India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviation of France , each costing approx.
$ 200 million ( approx. Rs 1,300 cr )
By Nov 2019, only 3 planes have been
delivered.
Delivery for rest will stretch till April 2022
No doubt, that acquisition will help us
fight / repel external enemies, coming in over borders
But what we need RIGHT NOW is a weapon to
fight an INVISIBLE / INNER enemy called Corona, which is silently / secretively
attacking 130 crore Indians
Corona invades and hides inside human
bodies and revels its presence through raised body temperature / persistent coughing
/ sore throat etc . But such revelation takes 10/15 days !
Till then, the only way to stop an
infected persons from spreading the disease, is to make them wear masks and maintain a distance of 6 ft from the
nearby persons
So far ( until vaccine / drugs prove effective
), these are our only WEAPONS
On the very first day of Lockdown 3.0 yesterday
( 4th May ), TV showed huge crowds
of people gathering at small public places, often rubbing shoulders with one
another – and without wearing masks !
As the lockdown gets further relaxed over
the next few weeks, we can expect this situation to get worse
In our densely congested cities,
Ø 100 % observance of “ mask-wearing / social-distancing “ is difficult
Ø Posting millions of policemen to catch those breaking these rules
is impossible
To overcome this limitation (of no. of policemen
being able to catch the rule-breakers ), government has introduced mobile app Aarogya Setu and ordered all employees (
both, in Govt and in private sector ) to download it. Govt targets 30 crore downloads by
June
Soon , Aarogya Setu will carry an E-pass feature , for citizen seeking
permission to move out of their homes ( hopefully , replacing a plethora of
permanent / temporary permissions that a citizen needs to seek today, from
dozens of different agencies – including permission to attend their offices /
factories / shops / establishments , which are permitted to open )
But we must not rely upon Aarogya Setu alone
, to do the AUTOMATED policing of
rule-breakers and ALERTING the police / health authorities
We must resort to CCTV camera based technology to identify
the rule-breakers and alert the police
Fortunately , such a technology is
readily available from the FRENCH company, Datakalab
French resort town of Cannes ( famous for
its annual film festival ) has just installed this technology
whose salient features are :
Ø No image is stored or transmitted, ensuring
that personal information is protected,
Ø An automatic alert to city authorities and
police where breaches of the mask and distancing rules are spotted
Ø It is "not facial recognition", as the system does
not store identifying data.
Ø Algorithms can be incorporated into existing
surveillance systems in other
public spaces, such as hospitals, stations, airports and shopping centres.
Ø Cannes Mayor David Lisnard said, "This
technology doesn't
identify people but just gives us mathematical analysis to meet people's
needs."
SUGGESTION :
Ø Let us ask French President Mr Macron, to deliver only 35 Rafale
( instead of 36 )
Ø In lieu of one Rafale ( Rs 1300 cr ), request him to install Datakalab algorithms in CCTV
surveillance cameras in 1300 of our bigger cities ( out of our 10,000 cities with
population of 1 lakh + )
Ø That amounts to an allocation of Re 1 crore per city, for “ algorithm “ ( not including the
cost of CCTV camera hardware )
Ø Assuming that Datakalab
algorithm costs Rs 1,000
per CCTV , we can fortify 10,000 CCTV cameras , in each of these 1300
cities
QUESTION :
Ø What is the use of Mr Macron acceding our request when all of
our Police Departments put together, have no more than 427,000 CCTV cameras installed so far, all
over the country ?
Ø Should not we first purchase and install , 1.3 cr ( 13 million ) CCTV cameras in these 1300
cities ( at 10,000 per city ) ?
Ø Assuming a CCTV camera costs Rs 2,000 , this would need spending
Rs 26,00 cr - a big boost to our CCTV manufacturers
Ø How does this compare with CCTV Cameras installed all over the
world ? Take look :
=========================================================
CCTV Camera Installations
=======================================================
|
Country
|
Total CCTV Camera (million )
|
Per 100 person population
|
|
China
|
200
|
14.36
|
|
USA
|
50
|
15.28
|
|
Germany
|
5.2
|
6.27
|
|
UK
|
5.0
|
7.75
|
|
Vietnam
|
2.6
|
?
|
|
France
|
1.65
|
2.46
|
|
South Korea
|
1.03
|
1.99
|
|
Netherland
|
1.00
|
5.80
|
|
Australia
|
1.00
|
4.00
|
|
Japan
|
3.42
|
2.72
|
|
India
|
0.427
|
0.032
|
And so as not to give a chance to sundry
politician ( out of work / out of issues ) to raise a bogey of “ SECRET
DEALS “ , let us invite open / global tenders with transparent terms and
conditions , so that other companies who have developed similar SOCIAL
DISTANCING DETECTOR, which I have earlier reported, may also compete
SLIGHTLY MOVING
AWAY :
Ø Although the Central Government has ordered that all PRIVATE
SECTOR companies ( including 65 million MSMEs ? ) must ensure that their employees
download Aarogya Setu app., how will government enforce this ?
Ø Does government have any MASTER DATABASE of “ Company-wise
Number of Employees “ ? – which is not static but dynamically changing EVERY
MINUTE ?
Ø Is there a way by which Government can get these millions of
companies to , not only submit their EMPLOYEE DATA but also update it
dynamically as changes happen ?
Ø Yes , by modifying Aarogya Setu ( v 3.0 ) , to incorporate the following :
# From BAD to MAD ……………………………………………….[ 01
June 2016 ]
# MAD goes to Mandi ………………………………………………[ 02
Jan 2020 ]
Dear
Shri Narendrabhai,
It is quite possible that some politicians,
out for winning some brownie points, will challenge in the Supreme Court,
government order for mandatory downloading of Aarogya Setu
By modifying Aarogya Setu to incorporate MOBILE-BASED ATTENDANCE
RECORDING of employees , there can be no challenge that can be upheld by
the Supreme Court
It is merely a DIGITIZATION of the existing process of ATTENDANCE RECORDING , which has
been enshrined in Payment of Wages Act / Factory Act / Shop & Establishment
Act etc. for decades
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 05
May 2020