Number plate recognition cameras on NH-16 by year-end in Odisha

Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With the rise within the variety of highway fatalities sparking concern, the state authorities has determined to line up the busy NH-16 with quantity plate recognition cameras and pace radars.

Following inauguration of State-level National Road Safety month right here on Monday by Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera, Transport Commissioner-cum-Chairman of State Transport Authority (STA) Sanjeeb Panda stated, 138 computerized quantity plate recognition (ANPR) cameras shall be put in at NH-16 on the stretch between Rameswar in Khurda and Panikoili in Jajpur district at an estimated price of Rs 20 crore. 

The venture can even embody set up of 40 radar pace shows on each side between Rameswar and Panikoili. The ANPR cameras would even be put up at bordering factors of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. 

A command centre shall be arrange in Bhubaneswar and e-challans can be issued for over dashing, improper facet driving, lane driving and driving with out helmets. Besides, a State-wide monitoring centre shall be established in Bhubaneswar below the Nirbhaya framework at an estimated price of Rs 15 crore to successfully implement the automobile monitoring system for security of ladies and youngsters in public transport.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has mandated set up of car location monitoring (VLT) gadget and emergency buttons public transport automobiles registered on or after January 1, 2019.The STA Chairman additional knowledgeable that the standard of learner’s licence and driving licence check shall be enhanced within the coming days. 

Apart from CCTVs, synthetic intelligence methods shall be put in at 21 driving check centres within the State to seize and observe the movement of car to evaluate the candidates’ driving talents. A sequence of occasions have been organised throughout the State on the day to create consciousness on highway security. In Bhubaneswar, an all-women two-wheeler rally was organised by Commissionerate Police’s Traffic wing. 

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a tweet, additionally warned towards careless driving and unsafe use of roads. 

“At the start of National Road Safety month, I urge everyone to follow the road safety rules in true spirit and spread awareness to protect precious lives,” stated Naveen. Odisha witnessed a 27 per cent rise within the variety of fatalities arising out of highway accidents in September and October in 2020 compared to the identical interval in 2019.