PANJIM: Effective electronic surveillance system in the public areas is very much needed to strengthen crime detention, but it remained only a dream for Goa under BJP government, claimed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday.
In a press release AAP said that the recent cases in the major cities of Goa have proved that the State government has failed to setup and maintain the CCTV cameras which has led to increase in the crime rate and broad daylight robberies.
“One can never forget the brutal murder of Margao based jeweller who was stabbed by the thieves audaciously in the broad daylight. After the murder of the jeweller, the police had a tough time to gather CCTV evidence across the city as most of the cameras were not functioning”, AAP said.
“The CCTV cameras installation under the leadership of Margao MLA Digambar Kamat as a part of the much hyped ‘smart city implementation’ in Margao largely remained a political agenda”, the party added.
“There is scam in the procurement of the CCTV cameras which were installed under Smart City project for Panjim, where the same company had installed the same type of cameras in Mumbai and Pune at the cost of Rs. 10 thousand each, while for Goa the same cameras were installed for Rs 4 lakh each”, said Convenor Rahul Mhambre.
