India, Jan. 26 -- The high-powered committee, chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Government of Maharashtra, has approved an integrated CCTV surveillance project for the Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissionerate.

The panel gave its approval to the project in a meeting held on Friday, officials said.

The approval is seen as a major step towards strengthening law and order, crime control, traffic management, and disaster response in the city.

Vinoy Kumar Choubey, commissioner of police, Pimpri-Chinchwad, said, "This is an ambitious project under which the city and adjoining areas will be covered under an integrated CCTV network."

Choubey further said that the system will use AI-based video analytics to help police in crime d...