After bringing the major squares under the CCTV-based city surveillance system, the Commissionerate Police on Tuesday asked major market committee representatives of the capital city to install CCTVs at strategic locations in their market areas and shops as a preventive measure to avoid incidents like dacoity, loot and hooliganism.
Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma, who convened a meeting of more than 10 major market committees’ representatives, asked them to install CCTV cameras at least on public-private partnership mode (PPP). “The police will provide idea about the proper location for setting up of cameras. If businessmen will not be able to install the cameras on their own as it is a costly affair then they must adopt PPP mode for the same,” said a senior cop.
The CCTV cameras will be connected with the main monitoring screen installed at the Commissionerate headquarters. Representatives of market committees like, Station Bazaar, Jatnai, Indradhanu and Unit-1 Market Building attended the meeting.
Among others, welcoming the proposal of the police Station Bazaar Market committee member Dipak Jena and ID Market committee member Chandan Samanta Roy said they will ensure that CCTV their market areas are coming under the radar of CCTV surveillance system soon. Additional Commissioner of Police PS Ransipe, city DCP Satyabrata Bhoi and almost all zonal ACPs and police station IICs of the capital city attended the meeting.