The Noida Authority has announced the installation of 1,949 cameras at 561 locations across the city as part of its Safe City project. This initiative aims to strengthen surveillance, traffic management, and emergency response infrastructure. During a recent review meeting, officials decided to issue a revised tender within the next two weeks, following the failure of the earlier tender floated last year to attract suitable bidders.
Project Overview and Cost
The Rs 212-crore Safe City project seeks to create an integrated ICT-based monitoring system across Noida. It includes CCTV surveillance, intelligent traffic management systems, emergency panic buttons, and public address systems. The project is expected to be completed within one year and will be implemented in phases, starting with high-risk areas such as intersections, markets, educational institutions, and densely populated residential zones.
Key Features and Enhancements
Authority CEO Krishna Karunesh stated that emergency buttons, initially proposed at 100 locations, will now be installed at 147 spots across the city. The project will also include automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at 100 locations, variable message display boards at 20 locations, and public address systems at 418 locations. An integrated command and control centre will be established in Sector 94, along with a dedicated data centre and backup storage facility to ensure uninterrupted surveillance and monitoring operations.
Police personnel will monitor live feeds from cameras around the clock through the centralised system. Existing surveillance cameras installed across Noida will also be integrated into the platform for comprehensive citywide monitoring. The project includes both fixed and pan-tilt-zoom cameras covering residential sectors, industrial areas, hospitals, schools, colleges, shopping malls, and markets. CCTV cameras equipped with ANPR technology will assist in traffic monitoring and law enforcement.
Management and Funding
The control centre will be managed by the police for city surveillance and law enforcement, public awareness, proactive monitoring, and managing VIP and emergency movements. The initiative is being carried out under the Centre's Nirbhaya Fund scheme, designed to enhance the safety and security of women and children in public spaces. The approach includes identifying crime hotspots against women and deploying a combination of measures such as improved infrastructure, technology adoption, and community capacity building through targeted awareness programmes.
This project has already been implemented in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow. The cost of the projects is shared between the central government and the concerned states in a 60:40 ratio.
