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Title: Monitoring worst-hit districts: Smart City war rooms for affected areas
Source:Hindustan Times
Date:8 April 2020
The Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) designed for the Smart Cities Mission have been converted into war rooms for real-time data monitoring and to provide the latest information through a central dashboard. Their mandate is to track suspected cases, monitor people under quarantine, and keep an eye on clusters and containment zones. States with a high number of Covid-19 cases such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan are using these centres for CCTV surveillance of public places, geographic information system (GIS) mapping of Covid-19-hit areas, and GPS tracking of health care workers.
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