The Indian Express 25.03.2013
SDMC makes CCTV mandatory in shops with over 250 sq feet area
In tune with a Standing Committee proposal, the House of the South
Delhi Municipal Corporation today decided that all commercial
establishments with an area more than 250 sq feet will have to install
CCTV cameras for better security.
The directives for installation of CCTV cameras had come from the
Special Task Force set up under the chairmanship of Union Home
Secretary in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old in
the national capital.
It was then suggested that after the installation of the close
circuit cameras, it should be mandatory to keep a month- long recording
of the cameras safe so that if the law enforcement agencies require it,
the same can be provided to them.
According to the new resolution, all cinema halls, malls, car
parking, hotels, places of public gathering and commercial
establishments that are of the size 250 sq. feet and above will have to
put up CCTV cameras.
In case of any violation, the commissioner will also have the
power to cancel the license of such an establishment. Before that, a
penalty of Rs 500 plus an additional Rs 20 can be levied as a
punishment for every day the contravention continues.
The installation of CCTVs will now form an essential condition
in the license policy for the above mentioned establishments to make
sure it is implemented.
