ANPR cameras to keep tabs on traffic violators

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About the technology

Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) is a technology that uses optical character recognition of images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data. The ANPR is used by police forces around the world for law enforcement purposes, including checking if a vehicle is registered or licensed.

Tribune News Service

Mandi, January 2

Two ANPR CCTV cameras have been installed on the Raja Ghepan temple premises to keep tabs on the movement of vehicles on the Manali-Leh highway. These cameras would play a key role in helping the police to identify traffic rules violators and take action against them.

After the opening of the Atal Tunnel on the Manali-Leh highway, the traffic to the Lahaul valley has increased drastically. As a result, the police in Lahaul and Spiti is facing difficulties in managing traffic and keeping tabs on traffic rules violators.

According to Lahaul and Spiti SP Manav Verma, the temple of Raja Ghepan, the chief deity of the Lahaul valley, is situated on the roadside on the Manali-Leh highway. He said that two automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) CCTV cameras had been installed at Raja Ghepan temple. They are overlooking the NH-3. These are first such cameras in Lahaul and Spiti district.

The SP thanked the Raja Ghepan temple committee for providing funds for the cameras. The ANPR cameras would go a long way in keeping a vigil on traffic movement to the Lahaul valley.

“Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) is a technology that uses optical character recognition of images to read registration plates to create vehicle location data. It can use existing closed-circuit television, road-rule enforcement cameras or cameras specifically designed for the task,” said the SP.

“The ANPR is used by police forces around the world for law enforcement purposes, including checking if a vehicle is registered or licensed. It is also used for electronic toll collection on pay-per-use roads and as a method of cataloguing the movements of traffic by highways agencies,” he added.

“The ANPR can be used to store images captured by cameras as well as the text from the licence plate with some configurable to store a photograph of the driver. Systems commonly use infrared lighting to allow the camera to take the picture at any time of day or night,” said the SP.