Kangra admn orders installation of CCTV cameras at religious places within 3 days

The Kangra district administration in Himachal Pradesh on Monday asked all temples, gurdwaras, churches, mosques and other religious places to install CCTV cameras on their premises within three days so that movement of visitors can be monitored amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Action will be taken against management of any such places that do not comply with the order, it warned.

It is mandatory for all religious places in the district to install Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) at all important points within their premises in three days, Kangra Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Prajapati told PTI. Specific orders have been issued to religious places and if any religious place does not abide by the order then action will be taken against its management as per law, he said.

Prajapati said, "Entry of public has already been banned in all shaktipeeths, temples, mosques, churches, gurdwaras and other religious places in the district. Installation of CCTVs will ensure that visitors can be monitored."