The Integrated Command and Communication Centre offers a platform for all services and grievances
The Integrated Command and Communication Centre being implemented as a part of the Smart City Mission touches the lives of citizens in more ways than one — in fact all important aspects of civic life.
From offering a platform for all services and grievances to solid waste management to water supply, its reach encompasses the entire gamut of civic administration.
What enabled GVMC take up the state-of-the-art ICCC is it emerging eighth in the very first round of the Smart City Challenge in which 20 cities were selected in January 2016. Taken up as one of the pan-city initiatives, it is technically called ‘System Integrator Project’.
The first, e-governance and disaster management deals with bringing administrative functions on to e-platform and also enhances its ability to deal with disaster management. With the city situated on the coast and the memory of the 2014 Hudhud cyclone still fresh in the memory of citizens, it got top priority in citizen feedback.
“A total of 22 modules for development of applications have been taken up, and six completed as a part of e-governance introducing Enterprise Resource Planning,” says Municipal Commissioner and MD and CEO of Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation M. Hari Narayanan. Thirteen are in various stages of development. The one on professional tax module has been completed and introduced.
In disaster management, it will deal with forecast, early warning, evacuation, mobilisation of resources and improve response time, he says. It will be linked with the Police, Power and Health and other line Departments for coordination. The ICCC has redundant capacity with the secondary CCC at the Police Commissionerate to deal with situations arising out of an emergency even if one fails in case of a disaster. The data centre has a data recovery facility as well.
In the normal situation, it will improve daily administration and response time, citizen interaction and reaction and better coordination.
The second component with high visibility on which work is going on right now is Smart Poles. The poles are being erected at 50 locations all over the city, including Anakapalle and Bhimunipatnam. They comprise environmental sensors, wi-fi facility, surveillance cameras, public announcement system and push-button emergency call box. Public can be addressed in certain situations and the call box will help anyone, like someone in distress or in need of help, reach the control room to rush assistance.
Another component — environmental sensors — will also be mounted on the poles. They measure ambient air quality and density of particulate matters.
Garbage monitoring
Garbage-carrying vehicles will be monitored by GPS with RFID devices for vehicles and loaders and RFID tags for 100 bins.
Smart city initiative also covers intelligent transportation by equipping 100 buses with GPS tracking and 50 bus-stops to be provided with display boards. The buses will have a facility for announcing arrival at bus stops.
In smart signalling, traffic surveillance and CCTV surveillance, in 80 identified junctions a total of 500 cameras will be installed. Of them, 400 will be fixed in nature and 100 pan-tilt-zoom type. They will increase the surveillance ability, real-time traffic maintenance allowing for changes in signal durations and detecting red light violation and penalties.
Also, 10 variable message boards will be set up to display to traffic diversion, pollution levels and temperature and public awareness messages.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): G.V. Prasada Sarma
Quelle/Source: The Hindu, 17.02.2018
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