To further strengthen the security of state legislative Assembly, state policewould install hi-tech close circuit cameras at sensitive points of the Vidhan Sabha premises, including the galleries.
"At present Vidhan Sabha has 108 CCTV cameras and we are going to install more inside the premises and all entry and exit points. We have identified 31 spots where the latest Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) and anti vandal dome cameras will be installed", IG, law and Order, A Satish Ganesh told reporters here on Wednesday evening.
He claimed that just before start of the last Assembly session, Speaker of the State Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey had expressed to strengthen the security further with installation of more CCTV cameras to cover all galleries and entry and exit points.
Ganesh said that as per the directions, they formed a technical committee which included ADG Technical, RK Vishwakarma, IG Security, Anand Swarup, IG law and order, DIG Range as its members for the purpose. He claimed that a meeting of the said committee would be held on Thursday to give final shape to the plan so that the work of installation of cameras would be completed by December.
He said that several other security measures has been also taken by the committee but refused to divulge the details claiming that the matter was related to safety of VVIPs.