The Supreme Court of India has directed the National Highways Authority of India to evaluate installing camera surveillance and monitoring centers at toll plazas to improve highway safety.
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Siddhartha Dave
2 quotes“I am only praying, before the lapse of ASUMP, if this can come in so that there is continuity”
“Jharkhand has not even started anything... not one CCTV camera since 2020”
Vikram Nath
1 quote“Why can’t you think of having a camera surveillance system? You can have monitoring rooms at all toll plazas”
A.N.S. Nadkarni
1 quote“vehicles parked illegally along highways remained a major safety concern and were a recurring cause of road accidents.”
Supreme Court
1 quote“Why can't you think of having a camera surveillance system? You can have monitoring rooms at all toll plazas”
ANS Nadkarni
1 quote“one of the major issues was illegal parking of vehicles on highways, which leads to road accidents.”
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- National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) evaluation of surveillance infrastructure· weeks
- Toll plaza operators and commuters increased monitoring and enforcement· longer
- State police forces modernization and surveillance upgrade· longer
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All filed from IndiaNamed India · Central Bureau of Investigation · Department of Revenue Intelligence · Enforcement Directorate · Government of Tamil Nadu · Ministry of Home Affairs · Ministry of Road Transport and Highways · Narcotics Control Bureau · National Highways Authority of India · National Investigation Agency · Public Works Department · Serious Fraud Investigation Office · Tamil Nadu
- [1]The HinduneutralSupreme Court asks NHAI to consider setting up CCTVs, monitoring rooms at toll plazas
- [2]The HinduneutralImplementing ₹24,000-crore scheme to modernise police, Centre tells Supreme Court
- [3]Mintcritical‘Why no highway surveillance cameras?’ Supreme Court questions NHAI, flags parked vehicles and encroachments
- [4]Hindustan TimescriticalWhy not have CCTVs on toll plazas: SC asks NHAI, flags highway encroachments