Private Company inspects City chourahas to install CCTV Cameras

By Sohail Khan
Published: February 6, 2013 | Last Updated: 06 February 2013 7:16 PM
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If things go as planned, city’s chourahas will be under 24hrs surveillance through close circuit cameras. A private company from Jodhpur that deals in surveillance cameras has inspected main chourahas today with the officials of Traffic Police Department.

Company will now give an estimated cost of installing cameras and then after further documentations, administration might approve the project.

Mahendra Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic) has told UT, “Last year, we had sent proposals to Municipal Council regarding cctv cameras, but it could not be worked out due to over budget; this time the cost is comparatively low and we expect positive response from the authority.” [Read more...]

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Police gets ready for the New Year

By Sohail Khan
Published: December 31, 2012 | Last Updated: 31 December 2012 1:48 AM
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Hotels are booked, loudspeakers are loaded, glasses are ready to be filled with cocktails and mocktails; all the arrangements have been made for the last evening of the year 2012. Udaipur city is ready for the celebrations which will continue tilllate in the evening. But what are the arrangements by the police department for containing anti-social elements, drunken drivers, and other disturbing elements?
We asked Additional SP (City), Tejraj Singh about the preparation of Police Department. He assured that all the arrangements are in place. He said, “Police force is ready for all the situations. Tomorrow, number of policemen will be increased at all the main and sensitive areas in the city. Alpha riders, Hawksand Mobile Vans will be patrolling till late in the night.”
“To control drunken driving, police will be ready with breath detectors and will take on the spot action on the drunken drivers. Police will make all the efforts to maintain a safe and peaceful environment”, he added.
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Tight Security on Dusshera Festival: SP, Hari Prasad Sharma

By Anil Rodgers
Published: October 23, 2012 | Last Updated: 24 October 2012 7:08 AM
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Udaipur Police Department is at the peak of its vigilance for the Dusshera Celebration in the city.

Every year, the festival is celebrated with burning of effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarana and Meghnatha, at the event organized by ‘Sanatan Dharm Samiti’ at Maharana Bhupal Stadium (Gandhi Ground).

SP (city) Hari Prasad Sharma said, “A huge crowd from around the city visits the stadium on Dussehra. So, to maintain law and order we are trying our best to keep the high level security and vigilance during the festival”.

Sharma said that undercover policemen will also keep an eye on the suspicious looking people and anti social elements during the festival, and besides this, there will be an armored constabulary, Reserve Police Force and Horse Regiment of the police.

Police force will be under the supervision of Kaluram Rawat Additional (SP), Headquarter. [Read more...]

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Swaraj Nagar Tense after Murder of youth; Residents demands Police security

By Anil Rodgers
Published: September 24, 2012 | Last Updated: 24 September 2012 7:36 PM
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Harijan community of Swaraj Nagar, Udaipur is living in state of fear and dilemma after the murder of a Muslim boy that took place few days back. Since then, tension is on a rise, as possibility of vengeance is gripping the residents who demanded police security in their area.

Members of “Valmiki Yuva Vikas Sansthan” protested at the Collectorate and gave memorandum to the District Collector, Hemant Gera demanding additional security to their community.

Satyaprakash Adiwal, President of the Valmiki Community, alleged that they are getting threatened by other community and certain incidents of stone pelting were also reported on the houses of Harijan.

Adiwal said that, we need immediate security as situation might become more tensed as the issue might turn communal.

Adiwal further said that, Ganesh festival is going on and we don’t want that the members of the other community create disturbance during the festive season.

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RTO Implements High Security Number Plates for vehicles

By Gaurav Bhimawat
Published: September 17, 2012 | Last Updated: 17 September 2012 8:17 PM
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In order to put High Security number plates on the vehicles, the Regional Transport Office, Udaipur has closed all loops by setting up a Centre for High Security Number Plates in its premises, today at 12:30 pm. It is a Government of Rajasthan initiative in collaboration with the Transport department.

T. C. Damor, I. G., Udaipur Range, inaugurated the centre today.

“These numbers plates are according to the latest government standards, having special features such as laser code, locking system, and special number encryption. This will prove to be a great check on smuggling, terrorism, crime, etc.” said Jitendra Singh, Regional Transportation Officer.

Singh further added, “The new vehicles that will be out on the roads after today will be having this type of number plates, while, the old vehicles will be given a time period of two years for putting on the high security number plates”. [Read more...]

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CCTV cameras made affordable this Independence Day

By Shabbir Hussain
Published: August 13, 2012 | Last Updated: 13 August 2012 7:26 PM
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Surveillance is paramount. The increasing crime rate in Udaipur has made surveillance solution a “must have” rather than an earlier “good to have”.  Visual surveillance via CCTV cameras has, over the last six months, led to quite a few breakthroughs for city police in cases of thefts and violence.

Udaipur has been a fast mover on the CCTV front with a number of hotels, restaurants, schools, industrial units, retail outlets, etc installing surveillance solution for monitoring their premises. Increasingly, a number of households are also waking up to the need of increased security and have gone in for the CCTV camera solutions.

“As the nation gets ready to celebrate Independence Day, we want the common masses to feel truly secure and independent of any fear”, said Mayank Jain, Director, Soham Infomedia. [Read more...]

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Admin on High Alert for Independence Day Celebration

By Anil Rodgers
Published: August 8, 2012 | Last Updated: 08 August 2012 8:59 PM
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yaseen-pathanWith less than a week to go for the Independence Day Celebrations, the administration has been put on a state of High Alert.

Mohammed Yasin Pathan, ADM (city), informed that all the security arrangements are up to date. The administration is keeping a strict vigilance on every suspected activity including checking-up of all hotels and “dharamshalas”. All top police officials have been ordered to keep a high level vigilance.

Entry passes for Independence Day at the Maharana Bhupal Stadium will be provided by the Administration. [Read more...]

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World’s Leading CCTV camera makes inroads in Udaipur

By Akhtar Bohra
Published: July 10, 2012 | Last Updated: 17 July 2012 8:45 PM
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Leading industries in Udaipur are now getting their premises secured by the world’s leading CCTV camera brand – “Versax”. Versax CCTV cameras are currently being also employed by the Indian defence & paramilitary forces for surveillance solutions.

The CCTV cameras are being distributed in Udaipur by surveillance solution provider Soham Infomedia. Mayank Jain, partner with Soham Infomedia informed us that these cameras are all IP-based cameras and hence can be accessed and controlled from any remote location via internet. [Read more...]

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Police Gears to Impede Crime, Adhere to Technology and Transparency

By Kritika Singhvi
Published: May 25, 2012 | Last Updated: 25 May 2012 9:06 PM
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An Interstate Coordination Conference led by the Director General of Police from the neighboring states of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh was held today in Udaipur. The objective of the conference was to discuss effective alternatives to reduce criminal activities in all three states by adapting transparency and technology by the department.

The meeting was held at the RSMML auditorium. Headed by DGP of Rajasthan Harish Meena, Chitranjan Singh of Gujarat and Nandan Dubey of Madhya Pradesh, the event also hosted several senior ATS and CID officers from the three states.

Harish Meena said that the main issue discussed in the meeting was to control organized and interstate crimes. He told the officials that if the police of all three states work in coordination and use modern techniques of communication, catching criminals will become easier and the crime rate will be reduced. [Read more...]

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Udaipur Police Tightened Security, pledges to Remove Crimes

By Zaheer Abbas
Published: May 22, 2012 | Last Updated: 22 May 2012 8:50 PM
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Udaipur Police seems to have sprung into action in order to nail down the progressing criminal activities by installing check-posts in all major in and outs of the city. Several unconventional areas of the old city have also been placed under strict scrutiny to eradicate crimes and criminals.

“The check-posts are installed mainly at early hours between 4:30 to 5:00 in the morning. “Most of the people indulging in criminal activity believe that Police security becomes slack in the early morning and find it the best time to enter or leave the city. Thus, we have decided to tighten security around this time,” said Hariprasad Sharma Superintendent of Police. [Read more...]

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