South Western Railway staff in Bangalore will soon be switching from an ID card-based security system to a biometric system using thumb impressions. There are about 800 employees affected by the change. Closed-circuit television cameras are also being introduced at all concourses and entry points into the complex and uses a Digital Video Recorder (DVR)-based surveillance system with 48 channels of real-time video input. The complex also houses the central offices of railway operations which require high security measures. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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