘’We have received the orders for these projects through open tender. Once these projects are implemented, we will be able to showcase our capabilities and even participate in international bids,’’ Suresh Raj said.