DNA: New Delhi: Tuesday, June 06, 2017.
None of the
police stations in the New Delhi district of Delhi Police which includes the
entire Lutyens zone, have CCTV cameras installed in them. The situation remains
so, despite a number of protests and agitations witnessed every day by the
district that houses government and VIP installations with the highest threat
alert. Followed by New Delhi is the west district which also has cameras
installed in none of its police stations.
The
revelations were made in an RTI reply filed by the DNA. In its reply, dated May
2, 2017, the Delhi Police cleared that, "No CCTV is installed any police
station of New Delhi district. However, for the installation of CCTVs a proposal
has already been sent to PHQ and P&L."
Followed by
the New Delhi district, that houses most of the VVIP's residences, offices and
most of the country's important installations facing regular potential threat
from terror organisations, a reply from the west district also stated that none
of the police stations are under CCTV surveillance. "No CCTV cameras have
been installed in premises of police stations in west district," the reply
read.
Apart from
this, the reply stated that only four police stations out of 14 in northwest
district are covered with CCTV cameras. While northeast district has security
and surveillance cameras installed only in seven police stations out of total
12, the east district has it in seven police stations out of total ten police
stations which fall under this district. Four cameras in each of its seven
police stations have been installed, the reply stated.
This is
despite the Delhi Police Commissioner's special emphasis on strengthening
security inside and outside the police stations and nearby areas, in the
force's regular crime review meetings.
The RTI query
also sought availability of medical facilities in police stations. Among the
districts which replied, only New Delhi district has stated that it has first
aid facility available in all its police stations.
While reply
from, the east, northeast and southeast districts clarified that no medical
facility is available in any of the police stations falling under these
districts, west and northwest districts stated that all the employees are
covered under CGHS scheme.
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