600 CCTV cameras to be installed for traffic management in Jammu

Jammu: In Jammu and Kashmir, a total 600 CCTV cameras mostly Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras will be installed in Jammu city as a part of the intelligent traffic management and surveillance system (ITMSS) to monitor vehicular traffic and its violations. 

The ITMSS was made operational in the winter capital, Jammu during its first phase to conduct efficiency trials. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on March 13 inaugurated Integrated Command & Control Centre (ICCC) as a nerve centre of civic operations and traffic management. 

So far the cameras have been installed at 37 junctions across the city and the trials have begun. The administration is receiving feed of



traffic flow from 33 junctions as these are operational. On 12 junctions, analytics are fully functioning under which traffic violations are being detected.

Initiated in November 2022, the project will have a chain of 600 cameras mostly PTZ cameras watching traffic movement in the city. The smart system will detect automatic vehicle number plate identification, red light violations, stolen vehicle identification and use of mobile phones while driving among other things. 

The ITMSS would help authorities better manage the vehicular flow and catch violators. The system is connected to the control room and is monitored round the clock.