THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (Keltron) has procured 59 high-end surveillance cameras from the German company Bosch as part of setting up the integrated multi-layered security system at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here. The project estimated to cost `2 crore is in its final stages and would be functional by October 22. Sources told ‘Express’ that the cameras had already been installed at vital locations in and around the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and also near the six temple vaults including the B chamber, which is yet to be opened. “The project is on its final stages. Already. the high-end surveillance cameras have been mounted at vital locations and the wiring works are going on. The CCTV feeds could be accessed from the control room which has been set up,’’ said a Keltronofficial. The preparation of the work plan for the ‘Digital Archiving of Temple Antiques’ (DATA) is also underway with the technical expertise of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). The work on the project estimated to cost around `51 crore, would soon be started once the work plan is finalised, said the official. The Supreme Court in its directive had said that the DATA work should be executed by Keltron, a government undertaking, instead of inviting tenders from private agencies. The expert committee in its report submitted to the apex court had stressed the immediate need to create a computerised inventory for accurate and up-to-date listing of the objects secured from the opened chambers A, C, D, E and F.‘’The main aim of creating the computerised inventory is for storing information regarding each item in the temple treasure, which can be retrieved easily in an efficient manner. Also Digital archiving of Temple Antiques will help to categorise the temple treasure into three as directed by the Supreme Court,’’ said a member of the expert committee. The Supreme Court had directed the expert committee to categorise the treasures into three - those having historic and antique value, those having only physical value and those for daily use in the temple. As per the proposed security plan of the State Government the temple security system would have metal detectors, X-ray scanners and hidden cameras at various points of the temple. An infra-red based intruder detection system is also planned as part of the project. Installation of equipment such as satellite surveillance and seismographic-linked alarm system was also mooted by the five-member expert panel chaired by C V Anandabose, Vice-Chancellor, National Museum Institute, which would figure in the phase II of the project.
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