DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE TO SET UP SPEED DETECTION CAMERAS IN 31 LOCATIONS
NEW DELHI: After the success of camera-based prosecutions last year when Covid-induced curbs were in place, the Delhi traffic department will install additional speed detection and redlight violation cameras in around 31 spots across the Capital by March 31, said senior traffic police officials.
“We are maintaining the balance between technology and human intervention in policing,” said joint commissioner of police (traffic), Manish Agarwal. “Cameras are very effective for violations such as speeding, because traffic officials on the roads cannot screen all the cars that travel beyond the speed limit. However, cameras equipped to detect this violation can track each and every vehicle that goes beyond the set limit,” he added.
He added that during and after the Covid-19 lockdown — which was imposed from March 25 and began being lifted in phases in the first week of May — the department relied heavily on camera-based fines to ensure the safety of commuters and its own staff.
By March 31, the traffic police department is looking to increase the number of speed detection cameras at 25 locations. Another six spots will get red-light detection cameras, which are installed at traffic junctions and equipped to record violations such as stoplight jumps, stop-line violations and driving against the flow of traffic. These cameras also record speeding offences.
Traffic officials in charge of the project said over 50 cameras will be installed in the 25 locations, and nearly 100 cameras will be installed at the six junctions where multiple violations will be detected.
The speed detection cameras will be installed on Mathura Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, National Highway-48, Rohtak Road and Mukarba Chowk. The red-light violation cameras will be set up at intersections around Peeragarhi Chowk, Britannia Chowk, Azadpur Chowk and Burari.
PUNE: Three people were arrested for alleged involvement in leaking an army recruitment exam paper that had to be cancelled moments before it was scheduled on Sunday, the Pune police said.
A case of possible leakage of question paper for the Common Entrance Examination for Recruitment of Soldiers (General Duty) was reported late on Saturday.
Police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said the exam was about to begin at 11 am but investigators found out an hour earlier that the paper details found in the phones of those apprehended matched the one that was set for aspirants.
Following the police action, the exam was cancelled, Gupta said, adding that an insider role, if any, in the leak was also being probed. “The Indian Army has zero tolerance towards corrupt practices in the recruitment process for selection of suitable candidates,” an official familiar with the development said.
An offence has been registered at Vishrantwadi police station, another official said, but refused to give more details claiming it would hamper the probe that is underway in two to three districts to catch the mastermind.