In the line with the step of Jammu and Kashmir police for strengthening the security grid in conflict-ridden regions with heavy surveillance technologies, tender has been floated by Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) to tie-up to design, supply, implement and maintain CCTV surveillance system across J&K.
TCIL is seeking bids for CCTV surveillance system across 385 proposed sites and 162 existing sites in J&K.
According to MediaNama, notice inviting tender (NIT) states that the service provider working with TCIL shall provide turnkey solution for all the components as envisaged by the J&K police within a period of three years. With this, the Jammu region moves a step closer to the administrative vision of an “integrated” surveillance network.
Earlier, J&K police talked about appointing a system integrator (SI) to connect CCTV surveillance network with existing surveillance systems and feeds namely, 183 cameras in the Kashmir region and 218 cameras in the Jammu region.
Plans of police for introducing Facial Recognition technology with a database that can store details of more than 10,000 people, after installing CCTVs.