Hyderabad tops the public surveillance chart in India

Naveen S Garewal

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Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, July 24

Hyderabad has emerged as the city with the highest number of surveillance cameras in the country, thereby improving crime detection and remote traffic management.

According to Comparitech – a UK based organisation – that surveyed various cities across the globe, it found that Hyderabad ranked 16th globally and No. 1 in India. It estimates that the city has over three lakh surveillance cameras.

As per the report, 18 out of the top 20 cities under surveillance are in China, and London and Hyderabad are the only cities outside of China to make the top 20.

Giving out details the Comparitech report says London was placed in the third slot and Hyderabad the 16th among the most-watched places in the world.

The report took into consideration data from several sources that included government reports, police websites, and news articles for 150 cities worldwide.

The focus was primarily on public CCTV cameras used by government entities, such as law enforcement agencies, and overlook the private CCTV cameras put up by individuals on their properties.

Elaborating further, the report says that the 3 lakh CCTV cameras in Hyderabad keep a watch on a population of about 1 crore, which works out to be about 30 CCTV cameras per 1,000 people. The city of Taiyuan in China has ranked first with 4, 65,255 CCTV cameras.