Traffic control tower set up

August 28, 2014

Sophisticated electronic gadgets to be used

A traffic policeman monitoring movement of vehicles using the newly installed surveillance cameras at Anna statute in Dindigul on Wednesday.— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN

The district police set up a traffic control tower with all sophisticated electronic gadgets at Anna statue junction here on Wednesday not only to regulate traffic but also for effective surveillance.

Inaugurating the tower, Superintendent of Police T. Jayachandran said the tower had been installed at an estimated cost of Rs.4.5 lakh. The tower had a public address system and a speed dome camera that would cover four streets.

The police manning the tower would regulate traffic on Sub-Collector Office Road, Tiruchi Road and Chatram Street and a link road. The electronic equipment attached with the camera had the capacity to store data for one month, he added.

AC control tower

An air-conditioned traffic control tower would be set up at Periyar statue junction connecting AMC Road, Salai Road, Main Road, Tiruvallur Road and AMC Road. Fifteen CCTV cameras and five speed dome cameras would be fitted at this junction.

The total cost of the project was Rs.10 lakh and installation work was in progress. This work was being executed with the help of a Madurai-based advertising company. It would be opened shortly, the SP added.

The traffic police had set up a control room and installed surveillance cameras at Tiruchi Road-Palani Road junction last month.

Source:The Hindu