Integrated Traffic Management System inaugurated in Guwahati city

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday dedicated to the people of Guwahati the phase-I of the Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) under the City Police Commissionerate for traffic management and control from ITMS Control Room, Ulubari in the city.

The ITMS is a state-of-the-art citizen friendly, integrated and responsive traffic surveillance and control mechanism, equipped with cameras at major junctions of the city. It will help in checking traffic violations and will lead to seamless traffic movement in the city. In the first phase, ITMS will cover 20 junctions from Nepali Mandir to Khanapara. In the final phase, a total of 94 junctions will come under the ambit of ITMS.

This project will facilitate in live monitoring and control of traffic signals through implementation of ATCS, live monitoring of vehicles passing through important locations through CCTV surveillance, live alerts in case of an event or incident through video analytics, identify, apprehend and prosecute offenders through Video Analytics and e-challan and monitoring of suspicious activity, vehicles, objects etc.

The primary goal of ITMS is to utilize information technology to modernize key functions of traffic management, traffic control, traffic law enforcement and traffic information dissemination in the city to build a safer city with smooth traffic flow, informed road users and by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of road traffic infrastructure.

The CCTV cameras installed at junctions to monitor and record all activity at intersection will help the authority to draft plan and take decision for better use of road infrastructure. Moreover, with face recognition application support real time video processing, it can track the specified persons (identified by Authority) and match a suspect / criminal photograph available in database. As per the traffic police department here, the ITMS will automatically identify a vehicle violating any traffic rules like jumping of signals, not wearing helmets, not wearing seat belts, using mobile phones while driving or riding, etc and will issue an e-challan immediately.

Minister Ashok Singhal, MP Guwahati LS constituency, Queen Ojha, Rajya Sabha MP and Political Secretary to CM, Pabitra Margherita, DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and senior officials of the government were also present.

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