Authorities are in the process of installing over 8,000 CCTV cameras in key residential areas of Lodhi Colony, Jor Bagh, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Sarojini Nagar and Kali Bari Marg utilising MLA local area development (MLA-Lad) funds over the next two months, officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) have said.
Each area will have 900-1,100 cameras and bids have been called for the project, which will be executed as 12 separate ones, locality-wise, officials said. A senior PWD official, not wishing to be named, said they will add bullet surveillance cameras, security barricades and electrically operated gate systems to help improve the security of these areas.
“Each of these projects costs around ₹95-98 lakh and bids have been invited for 12 such projects. Of these 12 projects, eight pertain to installation of around 1,000 cameras while remaining four deal with integrated systems of security barricades with CCTV cameras. Once the executing contractor is finalised, a 30-day period will be provided for installation and operationalisation in these areas,” the official said.
“For instance, in the case of Lodhi Colony, security barricades will be added at locations decided with residents and RWAs in blocks 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17. Electrically-operated security barricades will be added at nine locations within the colony and moveable steel barricades at another 14 sites. These gates will work in conjunction with 40 cameras located near the entry points.
The project will also include providing technical assistance for operating these electrical swing gates for one year. A similar system would be in place in residential areas of Kali Bari Marg, DIZ Marg and Laxmi Bai Nagar,” the official said.
The New Delhi municipal area is overseen by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), but an NDMC official said that in the past, former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit used her MLA-Lad funds through PWD to add facilities, such as open gyms, in the residential areas.
