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City to get 2,000 CCTV cameras worth R 74cr under safe city project

Aurangabad: After Mumbai, Aurangabad will be the second city in the state with maximum CCTVcameras coverage. Around 3,500 CCTVcameras will keep a hawk's eye on all important markets and roads in the city. The state capital has 4,000 CCTVcameras at key crossings and major roads.

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With the board of directors of Smart City Project sanctioning a whooping Rs 74 crore under the Safe City Project, 1,946 CCTV cameras will be installed at 446 locations in the city. In addition, another 1,500-odd CCTV cameras will be installed using MLA and MP LAD funds in a year.

Aurangabad commissioner of police Yashasvi Yadav said, "With 1,946 cameras under the safe city project and 1,500 cameras being installed using development funds provided by people's representatives, we will have around 3,500 CCTV cameras, the second highest in the state."

He said that with several CCTV cameras, the city police will not only be able to monitor but also prevent any untoward incident or law and order situation.

"If the situation so demands, we will use footages as evidence in the court of law so that the cases end up in conviction," Yadav said.

For carrying out work under the smart city project, a public incorporated company --- Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation Limited (ASCDCL) --- has been floated. Its CEO and Aurangabad district collector Naval Kishor Ram said that the city has missed the bus in the first list of smart cities. "We have managed to make it to the second list of smart cities and, accordingly, proposals are being made and submitted before the board of directors for getting their nod followed by funds for the projects."

The tenders for the same are all set to be floated in the next few days and it is likely to become a reality in less than six months.

Civic body's city engineer Syed Sikandar Ali, ASCDCL, said, "It is a matter of another four to six months before these CCTVcameras become a reality."

The nodal officer said that the board of directors for the project, headed by additional chief secretary (industries) Sunil Porwal, is keen on giving much needed pace to the projects being carried out by ASCDCL.

Reference: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/city-to-get-2000-cctv-cameras-worth-r-74cr-under-safe-city-project/articleshow/61885919.cms

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