Police quarters to make way for command centre in Sector 17

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 31

All 38 police quarters in Sector 17 here are set to be razed in a fortnight to pave the way for setting up an Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC). All residents have already vacated these houses. Now, decks have been cleared for Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), which has been given the contract of carrying out the job.

“The demolition work of the police quarters will start in 10-15 days. All houses have been vacated. BEL has already started the work at the backend to construct the centre,” said NP Sharma, General Manager, Chandigarh Smart City Limited.

He said the final agreement and the terms and conditions would be decided with BEL at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Smart City next month. However, the approval for the work had already been given to it.

There will be a two-year deadline to set up the centre. Once the centre is ready, BEL will also be responsible for its maintenance for five years.

BEL will implement the project at a cost of Rs 295 crore. It will be implemented as a central monitoring system, which will help city administrators in data analysis, decision-making and effective monitoring of services.

What all it will do

The Integrated Command and Control Centre will control and monitor CCTV cameras, automatic number plate recognition system, red light violation detection system, e-challan system and adaptive traffic control system. Other smart solutions such as dynamic message boards and public address system will also be set up. All fire, police, disaster-related and other services will be under the one roof.

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