With an aim to ensure no ‘VIP treatment’ is meted out to inmates inside the Delhi prisons premises, Delhi Government has approved a proposal recommended by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) to install high resolution Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) in the premises of Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli prison with a cost of Rs 120 crore.
The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
According to the Government, the project will ensure safety and security of inmates since there has been incidents of violence which have even resulted in serious repercussions, including murders. “This proposal of the Home Department will be executed by the PWD and will include supply, installation, testing and commissioning of CCTV surveillance system, including comprehensive maintenance at Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli Prison complexes,” the Government said in a statement.
The project will be executed at a cost of Rs 120 crore, it added. The statement said that the state government’s move to provide such a large sum of money for better functioning of jails and to introduce transparency in them was the first in the country.