NDMC stopped CCTV installation after L-G set up panel: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had stopped installing CCTV cameras after the Lieutenant-Governor set up a committee to form a standard operating procedure (SOP) for CCTV cameras.

Mr. Kejriwal, who along with Ministers and MLAs protested outside Raj Niwas on Monday, said the NDMC had been installing cameras for the past two years, but had stopped last week.

“NDMC was installing CCTV cameras in residential colonies for last 2 yrs. In view of LG’s committee, NDMC has also stopped further installation of cameras. Extremely unfortunate. Whatever gud work was gng on, all stopped. Dirty politics wid women safety [sic],” Mr. Kejriwal said in a tweet.

CM had used MLA fund

A member of the NDMC, Mr. Kejriwal had used his MLA fund to install cameras in New Delhi constituency. On May 8, Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal had ordered a committee headed by the principal secretary of the Home Department to come up with a framework for installation, operation and maintenance of CCTV cameras in Delhi.

The Delhi government has an ongoing project to install 1.4 lakh cameras, which the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation says has been delayed due to the formation of the committee.