Under the 'real-time' surveillance from the traffic police control room, you will be ticketed as soon as you break a traffic rule.
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Are you violating traffic rules by taking advantage of the fact that there are no traffic police on the road? Or have you been driving without stopping even when the red traffic light is on, seeing a deserted road in the middle of the night? If so, then you are almost certain to be caught. Because the traffic police are monitoring you on the road 24 hours a day with 297 cameras placed in different places in the Kathmandu Valley. The 'real-time' monitoring from the traffic police control room will immediately issue a ticket as soon as you violate the traffic rules.
If you have the habit of speeding at red lights, riding your bike on the sidewalk as soon as you see a jam, and ignoring the speed limit, then correct it. Because, even if you do not see the traffic police, the traffic police are constantly monitoring you.
'Real-time' monitoring and action has now been intensified from the traffic control room to transform the traffic management of the Kathmandu Valley into a technology-friendly and automated system. Currently, out of the 950 public CCTV cameras in Kathmandu Valley, 297 are directly linked to the traffic police control room. Through which the traffic police are monitoring the roads and vehicles around the clock. Recently, 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles have been brought under the ambit of action with the help of CCTV.
‘Traffic management within the valley is done through a system of smart traffic lights and AI-generated cameras,’ says Suresh Kafle, Chief of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office. ‘If any road user violates traffic rules, action is being taken based on that. The traffic police are going from the control room to your house as if they were sending a bill. There is little chance of escaping the surveillance of technology, it does not discriminate against anyone.’
Out of the 297 cameras installed in the valley, 6 are ANPR cameras with special technology, i.e. cameras that can detect the number plate and speed of vehicles. The traffic police say that this has helped a lot in reducing road accidents due to speeding.
‘We are conducting daily operations through field police by watching the screen in real time,’ DSP Amarendra Singh of the Valley Traffic Police Office told Kantipur, ‘We are always monitoring to minimize possible accidents.’
Since embracing technology, the number of traffic police standing on the road throughout the day has also been reduced. Now, the Valley Traffic Police Office says that preparations are being made to gradually implement a faceless traffic system through technology without the direct presence of traffic police on the road.
The traffic police are also using cameras that can be rotated 360 degrees and zoomed in around the intersection as needed. It is believed that this camera will help in managing traffic immediately from the control room by observing the traffic pressure.
In addition, the traffic police have now planned to make the traffic system fully automated. Under which, the footage captured in the traffic police database and the database of the Department of Transport Management will be integrated. After the implementation of this technology, a fine and action message will be sent directly to the mobile phone of the vehicle owner who violates the rules.
In addition, the process of establishing a state-of-the-art traffic management center by further expanding the control room has also been taken forward. The traffic police plan to keep the traffic in the valley under complete digital control by integrating technology and software.
