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Delhi Police maps 20,000 premises around Red Fort for I-Day
The Delhi Police has digitally mapped and verified more than 20,000 houses, offices, hotels and guest houses around Red Fort using the eParikshan app ahead of Independence Day. The exercise is one…
The Story in Brief
The Delhi Police has digitally mapped and verified more than 20,000 houses, offices, hotels and guest houses around Red Fort using the eParikshan app ahead of Independence Day. The exercise is one of the most extensive occupant verification drives in the area since last year’s terror attack near the monument, which killed at least 12 people.
The eParikshan app, which works without internet, uses GPS tagging, photographs and a unique ID for each premises. Police have also deployed body-worn cameras, AI-enabled glasses, and scanned over 1,000 CCTV cameras in the vicinity. Beat officers can update and track records in real time, creating a digital census of residents and tenants in the sensitive event zone.
The Indian Opinion
The reliance on technology like eParikshan and AI glasses is welcome, but there is a risk of overstating its deterrent effect. Digital records are only as good as the human follow-up, offline verification and beat-level vigilance still matter. The real test will come on August 15: will the data be used to spot anomalies quickly? And can the police keep these records current after the event, or will they become another dusty database?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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