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RailTel to provide video surveillance at 6,049 stations across country

The scope of work also includes integration of the existing standalone CCTV network of the railways into the VSS system for centralised monitoring

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Press Trust of India

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 25 2020 | 8:24 PM IST

The Indian Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with RailTel for installation of an IP-based video surveillance system at 6,049 railway stations across the country.

RailTel, a public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways, will be providing the video surveillance system (VSS) work at the 6,049 stations under categories A1, A, B, C ,D and E of the Indian Railways.

The scope of work also includes integration of the existing standalone CCTV network of the railways into the VSS system for centralised monitoring.

"These IP-based CCTV cameras will be networked on optical fibre cable and the video feed of

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