The Delhi Government is all set to install an additional 1.40 lakh CCTV cameras in the national Capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said this will take the total number of CCTVs in Delhi to 4.15 lakh. The additional CCTV installations are being set up as a part of second phase of the Government’s project.

Citing a survey, Kejriwal said that Delhi is well ahead of London, New York, Singapore, and Paris in terms of CCTV cameras per square mile. “London is the second in the world after Delhi in terms of CCTV, Delhi has 1,826 cameras per mile while 1,138 are installed in London, added Kejriwal.

Briefing online about the second phase of the project, Kejriwal said, ever since these have been installed in such great numbers, women’s safety has improved and they feel more secure. “The CCTV footages also helped police in investigations,” he added.

Ensuring no loopholes in technology, he said that city Government is installing the best in class, modern CCTVs as being sourced from Bharat Electronics Limited -  a Central Government company. “They are doing great work, and we would like to thank them. The cameras are extremely modern and state of the art devices. Often after installation, many CCTVs get damaged and no one gets to know – and in a time of need, when a crime occurs, we find out that the camera wasn’t even working. But in the case of these modern CCTV cameras we are installing, an alarm will be used to alert the command center in case a camera has been damaged. Additionally concerned operators will also receive messages on their phones alerting the same. So, in case of power cut or vandalism, if a CCTV camera stops working, these alerts will help repair it at the earliest,” he said.