Guwahati the main city of northeast to be transform into a smart city. The project will start from December 2022 as implemented by the Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) in Guwahti, covering 95 juctions in the city to ensure proper management and surveillance of the city traffic (GSCL) at a cost of around of Rs 80 crore.
According to the report of Guwahati Smart City Limited (GSCL), the project is in progress with the support of Assam Police. Assam Police has given a list of 95 traffic junctions where the traffic lights and CCTV cameras will be installed in a phase-wise manner.
The agreement of the project was signed in March 2022, with the selected lowest bidding consortium of Technosys Security Systems Private Limited and Onnyx Electronisys Pvt. Ltd. A senior official of the Guwahati Traffic Police said, “In the first phase, 22 junctions will be covered and gradually 95 traffic junctions in the city will be installed with CCTV cameras and traffic lights.”
According to the sources,the estimated time of completion of the work is August 2023 by when across the 95 junctions, more than 1,000 cameras from Honeywell, which is a globally reputed manufacturer of cameras, will be installed along with Adaptive Traffic Control System.
