Telangana to install 862 CCTV cameras and 12 mobile toilets to enhance urban safety under the Safe City project
The Telangana Police will install 862 new CCTV cameras and deploy 12 additional mobile 'She Toilets' in Hyderabad as part of the Safe City project, aiming to enhance urban safety for women, children, and pedestrians. The project, reviewed by DGP C.V. Anand, also focuses on improving existing infrastructure like traffic signals and supporting initiatives like SHE Teams.
Why it matters
These measures are crucial for improving public safety and infrastructure in urban areas, particularly for women, and demonstrate a commitment to leveraging technology for better governance and citizen well-being. They aim to create a safer and more accessible urban environment.
The Telangana Police will be installing 862 more CCTV cameras across the three police commissionerates and 12 additional mobile ‘She Toilets’ are to be deployed in Hyderabad as part of the Telangana government’s Safe City project aimed at making urban spaces safer for women, children and pedestrians.
The measures were reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by Director-General of Police (DGP) C.V. Anand on Thursday, where police, GHMC and officials from various government departments took stock of the technology-driven urban safety project.
The State already has 2,306 Safe City CCTV cameras in operation, including 974 in the Hyderabad Commissionerate limits, 574 in Cyberabad and 758 in Malkajgiri limits. A total of 862 cameras are being installed, with 452 planned for Hyderabad, 297 for Cyberabad and 113 for Malkajgiri.
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