Assam: Four Railway Stations To Soon Get CCTV Surveillance

Guwahati: At least four railway stations in Assam will soon be equipped with CCTV cameras, said a Mini Ratna Central Government PSU, RailTel on Wednesday.

It also announced to have cleared the implementation of the Video Surveillance System (VSS) project (CCTV cameras network) at 756 top priority stations falling under the categories A1, A, B, and C.

''#RailTel finalizes agencies to execute the work of the Video Surveillance System (#VSS ) at 756 major stations. #IndianRailways #security #VideoAnalytics #FacialRecognization #monitoring,'' RailTel tweeted.

Reportedly, eight railway stations within the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway will be covered under this project in the first phase.

Stations like Purnea Jn, Raiganj & Samsi stations under Katihar Division; Agartala station under Lumding Division; Barpeta Road & Bongaigaon stations under Rangiya Division; Jorhat Town & Tinsukia stations under Tinsukia Divisions are said to be covered with Video Surveillance System.

The system implemented shall act as a tool to respond to situations/incidents effectively, aiding faster decision-making. It will also act as great learning for better preparedness to meet any incident and eventualities with some software-based applications like Video Analytic and Face Recognition, as per Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO).

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled analytics software has advanced technical features with a certain alarm and PoP UP view at the Operator end.

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