In an attempt to increase security and curb the crime rate, all major towns of Koraput district are kept under CCTV surveillance.
In the first phase, 35 CCTVs were installed in all vulnerable points of Kotpad, bordering Chhattisgarh, 62 CCTVs installed in Sunabeda and Semliguda and a total of 92 cameras had been installed at Jeypore while control rooms had been set up at respective police stations. For all that, the expences had been incurred from repective MLA LAD funds.
Informing this to mediapersons earlier, Koraput SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo said the CCTVs would not only improve security but also keep an eye on traffic norm violators and ganja smugglers.
However all said and done, just after a month the CCTVs installed now seem to be in vain due to lack of proper survillence.
Rajendra Gauda of Jeypore said the day when the CCTvs were installed, the denizens were happy with a hope that the speed bikers and the street Romeos would be punished but after the installation there were more speed bikers and the traffic was the worst ever.
The members of the Jeypore Citizen Committee said there was requirement of staffs for surveillance of CCTVs and also e-challan required for the offenders or lawbreakers.
Two years back, the Jeypore administration had installed 10 CCTVs in Jeypore town but these were rendered defunct in the absence of maintenance.