Cantonment area to get CCTV surveillance

Aurangabad, Oct 13:

Aurangabad cantonment area will soon be brought under the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras as ACB is taking steps to install CCTV cameras in the cantonment limits.

Though most of the areas in the city limits already have cameras installed, colonies and areas in the cantonment limits lacked surveillance. However, as part of the smart city initiative, Aurangabad Cantonment Board (ACB) has now decided to install CCTV cameras in all these areas. The ambitious project is to maintain checks on the areas and keep a close eye on the movement of unwanted elements.

Giving more information, Vikrant More, the chief executive officer of the cantonment board, said, “ These CCTV cameras will be installed at strategic locations and will come handy even for the cantonment board. There have been incidents in the past, where the city police struggled to get direct and indirect evidence for sensitive cases.

The sensitivity surrounding the important establishments in the area including army cantonment, income tax office, regional forensic laboratory, makes it more important for the law enforcement agencies to keep a check on this area."

The installation work is set to begin in the coming week for which the strategic locations has been identified by the Aurangabad city police. As of now, the cantonment area does not have any CCTV cameras installed at public places. It is also the area with comparatively lesser number of privately installed CCTV cameras at commercial establishments.

Crucial entry and exit point

The cantonment area is one of the most crucial entry and exit points of the city, which makes it essential to monitor it. All the routes leading to Waluj based industrial area, apart from Pune, Mumbai and other interstate national and state highways, pass from this area.