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Utility pushes demand for CCTV cameras
The welfare associations of various colonies and apartments in the city are keen to install the CCTV cameras at apartments and colonies in the city to step up the security.
Vijayawada: The welfare associations of various colonies and apartments in the city are keen to install the CCTV cameras at apartments and colonies in the city to step up the security. After bifurcation of the state, the city gained prominence, thanks to the construction of capital city Amaravati. Many people, including job seekers and labourers, are coming to the city in search of livelihood.
Hence, the owners of small shops and other establishments in the colonies are also advised to install CCTV cameras to avoid any untoward incident. The 135 registered welfare associations of colonies and apartments have been instructed by the police department to install CCTV cameras.
Several apartments have already been equipped with CCTV cameras and some of them are yet to fix. But majority of the colonies and apartments, which were constructed in the recent past, have been equipped with CCTV cameras.
The owners of apartments at Mogulrajapuram, Labbipet, Gandhinagar, Benz Circle, Patamata Colony, Gurunanank Colony, Postal Colony, Gayathri Nagar, Suryaraopet, Governerpet, Satyanarayanapuram were the first to install CCTV cameras. Later, other areas also started installing the CCTV cameras on their premises.
Now the builders are also including the CCTV security provision for every apartment or colony, said Bezwada Builders Association president G Rajalingam. Former corporator Bobba Srinivasa Rao said earlier Gunadala and Patamatalanka were villages. But now due to the rise in migration from other parts of state, the residents should give priority for security, he said.
The Welfare Association of LIC Colony planning to install CCTV cameras at the entrance point of four roads. The residents of the colony has taken a decision to install CCTV cameras at a meeting recently. Actually, the colony residents especially women are afraid of chain snatchings.
Hence, police set up a special post. The higher officials of police department are also residents in the colony since the shifting of staff from Hyderabad.
A Venkateswara Rao, a resident of the colony, said that chain snatching and several crime incidents could be controlled in the colony by installing the CCTV cameras. The maintenance is affordable, he added. Anne Srikrishna Rao, owner of Annex Security Systems, said the sale of CCTV cameras was increased.
By Patibandla Srinivas
