Zoom control camera to keep tab on movement at Tikri

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, February 8

The district administration is gearing up to keep a tab on the movement of people, especially anti-social elements, on a one-km stretch from HUDA Sector-9 turn in Bahadurgarh town to Tikri, where farmers have been camping since November 26.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Duggal has written to the Deputy Commissioner requesting him to install a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera on the stretch.

“A considerable number of people come to Tikri everyday. Locals also organise panchayats and meetings in connection with the ongoing agitation, hence the possibility of anti-social elements coming to the dharna spot at Tikri-Bahadurgarh cannot be ruled out. The area from Sector-9 turn to the Tikri border is sensitive, so the installation of a PTZ camera is necessary,” states the letter.

The PTZ camera is capable of remote directional and zoom control. It has the ability to detect movement within its field of view. This can then be used to move the camera to keep the target in the centre of the video frame. Once the target exits the camera’s field of view, the camera returns to a pre-programmed position until further movement is detected.

Sources said the Deputy Commissioner had directed the City Magistrate to ask the Executive Officer (EO), Municipal Council, Bahadurgarh, for the same.

EO Attar Singh said the camera would be installed as soon as the orders in this regard were received.