District administration Anantnag on Wednesday ordered various government departments and private companies besides owners of shopping malls and all other business establishments including hotels, restaurants, clinics, nursing homes and hospitals to install CCTVs in or outside respective premises.
In an order by Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla (IAS), the CCTV HDD (storage device) has to be “always” kept available for monitoring of law enforcement agencies.
“In order to keep an eye on anti-social elements and their activities, there is a need of additional surveillance measures which include installation and extensive usage of CCTV cameras in public places / offices with adequate data storage capacity,” reads the order by Deputy Commissioner, a copy of which lies with GNS.
“The installation of CCTV in public places has proved to be a deterrent, which not only prevents crimes like thefts, burglary, eve-teasing etc. but at times is useful in safeguarding lives and property of public,” reads the order._ (GNS)
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