Hyderabad: India’s largest energy conglomerate the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited came forward on Friday to assist Hyderabad police in installing CCTV cameras. The giant has offered a massive Rs 1 crore worth of service after the government requested Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to support efforts to upgrade safety in Hyderabad.
Officials said that the funds given by NTPC will be used to install cameras in Old City areas. “The Hyderabad City Police has taken up an initiative to involve and encourage all PSUs to adopt communities including police stations and sponsor the implementation of CCTV surveillance systems. The Old City comprises about 30 police stations requiring a budget of about Rs 45 crore to cover of the whole area using CCTVs,” said Commissioner of Police M. Mahender Reddy
The Telangana government has also started the process for setting up a 24-storied Command Control Centre at Banjara Hills, that will be connected with a city-wide community CCTV surveillance system consisting of over a lakh of CCTV cameras, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mr Reddy added.
“This will act as one stop centre for handling all emergencies and crisis/disaster managements by all government departments. As part of this effort, Hyderabad Police started implementation of city wide community CCTV surveillance system with the help of community support.
One of the elements of this entire project has been to cover the city with 1 lakh CCTV cameras all networked and monitored at multiple levels. All the cameras once established and networked will be driven with analytics and we do expect with 1 lakh cameras in the city, Hyderabad would become safe and secure from point of view of commoner, women, children,” the Hyderabad Police chief added.
The closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras technology will act as a force multiplier and help in checking crime and violation of traffic rules, he said. Reddy further said the Telangana government has come forward to invest about Rs 1,200 crore in terms of transforming Hyderabad City Police into a citizen friendly, citizen centric and technology driven police organisation.
