Around 10,000 CCTV cameras will be installed soon in Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissionerates. The cameras will be installed in areas where the public has not come forward to participate in the Community CCTV Project. “The cameras will be directly connected to the new command control center and any government department can access the required feeds and analyze them as per their need,” said Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy.
Currently the police is setting up CCTV cameras at various locations in the city as part of the Community CCTV Project. However, in some areas the project got only a lukewarm response due to financial problems. Keeping this in mind and the need for surveillance at vital locations in the city like the Assembly, Secretariat, DGP’s office and other important offices, the Telangana government is planning to set up 10,000 cameras in the city area and has appointed the Hyderabad police as the nodal agency to finalise tenders.
Out of 13 bidders who participated in the tender, two have qualified for the final stage. The new set up will cover both commissionerates, command control centers, zonal viewing centers and police station viewing centers and will also integrate feed from existing CCTV systems, community based CCTV systems and external CCTVs install-ed at various locations. “The command control center will have a desk for other government departments and they can collect the feed when required,” the commissioner added.
