Telangana: South Central Railway installs automatic thermal scanners at stations in Hyderabad and Secunderabad

HYDERABAD: In an attempt to check the spread of coronavirus, the South Central Railway (SCR) has installed bullet thermal image screening cameras one each at Secunderabad and Hyderabad Railway stations for thermal image screening of passengers on Monday.
The bullet thermal image screening camera equipment consists of thermal screening camera, network video recorder, LED monitors along with alarm mechanism. While the railways have been operating special train services across various destinations, only those passengers who have confirmed tickets and who do not have any symptoms related to Covid-19 are being allowed inside the station or trains.
According to a statement released by SCR, every passenger has to undergo thermal screening. Deploying these thermal screening devices at major stations like Secunderabad will cut down on the time being taken for screening each passenger as the device can simultaneously screen upto 30 passengers within its range. "Screening of the passengers through this new thermal device will help in handling more number of passengers simultaneously," said SCR general manager Gajanan Mallya.
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 officials said.