Surveillance

India plots CCTV roll-out to combat terrorism

By Diana Jumaat | 1 July 2009

More than 500 surveillance cameras will be fitted in cities across India as part of a major anti-terrorism drive.

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The cameras, which will be monitored from a dedicated control room, will be part of the Rs 500-crore (US$100 million) central package for six downtown city areas most vulnerable to terrorist attack.

Police executives from Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Kolkata attended a meeting in Delhi to determine precisely how the Home Ministry should spend the allotted Rs 500 crore (US$100 million) and execute counter-terrorism action plans for their respective cities.

Meanwhile, Mumbai has been allocated its first dedicated elite security force headquarters, seven months after the commercial capital was besieged by armed terrorists.

The Indian Home Minister inaugurated the National Security Guard (NSG) hub in the city earlier this week, adding to hubs already set up in Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.

NSG Director General NPS Aulakh said: “Post 26/11, it was felt necessary to relocate NSG at more locations in the country so as to reduce the reaction time, and make the force more effective in dealing with such mindless acts of terror.”