AMC expands surveillance net with 7,000 new CCTV cameras

CCTVAhmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning a major expansion of its surveillance network with the installation of nearly 7,000 new CCTV cameras across the city, including at 88 key entry and exit points, to strengthen monitoring of traffic violations, overloading and illegal activities.

With this addition, the number of CCTV cameras will increase to over 13,000, said AMC officials.Ahmedabad already has an extensive surveillance network. Around nine years ago, AMC installed nearly 6,200 CCTV cameras at 130 junctions and public places across the city and linked them to the Paldi command control centre. In the past two years, CCTV systems have also been installed at over 70 flyovers and underpasses.Under the expansion plan, CCTV cameras will be installed at city entry points in areas such as Sola, Chandkheda, Sabarmati, Bodakdev, Jodhpur, Sarkhej, Naroda, Sardarnagar, Ramol, Odhav, Vatva and Vatva GIDC. The cameras will be connected to the command and control centre in Paldi.Officials said the new surveillance system is aimed at improving automated enforcement and real-time monitoring of vehicles entering Ahmedabad.

The cameras will use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to identify vehicles and generate e-memos for traffic violations.The surveillance system will also help authorities detect uncovered debris-carrying trucks, overloaded vehicles, vehicles carrying extended metallic elements, overheight vehicles and unauthorised vehicle entry. The system is also expected to aid in cattle detection on roads, a recurring cause of traffic disruption and accidents in several parts of the city.“The purpose of installing CCTV cameras at entry points is to identify vehicle number plates entering the city and take action against traffic rule violations and overloaded vehicles through e-memos,” an AMC official said on condition of anonymity.The project is being implemented by the Smart City Ahmedabad Development Ltd. (SCADL), which has floated a tender for the expanded CCTV network at an estimated cost of more than Rs 180 crore.Apart from entry and exit points, the civic body also plans to install CCTV cameras at more than 1,500 open plots reserved for public purposes across the city. These cameras are intended to curb illegal dumping of construction debris and prevent encroachments on public land.The project will also cover the Sabarmati Riverfront, where 250 CCTV cameras are proposed, along with installations on 17 bridges, flyovers and underpasses.The expanded surveillance initiative falls under the Safe and Secure Ahmedabad (SASA) Phase 2 project. Initially, SCADL had floated a request for proposal (RFP) on Nov 27, 2025, for installation of 6,000 CCTV cameras at 88 junctions and 17 flyovers and underpasses. The scope of the project was later revised to include 88 city entry-exit points and 250 locations on the Sabarmati Riverfront, increasing the total number of cameras to around 7,000.According to officials, the tender process is expected to be finalised by the end of May.