Case Study of the Day: Safe City – Suraksha Setu Project of Surat

The Government of Gujarat launched the initiative called Safe City - Suraksha Setu, which is a community policing initiative for strengthening police-public partnership.

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Context: The Government of Gujarat launched the initiative called Safe City – Suraksha Setu, which is a community policing initiative for strengthening police-public partnership.

About Safe City – Suraksha Setu Project

Triggers for the project
- High Volume of Vehicular Traffic
- Threat of Terrorist Activities
- Rising Population leading to poor people to police ratio
- Traffic Awareness Movements
Objectives of the Project
- Surveillance
- Crime prevention and detection
- Post incident forensic examination
- Traffic management and enforcement
- Providing disaster management support
- Pollution control measures (Pollution Sensors)
Project Components
- CCTV cameras were installed and connected to the Command and Control Center, through the dedicated underground dark optical fibre network.
- Enforcement automation centre was set up for issuing e-challans with photograph of the traffic offenders.
Project Implementation
- Project has been implemented on a public-private-people-partnership model (4P).
- Project was implemented with public funding, having been duly approved by the Government of Gujarat.
- Vans connected with the Command & Control Center and integrated with the Intellectual Information Management System were deployed to transfer live feeds for analysis.
Impact of the Project
- Post installation of CCTV cameras, the crimes have reduced considerably.
- Surveillance system has helped to improve the operational efficiency of the police administration by a quantum amount.
- Traffic management at junctions, by monitoring the volume of traffic and enforcement of traffic rules, has been effective.
- Efforts of various agencies for rescue, relief and rehabilitation during natural calamities and disasters are being better coordinated now.

Conclusion

Innovation and integration of technology in administration yields potential efficiency and impacts. Hence, there is a need to replicate in other cities to reap the benefits from impactful technology.