MADURAI, INDIA, April 15, 2011 (THe HIndu): A state-of-the-art control room to operate 32 Internet-Protocol Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, which will monitor all the entrances and exits and detect suspicious movement of visitors to Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here was commissioned on Friday.
All the cameras can be accessed and controlled through the Internet. The cameras have the platform for adding sophisticated software such as face recognition software at a later stage. Two such control rooms have been installed — one in South Adi Street which would house a database and will be under the temple’s control, and another in East Chithirai Street at the outpost for police personnel. A temple official told The Hindu that all cameras had been fitted with sensors that would be capable of analyzing and detecting unusual activities, if any, of visitors. The cameras could also count the number of visitors entering and exiting the temple. They have been fitted with motion-sensors that can detect intruders even at night.