The Hindu 30.08.2013
Surveillance cameras to be installed
Government order on installing cameras at public places to be implemented
The Tiruchirapalli City Corporation, in consultation
with the police, will soon install surveillance cameras across the city.
The proposal was cleared by the Corporation Council at an urgent
meeting chaired by Mayor A. Jaya on Thursday.
An
official resolution, which was approved by the council, did not give out
too many details on the proposal except to point out that the State
government had ordered the installation of surveillance cameras at
public buildings, commercial complexes, and places of public
congregation to check crimes. As a follow up, the Commissioner of Police
has requested the civic body to fix the cameras.
The
corporation will call for tenders soon to fix closed circuit television
cameras in places specified by the city police in each of the four
zones. The contractors will be vested with the task of maintaining the
cameras for three years subject to the conditions and specifications
laid down by the corporation and the police. Agencies given the contract
would be allowed to advertise at places of their choice, subject to
government regulations, and approval of the District Collector.
Responding
to a question from MDMK councillor, M. Mohamed Mustafa, Commissioner
V.P. Thandapani said the locations where the cameras were to be
installed would be placed before the council for its approval.
M.
Anbazhagan, DMK, pointed out that a similar attempt to install
surveillance cameras in some places had proved to be an eyesore as they
were erected atop a series of poles and urged the officials to ensure
that the mistake was not repeated.
The council gave
its nod for introducing a licence system for private tanker lorries
engaged in cleaning septic tanks and disposing wastewater in the city.
All such private sewage tankers would soon require licences. The civic
body would charge an annual licence fee of Rs. 2,000 a vehicle and Rs.30
a trip for letting out the waste water at the Panchapur sewage farm.
Sewage lorries operating without licence would attract a penalty of Rs.
5,000 and the vehicles would be seized if they were caught for the
offence for the third time.