The Cuddalore district police have embarked on widening the remote surveillance network, Third Eye, across the district to ensure “foolproof monitoring” and for real-time action against criminals and traffic rule violators.
As many as 1,000 closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) with high resolution are being installed at various points within the jurisdiction of the police sub-divisions in Cuddalore, Panruti, Chidambaram, Sethiyathope, Neyveli, Vriddhachalam and Thittakudi in addition to the existing ones at various vantage points to bring more areas, mainly busy traffic junctions, under surveillance.
“A private firm empanelled by the government has begun work on installation of the CCTVs and the work is expected to be completed in a month’s time. The funds sanctioned by the elected representatives in the district under the MLA LAD (Local Area Development) scheme would be used for installing CCTVs in all the nine assembly segments – Cuddalore, Panruti, Neyveli, Kurunjipadi, Chidambaram, Bhuvanagiri, Kattumannarkovil, Vriddhachalam and Thittakudi,” a police officer said.
