15,000 CCTVs for Obama, Why not for Indians: HC
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Delhi high court has chided the government for installing 15,000 CCTV cameras within weeks for US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit New Delhi, but failing to act fast when it comes to meet the needs of the citizens.
So "let's get someone from outer space," a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva remarked.
The bench was hearing an application seeking that the cameras being put up for the American President's security should not be removed after the event in light of several incidents like the December 16 gangrape case.
"Because of a foreign President you (government) do it, but not for Indian citizens. If we direct you to do it for Indians, you do in months and years, else you do it in weeks. Let's get someone from outer space," the bench said.
It also issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government and city police and sought their responses on whether the cameras would be removed.
"Will you remove it (cameras)? You take instructions. Notice. Delhi government, Centre and Delhi police seek time for instructions. Renotify on January 30," the bench said.
It also remarked, "it will take them years to remove it, if it is not vandalised before that".
The bench's observations came on an application filed by advocate Meera Bhatia, claiming that the 15,000 CCTV cameras, which were being installed by the government as a security measure ahead of the Obama visit to the capital on Republic Day, should not be removed in a hurry.
"In the light of the Nirbhaya case, it is evident that the law and order situation in Delhi demands that these cameras (being installed for US president's arrival) should not be removed from some strategic places like the entry and exit points of the capital and other places mapped as the high crime rate zones here," it said.
It also alleged that despite the high court's earlier direction to the government to install CCTV camera across the capital for tracking rape cases and keeping vigil, the same has not been followed.
"Had the cameras been installed at the required places, the Nirbhaya case and other the unfortunate incidents of similar nature might have been avoided or tracked easily," the application said.? (Hindustan Times)
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