430 High-Tech Cameras to be installed at Pune-Mumbai Expressway to control overspeeding
By: Pune Pulse
September 9, 2023
PUNE: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has announced plans to install 430 advanced CCTV cameras at 106 locations along the route by mid-October.
The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is under constant surveillance for traffic violations, and recent upgrades to the system will make it increasingly challenging for drivers to exceed the speed limit on the access-controlled e-way.
Sanjay Yadav, Joint MD, MSRDC, informed that all cameras will be interconnected through an optical fiber network to a central control room. An Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) will document various traffic violations, including excessive speeding, reckless driving, wrong-way driving, motorway stops, lane changes, and driving in the wrong lane, among others.
The system will also feature a spot and average speed detection system at 39 locations and a lane discipline violation detection system at 34 locations. Additionally, 130 spots on the e-way will be equipped with wrong-way entry detection, while variable messaging signs and weather monitoring systems will be installed at 23 locations and 11 locations, respectively.
The system will also monitor commercial vehicles, with weigh-in-motion systems at all entry points, an automatic vehicle counter and classifier at toll booths, and automatic number plate recognition and violation detection cameras for penalty collection.
Mobile surveillance vans and emergency vehicles, such as towing vans, ambulances, and cranes, will have displays, cameras, and a vehicle tracking system. A command-and-control center located at Lonavala will receive the feed from all the cameras, and officials can access the feed online. Violation challans will be generated immediately and validated by officials with photo and video evidence.
