CCTVs to be 'eyes' of law-enforcers in Koraput town

CCTVs will be set up to step up surveillance as part of measures to check crime at the district headquarters town of Koraput in Odisha.
The administration will install the cameras at six locations - regional transport office Chhaka, Gundicha Mandir junction, Traffic chhaka, SP office chhacka, Municipality office junction and bus stand - with work slated to start from next week.
"This will take the police-public relations to new heights and will be helpful in curbing crime," Koraptu Collector Jaya Kumar V said.
In the first phase, 14 CCTV cameras will be installed in major parts of the town in the project that will be funded by the Koraput Regional Improvement Trust (KRIT).

In the second phase, more CCTV cameras would come up in other parts of the town, said V Satya Narayan, Secretary of KRIT who further added the integrated security surveillance system will cost around Rs 6 lakh.
The CCTV cameras will be installed through Wi-Fi technology and a control room will be set up at the Koraput town police station from where officials would monitor areas under CCTV surveillance, he said.
Police are hoping that the hi-tech cameras would bring down the crime rate, particularly snatching, motorcyle theft and rash driving, as the technology would cut response time.
Once impletmented, Koraput will become the second hi-tech surveillance town of the district after Jeypore, where as many as 14 CCTV cameras have already been installed few months back.