Pimpri Chinchwad: A 66-year-old woman suffered an injury to her neck after she opposed a man, who tried to seize the golden chain at Wakad earlier this year in September; The other 25-year-old woman was persecuted by unknown foods when she walked to her house at Wakad in the same month.
However, the rapid detection of the culprit and various other police investigations still faced obstacles, for various reasons – and the primary among them was the lack of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) in the entire main location at the Civic Pimpri Chinchwad.
The limit, which causes no record available to investigate some cases.
Both the Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Development Corporation Limited (PCCCL) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) have not installed this CCTV network, quoting delays in putting the fiber optic cable.
On several occasions, officials had blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for the delay, claiming that workers lacked or occupied.
But now, there has been a delay of more than 16 months in the task.
Driven to the edge of the abyss amid increasing concerns over crime, civil officials now say that it will be done at the end of December this year itself.
PCMC Executive Engineer Thomas Noronha told TII, “CCTVS mounting work is left behind due to the fact that first, the fiber optic cable network needs to be set earliest.
The underground cable network will discuss about 700 km in twin cities, which is currently around 545km, While the remaining kilometers tend to be borne by the end of next month.
“Noronha, when asked about how many CCTVs were already functioning, also said that he did not have the numbers ready.
However, he acknowledged that the number of functional CCTV was low.
Acticist Civic Maruti Bhapkar said that the smart city body had to install the earliest camera, especially due to the fact that security issues were increasing in the midst of citizens within the boundaries of the citizenship of Twin City.
“The demand must also be done to assess why the work becomes delayed only by the name of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Bhapkar said.
Denizens of residential areas and visitors to the crowded commercial area throughout Shagun Chowk, PimPRI Factory, Wakad, Sangvi, Pimple Gura, Pimple Saudagar, Bhumnkar Chowk, Nigdi and more demands repeated well protected with a supervision system.
Resident Bharati Shah from acne merchant said, “When the gated community has a good internal CCTV coverage, it is a high time road and a bazy Baza is also closed.
Such surveillance is expected to prevent thugs to create threats or reduce such incidents, Which is a requirement of hours.
“Harshad Jadhav, a resident of Sangvi, echoed that lack of supervision gave noise opportunities to roam freely and take part in antisocial activities.
“CCTVs need to be placed in traffic lights, schools, colleges, and others.
Civic’s body must consider complaints from residents about spots where crime occurs and gives priority to the installation.”