{"id":927,"date":"2025-03-18T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/2025\/03\/18\/saudi-arabia-deploys-200-smart-screens-to-monitor-umrah-pilgrims\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:00:30","slug":"saudi-arabia-deploys-200-smart-screens-to-monitor-umrah-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia deploys 200 smart screens to monitor Umrah pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Saudi authorities have significantly strengthened security in Makkah\u00a0during the busy Umrah season in Ramadan, deploying over 200 smart screens at the city\u2019s main Control Centre to monitor and manage operations in real time.<\/p>\n<p>The high-tech facility is crucial in implementing and coordinating security measures as millions of pilgrims arrive for their spiritual journey. The system is designed to ensure the smooth entry, movement, and exit of pilgrims while maintaining crowd safety and enabling a rapid response to incidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll neighborhoods and districts are under continuous surveillance,\u201d Saudi officials said, adding that live video feeds are transmitted directly to the operations room at the Grand Mosque. This data is used to monitor crowd flow, detect potential disruptions, and quickly adjust deployment plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Control Centre is fully integrated with the Grand Mosque\u2019s Security Operations Centre and the Unified Operations Centre (911), ensuring seamless communication and coordination among emergency and security services.<\/p>\n<p>Operating 24\/7, the high-tech hub is a vital component of the security infrastructure during Ramadan, allowing authorities to track pilgrim movements, assess crowd density, and respond swiftly to any incidents.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi authorities have significantly strengthened security in Makkah\u00a0during the busy Umrah season in Ramadan, deploying over 200 smart screens at the city\u2019s main Control Centre to monitor and manage operations in real time. The high-tech facility is crucial in implementing and coordinating security measures as millions of pilgrims arrive for their spiritual journey. The system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}