India, Aug. 20 -- In a major step towards smart policing plus real-time traffic management, over 5,450 CCTV cameras installed by the Pune Metro, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Smart City Mission are being integrated for the first time on Friday, August 22, 2025 under the unified control room to enable the city police keep a vigilant eye on overcrowding, traffic congestion, accidents and crime among others.

Of the total more than 5,450 CCTV cameras - 2,000 installed by the PMRDA in the villages merged with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) not very long ago - have already been connected to the ultramodern control room of the city police based in Shivajinagar. As such, these cameras which had so far remained ...