Statues of leaders in Kallakurichi district to come under CCTV cover
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The Kallakurichi district police have began putting in Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) to cover all of the statues of leaders as half of enhancing safety and to stop the statues from being desecrated.
Kallakurichi district, encompassing three police sub-divisions — Kallakurichi, Ulundurpet and Tirukovilur has about 120 statues of leaders. The statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Periyar, former Chief Ministers, C.N. Annadurai, M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa are situated in each private and non-private locations.
The district police, with the cooperation of political events and sponsors, have began erecting grills across the statues to defend them from vandals in the wake of the desecration of statues of some of the leaders.
“The exercise started last year and covered all the 120 statues. Now we have started the installation of CCTVs to safeguard them and have covered 10 statues so far,” Superintendent of Police Ziaul Haque advised The Hindu.
“The police department coordinated with local residents, private parties and sponsors to cover the statues. The high-resolution cameras installed near the statues have also been integrated with the police control room. The surveillance will not only act as a strong deterrent to keep miscreants at bay but will also help the police in the event of law and order or incidents of crime,” Mr. Haque mentioned.
Over 500 police personnel in the rank of Special Sub-Inspector, Head Constable and Grade I constable have been appointed as Village Vigilance Police Officers (VVPOs). They can be in cost of 562 mom villages and hamlets coming under the three police sub-divisions and resolve fundamental points.
The VVPOs may even prevail upon native residnets who can afford to set up CCTVs as half of an initiative to make the hamlets secure, Mr. Haque added.
