Transitioning from the ‘City of Lakes’ to a Smart City
Organisation: Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited
Industry Segment: Smart City
Project Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
System Integrator: Technosys Security Systems (P) Ltd.
The Smart Cities Mission is an innovative initiative by the Government of India to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people. It aims to achieve this by enabling local development and harnessing technology as a means to create smart outcomes for citizens. A hundred cities across the country were shortlisted by the government, which were to be promoted as ‘Smart Cities’. Based on an all-India competition, Bhopal was selected in the first round of 20 smart cities, to transform the city into a leading destination for smart, connected and eco-friendly communities focused on education, research, entrepreneurship and tourism.
Known as the ‘City of Lakes’, Bhopal is a historic city with a population of over 2.5 million. With the expanded planning area of 463 square kilometres, Bhopal is among the 16 largest cities in India. In view of its growing population, the city leaders wanted to upgrade the security of its residents, migrants and visitors, by ensuring diligent monitoring across the city. Also, Bhopal faced chaotic traffic flows and repeated violations, causing traffic jams, accidents and fatalities. This not only made everyday life uncomfortable but also increased transport time with a negative effect on economic activity. The stakeholders wanted to implement an end-to-end video surveillance system to support law enforcement, to build a secure environment for citizens, and to also ensure road safety across the city.
After rigorous evaluation, a panel of city leaders, stakeholders and industry leaders selected Videonetics for this project. Videonetics designed a solution based on its AI-powered Unified Video Management Platform encompassing Videonetics VMS, Video Analytics and VideoneticsTraffic Management System.
The Bhopal Smart City project has proven to be a great success and has become an exemplary model for other cities. Today, operators have become more efficient and make better decisions by having consolidated monitoring and reporting in the single interface. From helping law enforcement authorities in apprehending vandals to addressing instances of theft, physical confrontations and street crimes, now authorities have critical video evidence available to aid in the investigation of crimes and other incidents.
Also, with citizens becoming more sensitised to traffic rules and beginning to follow them, violations have come down rapidly. The traffic data of each junction now provides insights to the administration, which is helping to manage chaotic traffic conditions and create situational awareness at the levels of local and central authorities.
“As challans were dispatched to the residence address, people had to pay, and it was quite strict,” says Nitin Dave, Media Manager, Bhopal Smart City. “Now people are more aware about traffic rules, leading to a reduction in the number of e-Challans” he added.
“We are proud to be associated with Bhopal Smart City
project. Videonetics unified solution is not only monitoring
the entire city but also helped in reducing road fatalities.
Now law enforcement is further equipped to make decisions faster and respond towards any incidents or threat.
Thanks to Videonetics team for their constant support and
untiring efforts for making this project successful. The
implementation of this solution has made the city smarter
as well as safer for the citizens”,
expressed Mr. Neeraj
Kushwaha, Founder and Director at Technosys.