Officials take stock of command centre ahead of event
Bhubaneswar: To ensure hassle-free movement of NRIs and for providing proper services and redressal of their queries during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in the city, govt officials on Monday took stock of the functioning of the central command control (CCC) centre.
The centre, a state-of-the-art facility located in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) building, serves as the nerve centre for monitoring and managing urban services, ensuring seamless inter-departmental coordination and enhancing the city’s preparedness for large-scale events like the PBD convention, officials said.
Official sources said the officials, led by housing and urban development secretary Usha Padhee emphasised key aspects such as traffic and mobility management, security and surveillance, event coordination and public engagement to make the event inclusive and successful.
“The CCC exemplifies the power of technology in transforming urban governance. We will use its capabilities for ensuring the smooth running of PBD,” Padhee said.
CCC is under the administrative control of N Thirumala Naik, vice-chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). Officers from health and family welfare, power, tourism, water supply, mobile service providers, city police, fire services and transport have been assigned their tasks, which they will perform shift-wise at the centre round-the-clock.
Last year, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) installed 350 additional high-end CCTV cameras under the city surveillance project phase-II. Live footage from the cameras is available on the huge panels of the CCC 24×7. Earlier, there were 646 CCTV cameras linked to the command centre. Officials said the CCTV cameras can conduct automatic number plate recognition, speed violation detection and collect evidence, among others. Commissionerate police have full access to the CCTV footage.
“All the cameras will be integrated with the existing system at the CCC. Footage can be seen at the control room with a video wall interface. The new CCTV cameras that were installed at 89 locations have a powerful 30x optical zoom,” an official said.
The cameras use AI with analytics that can detect helmet violations, as well as triple riding, wrong route driving, and parking in no-parking zone. They are capable of facial recognition, which will help get accurate information about criminals, officials said.
The centre, a state-of-the-art facility located in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) building, serves as the nerve centre for monitoring and managing urban services, ensuring seamless inter-departmental coordination and enhancing the city’s preparedness for large-scale events like the PBD convention, officials said.
Official sources said the officials, led by housing and urban development secretary Usha Padhee emphasised key aspects such as traffic and mobility management, security and surveillance, event coordination and public engagement to make the event inclusive and successful.
“The CCC exemplifies the power of technology in transforming urban governance. We will use its capabilities for ensuring the smooth running of PBD,” Padhee said.
CCC is under the administrative control of N Thirumala Naik, vice-chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). Officers from health and family welfare, power, tourism, water supply, mobile service providers, city police, fire services and transport have been assigned their tasks, which they will perform shift-wise at the centre round-the-clock.
Last year, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) installed 350 additional high-end CCTV cameras under the city surveillance project phase-II. Live footage from the cameras is available on the huge panels of the CCC 24×7. Earlier, there were 646 CCTV cameras linked to the command centre. Officials said the CCTV cameras can conduct automatic number plate recognition, speed violation detection and collect evidence, among others. Commissionerate police have full access to the CCTV footage.
“All the cameras will be integrated with the existing system at the CCC. Footage can be seen at the control room with a video wall interface. The new CCTV cameras that were installed at 89 locations have a powerful 30x optical zoom,” an official said.
The cameras use AI with analytics that can detect helmet violations, as well as triple riding, wrong route driving, and parking in no-parking zone. They are capable of facial recognition, which will help get accurate information about criminals, officials said.
