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KMC to install CCTV cams to enhance security in schools

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To further bolster the students’ safety, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to instal closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the schools run by it.

KMC already employs trained nursemaids (ayah) in its schools to take special care of small children. Then there are inspectors who tour the schools regularly. Now they have been inspected to visit the schools every day and submit reports to the mayoral officer in charge of education.

কলকাতা পৌরসভা এবার তাদের সব স্কুলে বসাবে সিসিটিভি

স্কুল পড়ুয়াদের নিরাপত্তা আরও জোরদার করতে পৌরসভা পরিচালিত স্কুলগুলিতে সিসিটিভি বসানোর সিদ্ধান্ত নিল কলকাতা পৌরসভা।

ইতিমধ্যেই ছোট শিশুদের যত্ন নিতে পৌরসভার স্কুলগুলিতে আয়া নিযুক্ত করেছে কলকাতা পৌরসভা। এছাড়া স্কুল মাঝে মধ্যে পরিদর্শনের জন্য থাকছে স্কুল ইন্সপেক্টর। এখন এই ইন্সপেক্টররা

Source: Khabar 365 Din

Bengal to set up check posts to ensure no animals are killed by vehicles

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The Bengal Forest department is planning to set up check posts in Gorumara and Lataguri to check the speed limit of vehicles which often lead to accidents killing wild animals.

The Forest department has taken up an elaborate scheme to set up two check posts along the two forest ranges beside National Highway-31. The Forest department has also fixed the upward limit of speed at 40 kmph along the stretches that go through the forest areas. CCTVs will also be installed at the check posts.

The Forest department officials believe that the move will be able to check the deaths of animals by accidents.

 

বন্যপ্রাণীর মৃত্যু এড়াতে গরুমারায় বসছে চেকপোস্ট

যানবাহনের গতিবেগ নিয়ন্ত্রণ করতে গরুমারা ও লাটাগুড়িতে চেক পোস্ট তৈরি করছে রাজ্য বন দপ্তর।

দ্রুত গতিতে গাড়ি চালানোর ফলে অনেক সময়ই এখানে পশুমৃত্যু ঘটে। এই উদ্যোগের ফলে ৩১ নম্বর জাতীয় সড়কে যেমন দুর্ঘটনা কমবে, তেমনই বন্যপ্রাণীদের মৃত্যুও এড়ানো যাবে।

গরুমারা-লাটাগুড়ি অঞ্চলে গতিবেগের সীমা ঘন্টায় ৪০ কিমি বেঁধে দিচ্ছে বনদপ্তর। চেকপোস্টগুলিতে বসানো হবে সিসিটিভি।

বন্যপ্রাণী মৃত্যু এড়ানো ছাড়াও এর ফলে তাদের বিরক্ত প্রবণতাও কমানো যাবে বলে মনে করা হচ্ছে।

 

 

Bengal Govt takes steps to ease traffic on Kona Expressway

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To ease the traffic on the Kona Expressway the State Government has taken the initiative to construct two flyovers connecting the Kolkata Central Bus Stand and the Expressway. The state Transport Minister laid the foundation of the project on Friday.

He also inaugurated several other projects including the 24×7 CCTV Linked Traffic Management System for Howrah city and a round-the-clock prepaid taxi stand at Santragachi station. The initiatives will help in improving the traffic management system in Howrah and the people will be heavily benefitted.

One of the flyovers will be of 565 metre and the other one will be of 525 metre. Using one, vehicles will be entering the bus stand and the other will be used for their exit. It will ease out the traffic congestion in the area and it will be of great help as there will be no traffic jam near Santragachi station, which is the second biggest terminal in the western bank of the river Hooghly.

At the same time to improve the traffic management system in Howrah city, the CCTV Linked Traffic Management System has been developed. Seventy cameras were installed at different locations for better surveillance on movement of traffic. Additionally, the system of giving vehicle fitness certificate and driving license under CCTV surveillance has also been introduced. The footage of these CCTVs will be projected directly at the headquarters of the Howrah Traffic Police.

 

কোনা এক্সপ্রেসওয়েকে যানজটমুক্ত করতে উদ্যোগ রাজ্য সরকারের

হাওড়াতে দুটি উড়ালপুল নির্মাণের সূচনা করলেন রাজ্যের পরিবহনমন্ত্রী। উড়ালপুল তৈরিতে আনুমানিক ৪১ কোটি টাকা খরচ পড়বে। কোনা এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে লাগোয়া সাঁতরাগাছিতে হচ্ছে এই উড়ালপুল। মূলত কলকাতা সেন্ট্রাল বাস টার্মিনাসের প্রবেশপথ সুগম করতেই এই উড়ালপুল তৈরির কথা ভাবা হয়েছে।

সাঁতরাগাছি স্টেশন লাগোয়া কোনা এক্সপ্রেসওয়েতে প্রতিদিন গাড়ির চাপ বাড়ছে। আগে সেই সমস্যা কাটাতে এখানে বাস টার্মিনাস তৈরির সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় রাজ্য সরকার। সাঁতরাগাছি ব্রিজ থেকে ছ’নম্বর জাতীয় সড়ক অভিমুখী রাস্তার বাঁদিকে ১২.৩৮ কাঠা জমিতে গড়ে উঠেছে এই বাস টার্মিনাস। বিভিন্ন রুটের লোকাল ও দূরপাল্লা মিলিয়ে ১৫৫ টি বাস এখানে দাঁড়াতে পারে। যাত্রী সুবিধার্থে টার্মিনাসে রয়েছে যাত্রী বিশ্রামাগার, খাবার দোকান ও অন্য প্রয়োজনীয় পরিষেবা।

এই অনুষ্ঠানে রাজ্য সরকারের সেফ ড্রাইভ, সেভ লাইভ প্রকল্পের আওতায় একগুচ্ছ নতুন কর্মসূচিও চালু করেন মন্ত্রী। এরমধ্যে রয়েছে হাওড়া শহরের জন্য ২৪ ঘণ্টা ধরে CCTV সংযুক্ত ট্রাফিক ম্যানেজমেন্ট ব্যাবস্থা। সাঁতরাগাছি স্টেশন সংলগ্ন এলাকায় প্রিপেড ট্যাক্সি বুথের উদ্বোধন। এছাড়াও CCTV-র নজরদারিতে গাড়ির ফিটনেস সার্টিফিকেট ও ড্রাইভিং লাইসেন্স পরীক্ষার ব্যবস্থা। পাশাপাশি সাঁতরাগাছিতে ট্রাফিক গার্ডের নতুন একটি অফিসেরও সূচনা হয়।

 

KMC draws up mega project report to combat water-logging

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KMC drawn up a detailed project report for combating water-logging in this part of the city this monsoon. The cost of the project has been pegged at Rs 23 crore.

In his first meeting on monsoon preparedness with representatives of such government agencies as KMDA (Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority), KMWSA (Kolkata Metropolitan Water & Sanitation Authority), PWD (Public Works Department), Irrigation, PHE (Public Health Engineering) and KMC technocrats, Singh laid out the blueprint for fighting water-logging this monsoon.

As the first step to rid the city of water-logging, Singh directed his department to ensure that most major and critical drainage pumping stations in the city come under CCTV surveillance.

The KMC issued an order asking all executive engineers of the sewerage & drainage department to pull night shifts at different pumping stations from June 15 and continue in that vein till the monsoon retreats.

KMC: The road ahead, promises to keep

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation in keeping with WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee’s dream of greener and cleaner Kolkata has brought remarkable changes in every sphere  to provide better services to the citizens.

While various beautification projects are visible and appreciated, infrastructural facilities have also been upgraded.

 

In the forthcoming months KMC wishes to undertake the following projects:

  1.   Installation of CCTV cameras, in successive stages, at important locations along the roads and in the markets in the city keeping in mind the safety of the ordinary citizens
  2.   Setting up call centres at various points across the city, where taxpayers may register their grievances, and also where they would get to know about the latest initiatives of KMC
  3.   Modern compactor system to completely replace the age-old vat system for collection of garbage. This is a very crucial step in making Kolkata a garbage-free city
  4.   Continuing afforestation programmes with greater thrust to create more and more pollution-free areas across the city
  5.   Employing mobile apps to make municipal services more user-friendly
  6.   Using solar power to light up the 300 parks in Kolkata
  7.   Constructing foot overbridges with escalators at the busier points in the city, like Deshapriya Park, Ballygunge Phari, Ballygunge Siksha Sadan and South City

 

For city slums

  1. Over the next five years KMC wishes to bring slum-dwellers under the ambit of various social security schemes and giving them entrepreneurial training would make them financially independent besides, organising continuous awareness camps for slum-dwellers for their overall socio-economic development.
  2. The way Hatgachia-1 slum in Ward 58 has been made a ‘Model Slum’, wherever similar geographical affinity exists, such slums would be developed as Model Slums.
  3. The fire hazard surveys in slums undertaken by officers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the relaying of electrical wires hanging dangerously over various slums are to be continued with renewed vigour.
  4. The underground drainage systems in slums would be developed.
  5. Like being done now, the Slums Department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation would continue to build pay-and-use toilets and community centres for members of minority communities, as per residents’ demands and recommendations of the people’s representatives.

 

Projects to be undertaken by the Health Department:

  1. At present there are five dengue diagnostics centres in five Boroughs. In addition, ten centres will be constructed in rest of the Boroughs under National Health Mission scheme.
  2. Health Centres in three wards have been brought under National Urban Health Mission. 87 more wards (a total of 90 wards) will be brought under the scheme.
  3. Each Borough and later each ward will have integrated laboratories fitted with the Public Health Centres for conducting  examination of urine, stool, serum, cholesterol, blood urea, serum creatinine, serum bilirubin, serum uric acid SGPT etc.
  4. Mobile clinics will be set up to serve the poor and very sick patients at their doorsteps.
  5. Modern waiting room will be constructed in Nimtala Ghat and other crematoriums for the family of the deceased.
  6. Under National Urban Health Mission, a Community Health Centre with a capacity of 100 beds will be set up.
  7. Modernisation of Mosquito Research Centre will be expedited so that mosquito breeding and identification of mosquitoes can be done at a greater speed.
  8. In all wards to destroy mosquito larvae, provisions for Gappi fish cultivation have been made.
  9. At present in various canals we are using 20 row-boats to destroy the Culex mosquito larvae. 8 row-boats will be used for this purpose.

 

The Engineering Department wishes to fulfill the following promises in the near future:

  1. According to necessity  there  will  be  more  development  and  construction  work which will be done for sanitation and drainage systems from Borough XI ­ XV
  2. The construction of remaining parts of the new roadway system will be started in Borough XI ­ XV
  3. All country roads of the new Wards 142, 143 and 144 will be concretised
  4. More development and beautification will be done in all main roads of the city
  5. More development and repair work will be taken up in all footpaths in the city
  6. Sanitary and drainage systems to be set up where they are not present as of yet
  7. Measures taken to build new roads and footpaths
  8. Rest of the ghats of Hooghly river bank is planned to be renovated
  9. Foot bridges for the pedestrians will be constructed on main road junctions of the city
  10. Expansion of Kashi Mitra  crematorium,  Cossipore Burning Ghat  and  Birjunala crematorium is planned to be expanded
  11. Construction  of  the  300  feet  long  ‘Single  Span  Steel  Bridge’  at  Babughat  for walking  has  been  taken  up.  With  the  help  of  this  bridge  the  people  can  walk across from Princep Ghat to Armenian Ghat
  12. Expansion of Hooghly bank will be done
  13. Expansion of Matri Sadan at Kidderpore will be initiated
  14. An annexe office building will be constructed at Chaplin Square
  15. More ward health centres will be constructed under National Health Mission
  16. 400 slaughter houses with one modern slaughter house for goats only is to be constructed at Rabindra Sarani
  17. Community halls will be constructed in wards which presently have none
  18. Railing on the edges of main roads are to be beautified
  19. Leveling  of roads  are  to  be  undertaken  in  north Kolkata where road  levels  are higher than that of the houses
  20. Diversification of Boroughs will be done for giving better and faster services
  21. Hindu and Muslim crematoriums are to be further developed
  22. More ‘night shelters’ will be constructed for street dwellers
  23. Primary municipal corporation  schools  will  be  set  up  with  more  facilities  and provided with further opportunities
  24. More parks will be constructed for roadside beautification and a greener city
  25. More road dividers  and  plantations  will  be  done  for  increasing  the  speed  of vehicles on main roads
  26. More beautification will be done at all main road junctions and islands in the city

Parks in Kolkata get a new look, courtesy KMC

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This is the first time that any Chief Minister has thought about a green Kolkata, a beautiful Kolkata. As a result of the special interest shown by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, beautification of parks and gardens have got equal importance as any other work, like drainage, garbage clearance, roads and street lighting.

The construction and maintenance of squares, roadside gardens and median strips, and the riverfront beautification of Ganga – these comprise the biggest contributions of KMC to the city.

In 2010, Mamata Banerjee conceived the idea of Ganga Riverfront beautification. As a result, the 5 km stretch along the banks of river Ganga has been beautified, and barges, cranes and payloaders are now used during immersions of idols. For trimming trees, each Borough has been allotted a hydraulic ladder.

CCTV cameras have been installed at Elliot Park on a pilot basis for the security of the park visitors as well as for the proper maintenance of the park. 3000 CCTV cameras are going to be set up in the 144 wards across Kolkata.

Another major initiative has been the use of solar energy to light up street lamps in Deshapriya Park. This is a first in Kolkata which would reduce the usage of electricity and would also lead to reduction in carbon emission in the atmosphere.

The Goalz Project, a joint venture amongst the British Council, Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation, is running football training centres in Kolkata. A swimming pool of international standards and a sports training centre has been constructed at Deshbandhu Park. The work of the Department of Parks and Squares, Kolkata Municipal Corporation has made the citizens proud of their city.

Bengal Govt introduces CCTVs in state buses for safety of passengers

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Nearly 600 buses in Calcutta are now fitted with CCTV cameras for the safety of women passengers.

The new buses that have joined the fleet of state-owned CSTC under the JNNURM scheme have CCTV cameras fitted in the front, middle and outside rear of the buses. The images captured will initially be stored for three days.

The surveillance is being done essentially to prevent crime against women passengers. After the 2013 Delhi gang rape in a bus, the Supreme Court had asked the Delhi government to provide security on buses after 10pm. Other crimes like pickpocketing could also be reduced with the help of such surveillance.

CSTC now operates 1,000 buses; out of which 590 are the new AC and non-AC buses with CCTV surveillance. Officials said the remaining buses bought under the JNNURM scheme, which are undergoing trials now, would also have similar surveillance.

If any woman or other passenger lodges a complaint with police, the CCTV footage would provide vital information, said an official.

Initially, the footage will be stored for three days after which it would be erased automatically. To allow the police to use the CCTV footage, a person will have to lodge a complaint within three days.

A project to set up IT-based communication and surveillance system was being worked upon. It would become operational in six months’ time. Under the new system, the footage of the cameras will be stored in a control room set up at CSTC headquarters on Ganesh Chandra Avenue. Then the storage capacity will increase.

The transport department has given the contract to Mumbai and Delhi-based firms for installing and maintaining the GPS technology that would help in real-time tracking of buses.

There will also be voice communication with drivers. If there is a major traffic congestion ahead, the driver can be asked to change the route. 40 LED boards would be installed at various bus termini and stoppages, which would provide information about buses.

State transport officials on Thursday wrote to Kolkata Police and police commissionerates of neighbouring districts about the surveillance system. A team of officers at Kolkata police’s detective department inspected a couple of buses.

Senior officers in Lalbazar said that it had been decided that transport officials would start a control room where the footage collected from the CCTVs installed in the buses would be stored.

In the bus, the monitor will be fitted in front of the driver’s seat so that he also can keep a vigil.

Tight security measures by State Govt ensures peaceful Dol Yatra

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Dol Yatra was celebrated with gaiety and fervour in West Bengal on Thursday as revellers took to streets armed with sprinklers since morning.

The West Bengal Government had taken elaborate security measures to avoid any untoward incidents.

Policemen were deployed at every crossings. Mobile Police vans and policemen on motorbikes kept vigil in the lanes and by-lanes of the city. The Kolkata Police took help of aerial surveillance drones and CCTVs which are placed at strategic points in the city to keep watch.

Streets got rainbow-coloured as people played with colours of different hues to mark Holi, known as ‘Dol Yatra’ in the State.

‘Basanta Utsav’ was celebrated at the newly set up Rabindra Tirtha in Rajarhat

The police arrangements on Thursday will be in place on Friday too.

Police Helplines for Holi:

Distress helpline: 100
Kolkata Police Control Room: 22143230 / 22141310

D Bandyopadhyay makes Special Mention on Kolkata Safe City project | Transcript

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Full transcript:

In 2013, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs launched an ambitious Safe City Project for several metros including Kolkata to provide world-class policing, by replicating the models from New York, Washington and Boston. These state-of-the-art fusion centres were to collect, analyze and disseminate various data inputs that have a bearing on safety and security, as per the MHA proposal.

On ground, the technological components were to include a massive CCTV surveillance, and integrate the dial 100 system from the simple police respond room to one where all other essentials – like fire and health departments – get integrated. The Centre had decided to release Rs 432.90 crore in 2013-14, under the non-plan account, making Kolkata eligible for around Rs 72 crore in the next two fiscal years. The Centre had also proposed 60:40 ratio in the sharing of finances.

Now we are hearing a lot of buzz around SMART policing. The process of modernization of the police forces sadly remains on paper and the Government has delinked the modernisation of Police Forces Scheme in the Union Budget 2015-16.

I would urge the Central Government through you Sir, to expedite the implementation of this project. I also demand that the Central Government inform the House the current status of the project in Kolkata as well as other metros.