Hyderabad: With a view to make Hyderabad a more safe place to live in, the IT, Pharma and other service sectors are expanding the Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR) as a central hub. The authorities of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Authority (GHMC) and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) have stepped up its efforts according to the directives of the Home Minister KTR to set up a large-scale surveillance system in these areas.
Telangana's IT Minister KT Rama Rao recently chaired a high-level meeting and said that GHMC and HMDA should be transformed into a city with full security.
Municipal Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar has instructed the zonal commissioners and other department heads to commence the work of setting up a full-fledged surveillance system. The responsibilities have been allocated to different departments according to the areas and Kumar has ordered that the project must be completed within 30 days. HMDA has also ordered the immediate installation of CCTV cameras in the vicinity of the Outer Ring Road.
Rama Rao clarified that areas not under the purview of the surveillance eye should be identified and the cameras should be fixed on a war footing. Following this, Chief Secretary of the Municipal Department has ordered that the GHMC, HMDA authorities should start action immediately. District Collectors under the ORR vicinity and Commissioners of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Rachakonda, Municipalities, GHMC, Commissioners of Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation (HMRL), South Central Railway, TSRTC, State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) Corporation, Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (GGCL), Telangana State Southern Power Division Corporation Limited, Departments of Marketing, Irrigation and other departments were guided accordingly.