A mega control room with eyes across the city

Activities recorded by over 1,000 CCTV cameras at the Games Village and 13 venues,700 PCR vans and 200 bikes would be monitored by Delhi Police Commissioner.

Activities recorded by over 1,000 CCTV cameras at the Games Village and 13 venues,700 PCR vans and 200 bikes would be monitored by Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal and other senior officers from a mega control room called the C4i (Command,Control,Coordination and Communication),which became operational from this week.

The new control room has over 100 small screens and three large-sized touchscreen LCDs (one 32-inch and two 46-inch ones),through which all activities related to arrangements,events,spectators,traffic,parking areas,VVIP areas and security can be seen at the touch of a finger. Stating that all PCR vans have been connected to the control room,officials said that even the goings-on at police stations and markets in the Capital can be viewed from there. Civic agencies,NSG,paramilitary forces,NCR police,anti-terrorist squads and security heads of other nations can also be contacted through hotlines installed at the control room, an official said.

The control room has been set up by the Delhi Police with the help of HCL and MTNL at a cost of over Rs 10 crore specifically for the Commonwealth Games. The C4i has become operational now and officials are testing all the CCTV cameras connected to it. Around 50 to 80 CCTV cameras have been installed at all the 12 Games stadiums,except Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium which has over 250 of them. The Games Village,for its part,has over 200 cameras.

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Almost every nook and corner of the stadiums,including administration blocks,head offices,sitting areas,gates,lobbies,grounds,parking lots and roads outside the venue,have been connected to the C4i through cameras, an officer said.

The C4i centre has been set up in a space of over 3,500 square feet on the fourth floor of the Delhi police headquarters. Additional Commissioner of Police (PCR) Kewal Singh is in charge of the control room while Joint Commissioner of Police Karnal Singh is its technical head. Officials have been trained over the last few months to operate the servers,computers and LCD screens in the control room. The control room will work round the clock and every single minute would be recorded, an officer said.

C4i FACTOIDS
The control room is equipped with:

*Over 100 TV screens

*Three large-sized LCD screens

*Connectivity to PCR vans,market areas,police stations across the city

*Hotlines to civic agencies,ATS teams,international security agencies

It has been set up:

*In collaboration with HCL and MTNL

*At a cost of Rs 10 crore

*Over an expanse of 3,500 sq feet at the Delhi Police Headquarters

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