Unique thermal scanners at Secunderabad, Hyderabad stations

Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) installed bullet thermal image screening cameras one each at Secunderabad and Hyderabad Railway stations for thermal image screening of passengers here on Monday.

The bullet thermal image screening camera equipment consists of thermal screening camera, network video recorder, LED monitors along with alarm mechanism.

Deploying these thermal screening devices will cut down on the time being taken for screening each passenger as the device can simultaneously screen up to 30 passengers within its range.

Whenever a passenger enters the camera focusing range, which is approximately 6 meters away from entrance, the camera starts to screen the body temperature of the passengers. The temperature of the passenger will be displayed on the LED monitor as real picture along with 30 thermal images within the coverage area.

The body temperature of the passengers recorded by the camera will be exhibited on the LED screen as a text message followed by alert audio alarm.The cameras installed at both stations are able to scan and record the temperature of the passengers standing in two different lines simultaneously. The data stored can also be retrieved, if needed.

One thermal camera has currently been installed at Secunderabad station gate no. 3 on platform no. 1 near general booking area and other camera at Hyderabad station main entrance. It is planned to install two more cameras at Secunderabad station in this week. Screening of passengers and operation of the bullet thermal image screening equipment at the entrance of the station is being done by the security and health wing of Railways. Total cost of per camera with accessories around Rs. 4.4 lakh per unit.