CCTVs installed, functional in 170 of 182 police stations in Delhi: Police to HC

New Delhi, February 15

The Delhi High Court was informed by the police today that installation of CCTV cameras was completed in 170 of the 182 police stations in the national capital and the system was functional now.

The police said the work of installation of CCTV cameras in eight police stations would be completed in a month's time and the remaining four were related to the Metro unit of the Delhi Police, which were functioning from a single room.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Metro, has been requested to identify the locations for the installation of CCTV cameras at these police stations and get the same installed as per requirement, the police said.

Taking note of the submissions, a bench of justices Ravindra Bhat and Prateek Jalan asked the police to furnish a certificate of an independent agency concerned, stating that CCTV cameras were installed at all the police stations here and they were functional.

The bench asked the police to indicate the period of monitoring the CCTV cameras - half-yearly or quarterly - and indicate its choice of an independent agency for the purpose like the CISF or any other agency.

Delhi government's standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra and additional standing counsel (criminal) Rajesh Mahajan told the court that the installation of 6,600 CCTV cameras in the vulnerable areas of the city was in progress and the work would be completed within the time-line prescribed by the court. — PTI