118 CCTV cameras at Brahma Sarovar soon

Nitish Sharma

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, February 25

To improve the security of tourists and devotees who reach the Brahma Sarovar in large numbers every year, the government has decided to install an advanced security system with artificial intelligence at the Brahma Sarovar.

It will be a multi-crore project and the budget provided under the Krishna Circuit will be utilised in this project.

As per information, under this project, 118 cameras will be installed in and around the Brahma Sarovar area and the footage will be monitored at two locations, including the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB), and stored at the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) office. The DNIT of the project has been prepared and soon a tender will be floated by the Tourism Department.

Recently, MD Sinha, Principal Secretary, Haryana Tourism Department, held a meeting with KDB officials regarding the ongoing projects in Kurukshetra under the Krishna Circuit. During the meeting, Sinha directed the KDB officials to identify the sites for the installation of cameras and not compromise with their quality.

Currently, there are CCTV cameras at scattered locations in Brahma Sarovar, but the cameras don’t cover the entire area and the technology is also old. Besides this, the police are also deployed for the security of tourists and devotees. There have been incidents of people committing suicides and dying due to drowning in the Brahma Sarovar, and recently fishing net was also recovered from the Brahma Sarovar while fishing is prohibited there.

Madan Mohan Chhabra, Honorary Secretary, Kurukshetra Development Board, said “It is an ambitious project of the KDB. Kurukshetra is being developed as a major tourist destination and lakhs of tourists reach the Brahma Sarovar every year, to strengthen the security of tourists and devotees, it has been decided to introduce advanced security system having advanced artificial intelligence-enabled CCTV cameras for surveillance, and face recognition technology. There will be security analysis and alerts.”

“As many as 118 cameras covering an area of around 400-acre will be installed. The security system will be software-driven and a dedicated team will be deployed for monitoring. A mini control centre will be established on the premises of the Kurukshetra Development Board while the main centre will be in the GMDA. A tender will be floated soon. After Brahma Sarovar, the same technology will be installed at Jyotisar too”, he added.