Bengaluru-Mysuru highway gets 60 cameras to detect cases of sectional overspeeding
Bengaluru: As a part of the measures taken by the Police Department and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for the safety of drivers on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, 60 cameras have been installed in order to detect and prevent sectional overspeeding on the highway.
The traffic and road safety wing of the Karnataka Police Department has installed 48 radar-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at six points on the 119-km stretch at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore while the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has installed video cameras at three points.
The cameras are meant to capture the incidents on the service roads too, for detection of violation, and generation of challans automatically to the vehicle owners. Testing of the cameras is on while the process of issuing challans is set to begin soon.
Alok Kumar, the Additional Director General of Police (Traffic and Road Safety and Training), has said that the cameras will calculate the average time required for a vehicle to cross a section between two camera poles and calculate if a driver was violating the speed limit. This will ensure that a driver does not slow down just while approaching a camera pole as he/she will have to maintain the permissible speed throughout the stretch.
The ADGP said that the cameras would also help in detecting seatbelt violations, mobile phone use while driving, lane violations and unauthorized access of non-motorized vehicles, two and three-wheelers on the highway.
He said that the cameras would be installed at accident-prone areas like Ganangooru, Channapatna, Ramanagara and Maddur, also stating that vendors have been instructed to enable to newly installed camera systems to detect sectional overspeeding on the highway.
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345 Indian fishermen stranded in Iran return home via Armenia
New Delhi (PTI): A group of 345 Indian fishermen, who were stranded in Iran amid escalating regional tensions, returned to India via Armenia on Saturday, officials said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar thanked his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan for assistance in return of the Indian nationals.
The Indian nationals arrived in Chennai this evening, the officials cited above said.
The circumstances that led to them being stranded in Iran were not immediately known.
"Thank FM @AraratMirzoyan and the Government of Armenia for facilitating the evacuation of Indian fishermen today from Iran, through Armenia to India," Jaishankar said on social media.
Over 1,500 Indian nationals have left Iran through land border crossings in Armenia and Azerbaijan since the start of the West Asia conflict over a month ago.
"A group of Indian fishermen, stranded in Iran, are returning home via Armenia today; their flight is expected to reach India this evening," a government statement said.
It said the Ministry of External Affairs continues to closely monitor the evolving situation in the West Asian region, with the safety, security and welfare of the Indian community being accorded the highest priority.
It also made a mention of five Indians being injured in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
According to Abu Dhabi authorities, the Indian nationals were among the 12 people injured by debris from an intercepted missile.
"In an attack in Abu Dhabi, five Indian nationals were injured; four have been discharged, one remains under treatment," the Indian government's statement said.
It said the Indian mission in Abu Dhabi is extending "full" assistance and coordinating with local authorities, adding that their flight is expected to reach India this evening.
