Kochi corporation to launch centralized CCTV surveillance to prevent garbage dumping
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The project is being implemented by the corporation in association with a private agency under build-operate-transfer (BOT) model. "We already installed more than 130 cameras. Remaining work is progressing. The monitoring facility is almost fully functional. We expect that the facility can be inaugurated by the end of the month," said corporation health standing committee chairman T K Asharaf.
"Details of waste dumping can be monitored on a real-time basis.
Then, information can be passed on to councillors and health officials. This will make action against offenders easy. We will be taking stringent action against repeat offenders. Measures including confiscating vehicles used for waste dumping are also under consideration," Asharaf said.
The surveillance network is being implemented by Thalassery-based Southern Electronics and Security Systems, which is also tasked with installing 150 CCTV cameras for city police. In return for setting up the system, the company has been granted permission to install 600 advertisement boards, each measuring 12 sq ft, on poles within the corporation limits for seven years. Revenue from these boards will go to the company.
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