NE NEWS SERVICE
KUMBAKONAM, DEC 11
The spiritual town Kumbakonam will sport an additional 100 CCTV cameras sponsored by the century-old City Union Bank as part of its CSR. This will support the endeavour of the district police for stepping up surveillance in the town.
These cameras fitted around the town in addition to the existing 140 cameras were commissioned by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Thanjavur Range, J. Loganathan in the presence of Managing Director and CEO of City Union Bank, N. Kamakotti, and SP, Thanjavur District, S.S. Maheswaran recently.
Presiding over the commissioning of 100 additional cameras at Modern Control Room in Kumbakonam on Monday, DIG Loganathan said the crime rate in the busy temple town had come down considerably after important tourist and commercial areas were brought under the scanner.
He termed the CCTV network as ‘third eye’ of police in maintaining law and order and checking and detecting crime. The network would also help in regulating heavy flow of traffic on arterial roads, particularly during peak hours in the morning and evening and on festival days.
The expansion of CCTV surveillance cameras installed across the town would help provide better policing service to residents of Kumbakonam and visiting tourists.
Further, the police public address systems set up at 120 places across the town had been received well by the people as the facility was used to direct motorists to take alternative routes to avoid getting caught in traffic pile-ups on busy roads during peak hours. They were also used to check parking of vehicles by visiting tourists on busy roads and near temples that might lead to traffic congestion.
The district headquarters town, Thanjavur, had already been brought under a surveillance network. It had been proposed to increase the number of cameras installed in Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Muthupettai and Thiruthuraipoondi and at police check posts along East Coast Road, police officials said.
