Pune, May 4: An alarming number of mishaps on the 95 km Mumbai-Pune Expressway has prompted the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to consider setting up of a Rs 40 crore surveillance system with automated cameras to capture traffic violations.
The proposed system, worked out by city-based Science and Technology Park (STP), an autonomous institution under central government, could be installed at a control room on mid-way Lonavala, if given the final nod by the state Public Works Department, an MSRDC official said.
Rajendra Jagdale of STP confirmed that the MSRDC had approached the STP for devising an effective traffic surveillance system for the e-way, witnessing an increasing number of accidents due to over-speeding and lane cutting.
He said the system called "Intelligent Safe Travel" (I-safe-t) will detect traffic offences and relay the data identifying the vehicles to the control room to track the erring drivers.
The data relayed to the control room to be manned by highway police, MSRDC and RTO personnel will include digital pictures of the vehicle, its registration number, location and time of spotting.
Cameras installed on gantries -- a bridge like overhead supportive structure -- at seven points along the e-way will graphically capture the images of the erring vehicle drivers, who would be penalised by highway police at the toll plazas on either ends of the expressway.
