BENGALURU:District Minister Ramalinga Reddy has urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to provide more Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras for Bengaluru.
Reddy told reporters on Thursday that there is a proposal to install 3,000 CCTVs around the city. “In addition to this, we need more CCTV cameras. There have been many bomb threats, and CCTV cameras on roads would help us keep the city safe. We need a model similar to the one in Delhi,” he said. The delegation, which accompanied Reddy, included city MPs, the BBMP commissioner and Mayor Shanthakumari.
The delegation also met Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Explaining the purpose of meeting the union ministers, Reddy said some of the projects needed Central aid, including the 75-km elevated corridor, which needs Rs 18,000 crore. The acquisition of 45 acres of defence land in Bengaluru for road widening at various locations, and the construction of 22 railway under bridges/over bridges would also need Central help.
Reddy said proposals for a steel bridge between Minerva Circle and Hudson Circle, a flyover between Ejipura Cross and Kendriya Sadan in Koramangala, another flyover at Okalipuram, and remodeling of three major storm water drains, which were proposed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, will be re-submitted. “These will be taken up under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). The estimated cost of these projects is Rs 2,500 crore,” he said.