New Delhi: Delhi has beaten cities such as London, Shanghai, Singapore, New York and Beijing with the maximum number of CCTV cameras per square mile.
Capital has 1,826.6 cameras per square miles compared to the city in second place, London, which has 1,138.5 cameras, according to data compiled by Compareech, the company researchers in cyber security, and published by Forbes India.
Chennai was in third place with 609.9 and Mumbai on the 18th with 157.4.
Comparison said data “focused primarily on public CCTVs – cameras used by government entities such as law enforcement”.
However, it added there was a “small correlation between the number of cameras and crime or public CCTV safety”.
CM Arvind Kejriwal said it was a moment of pride for the city, which appeared at the top between 150 cities.
The AAP government said that even though there were obstacles on their path by LG, they ensured that the maximum number of cameras was installed to improve women’s safety.
“My praise to Delhi’s government officers and engineers who work on projects such as mission and achieve achievements in a short time,” Tweeted Kejriwal.
It was AAP poll to provide CCTV cameras throughout the capital to mainly examine crime.
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https://t.co/ovedbxgdot- Arvind KeRriwal (@ArvindkeJriwal) 1629951885000 Learning for the number of CCTV cameras in Delhi A little more than 5.5 lakh for an area of 302 square miles, which shows that it does not include the land of the national capital city area, which has a total area of 573 square miles.
The Delhi government said it had installed a 2.75 lakh camera while 1.4 lakh was in the process of being installed.
The rest of the camera has been installed by Delhi police, New Delhi City Council, private institutions, and citizens.
Other Indian cities that rank among the city’s most oversight in the world in terms of camera per square miles are Chennai, which was third with 609.92 and Mumbai in 18th place with 157.43.
The top five in the list is the cities of China – Shenzhen, Wuxi, Qingdao, Shanghai, Changhsha and Wuhan – the other is Delhi, London and Singapore.
Going with a camera per 1,000 population, Chinese cities once again dominated the top 20, contributing 16 slots, but Indore was at no.4 surprisingly, Hyderabad on No.12 and Delhi at No.16.
London in third place is the only city that is not in China or India among the top 20.
“There is no other Indian city even close to Delhi, who has three CCTVs than Chennai and 11 times the square of Mumbai per square miles With Mla even sitting in Dharna in 2018 at the LG House to pave the way for the CCTV project, “the Delhi government said in a statement.
The AAP government has given the principle approval for the project in October 2015.
This project has caused several flame points between the elected and LG governments for the regulatory framework proposed to guide their installation.
PWD took the process of acquisition and installed 2.75 lakh CCTVs in the phase of one of the projects.
In the next phase, 1.4 lakh cctvs are being installed.
“The CCTV install project in Delhi exemplifies Swaraj; Rwa is involved in surveying the location where CCTV must be placed, and not only the colony that is gated but all Delhi regions, including slums, are borne by the project,” said the state government.
The government says that all CCTV feeds are very safe with hardware monitored by the community and the feed can only be accessed with authorized users.
Delhi has a maximum cctvs per sq mile in the world
