NDMC centre to watch traffic movement, hotels, pollution

From coordinating the movement of delegates from hotels to the G20 Summit venue, monitoring traffic congestion and local pollution levels to keeping a check on maintenance of beautified stretches -- the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) plans to use its Integrated Command and Control Centre as the nerve centre for managing work related to hosting the global event over the next fortnight, senior officials aware of the arrangements said on Wednesday.

- Paras Singh

 

Located at the ground floor of the NDMC headquarters at Palika Kendra near Jantar Mantar and equipped with a 9.3x2.6 metremonitoring console which has 18 screens, the command centre receives live video streams from more than 500 cameras and 53 smart poles located across the key rotaries and avenue roads in Lutyens’ Delhi.

NDMC vice-chairman Satish Upadhyay said, “We will use the centre to check congestion points and status of services that have been upgraded and road stretches which were revamped for the meeting. It will also help improve security and ensure seamless coordination with other agencies.”