18 cameras have been installed at the suburban section of CST to monitor activities
MUMBAI: Next time when you are waiting at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), you could be under close watch. The Central Railway has taken to technology by installing 18 cameras at the suburban section of CST to monitor activities at the station. At present, they are operating it on a trial basis. However, the formal inauguration of the system is expected to happen this week.
Last month, following threat perceptions and back-to-back arrests of terror operatives from the city, the Mumbai police and railway authorities were busy drawing up a concerted plan to bolster security at railway stations.
Being one of the mass-transit systems in the city, railways was always considered to be as “high-value” targets for terror outfits. The fear was established when the Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists who had plans to trigger blasts at CST.
Last month in a meeting with the Mumbai police and ATS, the railways had decided to install cameras at various locations in the suburban section to begin with.
“Eighteen cameras have been installed across the suburban section monitoring every location at the station. The information collected from these cameras will be constantly monitored at the central control room,” said senior divisional security commissioner, Railway Protection Force, Atul Pathak.
The central control room will have four monitors to collect clippings from the cameras. “Sitting in the control room, we can zoom in the cameras to have a close view of the activities at the station,” said a technician. The cameras will rotate automatically trying to capture every single movement at the station. The collected video clippings will be preserved for 48 hours.
“However, if found suspicious, the information will also be retained for future references,” said a senior railway officer. After monitoring cameras at CST, the railways will install it at other important stations like Dadar, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Thane and Kalyan. “There should be approximately 2-3 cameras at various locations .
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