Union Minister Maneka Gandhi against installing CCTV
camera on buses
Rejecting the feasibility of CCTV cameras in
public transport for monitoring sexual harassment, Union minister
Maneka Gandhi has disapproved of proposals made by several stakeholders of the
Nirbhaya fund.
"Harassment of
women happens when they are standing, not sitting, in the bus. Hence, it will
be difficult to zero down on culprits," the minister said, adding that it
is better not to waste money on CCTVs.
Gandhi further
explained that it is easy to locate where a camera is placed in the bus and
dismantle it. "We can provide for CCTV cameras in a bus but I
cannot promise if the cameras will serve their purpose even after three days of
installing them," she said.
"However, it is up
to private bus operators to install CCTV cameras in their
vehicles, but I am not sure if CCTV cameras in public transport
will help in serving the purpose of solving the crimes that take place in a
moving transport," she said.
Gandhi's remark comes a
day after a DU student posted a video of a man masturbating at her. However,
DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal rejected the minister's arguments.
"No doubt should
be placed on the significance of installing CCTV cameras in a bus
because it will at least prove to be a deterrence for men who commit crimes in
moving vehicles," Maliwal said, adding that the Delhi government has
repeatedly requested the Centre for CCTV cameras in buses.
Reference: https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/union-minister-maneka-gandhi-against-installing-cctv-camera-on-buses-1169139-2018-02-14
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