Big pvt players behind misinformation: Govt

NEW DELHI:Reacting to Congress’ allegations and in a veiled attack on LG Anil Baijal, the Aam Aadmi Party government today stated that in the project of the CCTV cameras in residential areas, it has been noticed that “vested interests” are making desperate attempts to spread “misinformation through a motivated campaign, giving rise to reasonable suspicion that big private players, who have lost the tender bid to a public sector enterprise, could be behind the entire mischief.

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 21

Reacting to Congress’ allegations and in a veiled attack on LG Anil Baijal, the Aam Aadmi Party government today stated that in the project of the CCTV cameras in residential areas, it has been noticed that “vested interests” are making desperate attempts to spread “misinformation through a motivated campaign, giving rise to reasonable suspicion that big private players, who have lost the tender bid to a public sector enterprise, could be behind the entire mischief.

“Ill-informed doubts are being spread that the CCTV cameras' installation could lead to breach of privacy and alarming terms like surveillance have been linked to this project without any basis and evidence,” read a statement issued by the AAP government.

Nothing can be further from truth and this lie is being spread in order to delay and derail this project, said the government while that it is inconceivable that a project to ensure safety and security will compromise what the Supreme Court of India has declared to be a fundamental right.

These cameras are installed at entry/ exit gates and parking areas or wherever residents express apprehensions of theft-prone areas, stated the government while referring to the previously installed CCTV cameras in NDMC areas.

“Wherever CCTV cameras have been installed in NDMC residential areas and through MLA Local Area Development Funds in different areas of Delhi, there has not been a single complaint on privacy concerns, since these CCTV cameras are installed in public places and not in private premises."

The universally accepted norm for in installation of CCTV cameras in residential areas from public money, is that local residents represented by their RWAs, along with elected representative, local police and the service providers, decide the locations for installation in consultation.