Indian Railways Installs IP based Video Surveillance System at stations to enhance security

Indian Railways Installs IP based Video Surveillance System at stations to enhance security

• The Indian Railways is installing Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System (VSS) at all railway stations to enhance security at Railway stations which are major hubs of transportation.
• The project includes installing IP-Video Surveillance System at 983 stations over Indian Railways under Nirbhaya funds.
• In the first phase (targeted for this year), VSS is being installed at 200 stations Pan India of which, work has been completed at 81 stations across India.
• A budget of Rs. 250 crore has been allotted to Indian Railways from Nirbhaya fund for installation of video surveillance system.
• RailTel, a Miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, has been given the work of providing IP based VSS which includes video analytics and facial recognition system.

Source: PIB