Explained: Smart city’s nerve centre

What is the News?

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister has announced that 80 Integrated Command and Control Centres(ICCCs) have already been set up while the remaining 20 will be completed by August 15, 2022.

What is an Integrated Command and Control Centre(ICCCs)?

ICCCs are an integral component of the Smart Cities Mission. The mission aims to set up ICCCs for each city. 

These ICCCs are designed to enable authorities to monitor the status of various amenities in real-time. 

They are aimed at controlling and monitoring water and power supply, sanitation, traffic movement, integrated building management, city connectivity and Internet infrastructure among other parameters.

Hence, they basically act as a “nerve center” of a Smart City for operations management.

Services provided by ICCCs

ICCCs act as the nodal point of availability of all online data and information relating to smart services included in a smart city. Such as LED street lighting, CCTV surveillance cameras, and air quality sensors among others.

They are a source for integrated traffic management monitoring.

They are now also linked to the CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems) network under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, they also served as war rooms for Covid-19 management.

Source: This post is based on the article “Explained: Smart city’s nerve centre” published in Indian Express on 21st April 2022.