Prayagraj: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has instructed Railways to install face recognition cameras during the Maha Kumbh to locate and reunite lost people with their families. The railways will establish a CCTV control room at Prayagraj Junction, which will be integrated with the integrated control and command centre (ICCC) of the fair, the district administration, and the CCTV control rooms of traffic and police. In all, 96 such cameras will be installed in seven stations of Prayagraj division.
Among these, 30 such cameras will be installed at Prayagraj Junction. Apart from this, 12 cameras each will be installed at Naini, Cheoki, and Subedarganj railway stations . In addition to this, ten such cameras will be installed at Fatehpur, Mirzapur, and Manikpur stations.
The technology, which will be used during the Maha Kumbh, has been successfully tested in Bengaluru. In addition to helping locate lost people, these artificial intelligence (AI) based cameras will also assist in identifying suspects arriving at the railway stations, enhancing overall security measures during the event. The chief public relations officer (CPRO), NCR, Shashikant Tripathi, said that the information pertaining to the lost person, like their photo, features, height, width, etc.
, would be fed into the system and the same would be scanned in FRS (Face Recognition System). As soon as the concerned person comes in the range of any camera, the screen would give an alert message which will reach the control room. The RPF personnel monitoring in the control room will immediately send its information and location.
This will enable immediate action and security personnel will reach the person. Apart from this, the photos of suspects and criminals with the police and intelligence department will also be scanned and kept in it. With this, criminals are seen in any camera during the Maha Kumbh, his information will reach the control room.
“The use of this technology will increase the safety of passengers during the Maha Kumbh and at the same time, it will help unite those who have been lost during the mammoth gathering,” said the CPRO. We also published the following articles recently Beijing police intervenes after 'control freak' parents install CCTV in 20-year-old daughter's bedroom In a troubling case in Beijing, parents installed a surveillance camera in their 20-year-old daughter's bedroom, adding to the trauma caused by their physically abusive behavior. The daughter, seeking autonomy, reported her situation to the police.
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