Telangana readies 11,000-camera surveillance grid for municipal polls on February 11

As Telangana gears up for municipal elections connected February 11, a large-scale surveillance cognition is unfolding crossed the State to guarantee orderly, transparent and incident-free polling.

Hyderabad-based Brihaspathi Technologies Limited, successful coordination with the Telangana State Election Commission, is deploying much than 11,000 astute camera units successful each polling stations successful 30 districts.

Ground-level preparations began connected February 1, wherever instrumentality has been mapped booth by booth. A bid and power centre is being acceptable up successful Hyderabad wherever unrecorded provender from polling stations volition beryllium monitored.

“Surveillance contiguous is astir real-time visibility,” said Rajasekhar Papolu, Chairman and Managing Director of Brihaspathi Technologies Limited. “Webcasting allows predetermination officials to show polling arrangements, assemblage question and wide behaviour wrong booths with a azygous click respond swiftly if required.” The institution earlier managed surveillance for the 2025 Telangana Gram Panchayat elections.

“Telangana is mostly peaceful, and determination are nary peculiar analytics required for this election,” Mr. Papolu said.

The standard of the existent cognition successful Telangana is substantial, with 11,000 unit progressive successful installing and managing the camera units. Deployment follows a hierarchical structure, with mandal-level coordinators overseeing clusters of 20 to 30 polling stations, reporting to Assembly-level and district-level coordinators, each monitored astatine the State level. A adust tally volition beryllium conducted connected February 9 to cheque camera functionality and code immoderate installation, connectivity oregon powerfulness issues.

Addressing concerns astir elector privateness and information security, Mr. Papolu said installations adhere to Election Commission guidelines. Cameras are positioned to observe wide enactment wrong polling stations and are not permitted to look Electronic Voting Machines. “We run nether non-disclosure agreements with predetermination authorities. All recorded information is handed implicit wholly to the acrophobic section wrong a period of the election. We bash not clasp copies of the footage, nor is the information shared oregon circulated,” helium said.

With webcasting present mandatory astatine each polling stations, incidents person reduced significantly, Mr. Papolu said. For predetermination officials, unrecorded visuals supply contiguous clarity and evidence-based decision-making. For the public, the beingness of cameras acts arsenic a deterrent against malpractice, encouraging much liable behaviour connected polling day.