Mumbai: Electronic security systems company, Zicom, which has a 65 per cent market share in the home and retail security space, is all set to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras across Bangalore city.
Pramoud Rao, managing director of Zicom Security Solutions, told Mumbai Mirror that the project is being implemented to help the authorities there monitor traffic and keep an eye on law and order, similar to the one already in place in Mumbai city.
He pointed out that though Mumbai has 100 CCTV cameras which were set up under a Rs 8.5-crore project and which are monitored at a central station located in Worli, Bangalore would initially have just 25 CCTVs set up on a pilot basis for around Rs 1.5 crore before the project is expanded further .
New China plant up and running
Zicom has also set up a manufacturing facility in China to cater to the growing demand. Rao said that the new plant has been established at Shenzen, China over an area of 40,000 sq feet.
“It will manufacture CCTVs, fire-alarm systems, home security systems and video door-phones,” he said, adding that the plant has a capacity to produce five lakh alarm panels annually.
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"The main suburban line is operational only upto Byculla and the harbour line is operational only upto Kurla due to flooding in areas near the CST terminus in south Mumbai," said Chief Public Relations Officer for Central Railways Shriniwas Mudgerikar.
Many outstation trains had also been delayed due to the rains, he said. Western Railway authorities said that there was a delay of about 25-30 minutes in schedules as a result of the rains but trains were presently operational.
Flooding was reported in many parts across the city including areas vulnerable to them like the Milan and Malad sub-ways in the Western suburbs, parts of central Mumbai and south Mumbai.
Incidents of flooding were also reported in many parts the western and eastern suburbs due to the heavy rains, which have continued since Friday night.
Authorities said a high tide of about four metres was expected this afternoon, which could affect the drainage of the water if the rains continued unabated.
The meteorological department had predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall till Sunday in parts of the city and has also warned fishermen not to venture into the seas till Sunday.
LC III flag has been hoisted at ports from Dahanu to Marmagoa and of Maharashtra-Goa coast, the weather office said.
Air traffic from the city was largely unaffected and no flight had to be cancelled due to the rains, a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport Limited said, adding that most flights had been delayed by about 30 minutes due to poor visibility.
Rainfall recorded for last 24 hours till 8:30 am on Saturday – at Colaba observatory in south Mumbai was 146.8mm, while Santacruz observatory recorded 174.1 mm.
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