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The ministry of housing and concrete affairs has ordered the evaluation of infrastructure created for citizen security at public locations in 12 sensible cities — Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Nagpur, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Pimpri Chinchwad, Prayagraj, Rourkela, Surat and Varanasi. The choice was taken following a dialogue on the Cupboard assembly on January 4 over the grotesque incident of a younger woman being dragged for a distance after being hit by a automobile. The closed circuit TV (CCTV) digital camera footage had helped the police piece collectively the sequence of occasions and monitor the sufferer’s good friend who had deserted her.
In accordance with sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed on the assembly that an evaluation of the infrastructure created in sensible cities be achieved to gauge whether or not it’s sufficient and what steps might be taken to make use of these options to enhance citizen security in public locations.The ministry has roped within the High quality Council of India (QCI) to conduct the train. Sources stated QCI groups will journey to the 12 cities and look at streetlighting, site visitors administration and CCTV infrastructure.
A senior ministry official advised ET, “The groups will assess whether or not sufficient CCTVs have been deployed, if they’re in working situation and if there’s a system to watch the footage. The identical parameters can be deployed for streetlighting… The audit will establish lacunae within the system and greatest practices that might be emulated by different cities.”
