CCTV cameras to keep vigil on miscreants in city

Sukhmeet Bhasin

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, March 27

To keep a vigil on the activities of miscreants, the police have started installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras at various locations in the city.

The CCTV cameras will be installed at those locations which are very important from strategic point of view. These locations need utmost attention for monitoring traffic from the control room by linking it with broadband lease line with its head office at the police lines.

The footage of the CCTV cameras will be monitored by a team at the police lines. It has directed the nearest police stations, where these CCTV cameras are being installed, to reach the spot in case of any clash, traffic jam, protest, blockage or any untoward incident spotted in CCTV.

These cameras have been installed to curb the crime rate and traffic violations, besides putting vital locations in under 24-hour surveillance.

The police have prepared the blue print of the project with the help of engineers and experts, working in the surveillance equipment sector.

For the maintenance of these CCTV cameras, the police have decided to depute a separate wing to look after the e-surveillance project.

Trained staff will manage the entire project. They will also coordinate with the CIA staff besides sharing information received through surveillance with them.

Earlier, the police had installed CCTV cameras at various points of the city but due to the paucity of funds, the scheme could not succeed.

With no source of regular income, the police could not pay the service charges to the network provider, following which the CCTV cameras and the GPS system installed in police vehicles went out of service.

A senior police official confirming the development said a number of CCTV cameras were being installed in the city and within 2-3 days, the project would be inaugurated.