The AAP government is studying available options for procuring CCTVs in market for installation in various parts of the city after claiming that buying these cameras from the empanelled agency was tur
The AAP government is studying available options for procuring CCTVs in market for installation in various parts of the city after claiming that buying these cameras from the empanelled agency was turning out to be expensive.
AAP Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey said several places in the national capital will get CCTVs by the end of this financial year, a promise the party had made during the Delhi Assembly polls.
A committee comprising district collectors and MLAs had studied the available CCTV options in the market as buying them from the empanelled agency, Electrical Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL, was turning out to be expensive, he said.
“The Delhi government just had one central agency ECIL to buy CCTV cameras. Buying cameras from ECIL was proving to be extremely expensive. The agency which was empanelled would sell CCTVs for Rs 70,000 to Rs 80,000.
“A committee has been formed by Delhi government comprising district magistrates and MLAs, which has done a detailed study on available options in the market, including fitting and maintenance. They have prepared a White Paper and drafted a policy. Under the policy a tender document was drafted which will enable to buy CCTV cameras at lower price.
“Very soon, by the end of the financial year, you can see CCTVs at many places,” Mr Pandey said.
He said till now, 200-250 DTC buses have been fitted with CCTVs and made GPS-enabled. And in some 4,000 buses marshals have been deployed.
Mr Pandey said work on lighting the dark spots has also begun.
