Half of CCTVs lying defunct at Amritsar bus stand
Amritsar, May 3
Even as the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has planned to installed as many as 1,218 CCTV cameras at 466 locations in the city, around half of the CCTV cameras set up at Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra interstate bus terminus has been lying defunct for last few months.
Of 46, Only 21 cameras working
- As per information, out of the total 46 cameras installed at the bus stand, only 21 CCTVs are in working condition
- Even the camera set up outside the bus stand police chowki is out of order
- Out of 46 cameras, eight are private, which are in working condition
We have written to the higher authorities apprising them of the current scenario and requesting them to repair the CCTVs. — A Bus Stand Official
This despite the fact that the Punjab Police had issued an alert after the Sultanpur Lodhi railway station master received a letter in which a terrorist group threatened to blow up religious shrines and railway stations in the state.
As per information, out of the total 46 cameras installed in the bus stand, only 21 CCTVs were in working condition. Even the camera set up outside the bus stand police chowki was out of order. Out of 46 cameras, eight were private which are in working condition.
A bus stand official wishing not to be named said they have written to higher authorities apprising them of the current scenario and requesting them for repairing the same.
Being a tourist place, the city witnesses a large footfall and the bus stand remains one of the busiest places in the city. Hundreds of people come to the city for paying obeisance at Darbar Sahib. There has been a constant threat of unscrupulous elements entering the city for carrying out their nefarious activities.
