THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two hundred surveillance cameras do not seem an extravagance in a city that boasts a treasure trove worth over Rs. 1 lakh crore. This is exactly what the authorities had in mind when they embarked on a mission to beef up the security surveillance system in the capital city by installing over 200 cameras in different vital locations. In the first phase, the city will get 12 new cameras at important locations, including the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple and the Secretariat. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will formally launch the cameras at the City Police Control Room at 4 pm on Friday. The security system at the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, which has till now relied on manpower, will get a boost with the introduction of surveillance cameras in and around the temple premises. As many as six cameras are to be installed at different locations around the temple and Fort regions.The cameras are being set up as part of tightening the security in the city, one of the priorities in the 100-day action plan of the State Government. Besides the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, six cameras will be installed at Gate no: 4 of the Secretariat and Pulimoodu junction near Statue on Friday. It is for the first time that surveillance cameras are being introduced at Gate 4 of the Secretariat, which is used by the Ministers as well as visitors. Here, a unit of two cameras will be installed, of which one will be static. The second one, which can rotate 360 degrees, will be controlled from the Police Control Room. Similarly, each camera unit installed at other junctions will be a combination of static and rotating cameras. ‘’We are planning to install an exact number of 205 surveillance cameras in the city, of which 12 will be launched on Friday,’’ said S P Gopakumar, the Project Manager of Keltron, which has developed and supplied the cameras. Even though the programme on Friday has been included in the 100-day action plan, the entire programme is, in fact, a part of a major programme called City Surveillance and Traffic Monitoring System, being implemented in Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram, he said. Minister for Transport V S Sivakumar will also attend the inauguration on Friday.
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