Andhra Pradesh sends CCTV installation proposal to Centre

The Andhra Pradesh government has sent a proposal to the Centre to install 5,500 high-security closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the city, which is likely to be allotted in the next three months, according to state DGP V Dinesh Reddy.
"A Rs 550-crore budget proposal has been sent to the Centre to install 5,500 CCTV cameras under Hyderabad and Cyberabad Commissionerate limits. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has also written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about it," the AP police chief told reporters on the sidelines of a function here today.
"It is in the pipeline and will happen in next three months," he said.

In reply to queries about the February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar here that left 17 dead and over 100 injured, the DGP said the state police is fully cooperating with the NIA, which is now investigating the case.
However, he said that controlling terror through CCTVs is not the only solution.
"We are working on other policing methods. Lot of mock drills are being carried out, counter-intelligence has been further activated and we are working on different directions," Reddy added.

The Hyderabad branch of the NIA has already lodged two first information reports (FIRs) with regard to the case.

Two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) exploded near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in Dilsukhnagar here on the evening of February 21, claiming 17 lives and injuring over 100.
So far, the NIA has questioned suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives Syed Maqbool, Imran Khan and Obaid-ur-Rehman.