Surat is the first city in the country to have a modern, real-time CCTV surveillance network. In the first phase, 104 CCTV cameras were installed at 23 locations together with a 280 square feet video wall, one of the largest in the country, at the city's police control room.As Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi had in January 2013 launched the project conceptualized by police commissioner Rakesh Asthan The vigilance network covers over 200 km. radius of Surat city. About 104 CCTV cameras are installed at 26 strategic places. The Chief Minister went to the command and control centre of the project at the police commissioner’s office and sought information on various aspects of the project. He said the CCTV cameras will prove to be a ‘third eye’ of Surat police.
The first-ever in India, this project has been equipped with the latest technology at the cost of Rs.10.50 crore. The Chief Minister congratulated the police for setting up the network which will be instrumental in crime check and traffic control. He also congratulated the police for adding one more ‘P’ to the PPP model and coming up with four ‘P’ formula of People’s Public Private Partnership
He said the project is the best example of convergence of human and technological capacities. Speaking about the crucial role of technology for the checking of crime the Chief Minister said, “Today when people with criminal mentality have started misusing latest technology, the good use of the same by police for the security of common men has become necessity.”
The Chief Minister said that Gujarat is having 24 hour power supply and a well-planned optical fiber network, which has helped Surat in initiating such project. “Gujarat police force is the youngest in India in average age. The state government’s approach is to recruit IT-trained youths in all cadres of police from constable to Police Inspector”, he said.
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