Chennai Corporation plans ₹98.25-cr. overhaul of command centre

Ahead of the Northeast monsoon, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has proposed a ₹98.25-crore five-year overhaul of its Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), bringing 1,256 cameras, 65 rain gauges, 46 flood sensors, and 40 flood-o-meters under an integrated civic monitoring system.

The proposal covers the operation, maintenance and upgrading of the existing ICCC, and the integration of additional infrastructure under ICCC 2.0 through a single system integrator for five years.

The proposed system will also include 101 variable message displays (VMD), 159 Internet of Things (IoT)-based monitoring systems for GCC-owned pumps, 57 enforcement vehicle GPS units, 17 automated boom barriers, 50 smart poles, and three regional ICCCs.

Officials said the existing ICCC has 668 cameras, comprising 400 box cameras, 100 pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, 100 solid waste management cameras and 68 flood cameras.