Lucknow gets hi-tech policing with CCTVs

In an effort to make Lucknow city more safe and secure, the police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has installed closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) at eight undisclosed points in the state capital.

The cameras have been installed at eight points in the Hazratganj locality of the city and soon the facility will be extended to other districts also, reports IANS quoting a senior state police official.

“The cameras are accessible via Internet at the computer kept at the Hazratganj police station and the laptop of the station officer,” Lucknow Senior Superintendent of Police Akhil Kumar said.

Inaugurating the facility on Sunday, the Director General of Police Vikram Singh claimed that it will definitely help in reducing crime.

He further said that soon it will be extended to other important and vital police stations of the city and gradually to other districts.

Besides, the state police also has plans to develop Criminal Investigation Units (CIU) at all police stations. “Such units are functional and successful in Mumbai and we hope to achieve similar success here too,” sources said.

The official added the unit will soon come up on trial basis at the Hazratganj police station and will be made functional at all the police stations of the states.