ANPR cameras to come up at 20 more places in Tiruchi

Installation work is in progress; to be commissioned by month-end

The City Police are to bring 20 more spots within its limits under round-the-clock monitoring by installing the advanced Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. Work is under way to install the cameras to improve surveillance, enforcement and identify violators of traffic rules. The new locations are: Head Post Office junction, Melapudur junction, Mannarpuram, entry and exit points at Panchapur on the city border, Viralimalai Junction, Aristo roundabout, near Ramakrishna bridge, Mambazhasalai, Karur Bypass Road, 11th Cross Street at Thillai Nagar, Nachiarkoil junction in Woraiyur area, Prabhat roundabout at Palakkarai and G-Corner adjoining Chennai Bypass Road. Presently, ANPR cameras are functioning at three places: near the Collectorate, Main Guard Gate and Tiruvanaikoil junction. The cameras had been procured under Road Safety Fund, said R. Mutharasu, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic). The cameras would be connected to the modern police control room. It had been planned to complete the installation work by this month-end and commission them, he said.