This story is from June 9, 2016

Integrated traffic mgmt soon in Kanpur

If everything goes as per plan, the city will soon get an integrated traffic management (ITM) system for easy commuting and congestion free roads.
Integrated traffic mgmt soon in Kanpur
Kanpur: If everything goes as per plan, the city will soon get an integrated traffic management (ITM) system for easy commuting and congestion free roads. It will also bring crime under control as drone and night vision cameras would be a part of this system.
Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) has given the responsibility of installing the ITM system to a Delhi based private company while the city's traffic department would invite separate tender bids for drones and night vision camera.

For installing the ITM system, the KDA officials had invited three companies from Jaipur and New Delhi to give presentation on the mechanism and working of the ITM system last month. Among the three companies, a Delhi based private company, which had scored the maximum marks in the presentation, has been shortlisted. The company has already started surveying busy crossings of the city so that ITM system could be installed as soon as possible.
When asked about specifications and features of the new traffic system, SP (Traffic) Sarwanand Yadav, while talking to TOI, said that the most important feature of this system is the drone camera and body worn camera for traffic cops. "Night vision cameras will be a boon for prominent crossings of the industrial city where people commute even during night hours". The drone camera operating from a height of 500 metre would get pictures and videos of those found jumping red light or breaking traffic rules, he added.
Talking about other advance features of the ITM system, he said that it would have a live telecast option connected to control room to capture movement of thieves and robbers. In case cops chase a chain snatcher or a robber, the drone camera would definitely provide the backup, thus it would help bring crime of the city under control, the SP informed.
He said that electronic signals would be installed at 75 prominent crossing of the city including Bada chauraha, Mall Road, Jareeb Chowki, Fazalganj, Govind Nagar, CTI etc to ensure smooth traffic movement.

"As far traffic rules violation is concerned, these cameras will take pictures of the vehicles breaking traffic rules, and e-challan would be generated online directly from the control room through special software. It would be later sent to the concerned person", Yadav informed.
Traffic management is big problem of the city for the past many years. Experts say that the root cause of the traffic problem is that people do not follow traffic rules strictly. They believe that the ITM system will certainly improve traffic movement of the city by checking traffic rules violators.
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