Residents install CCTVs to avert burglery
As middle-class communities in cities increasingly turn gated and security conscious, the residents of an upscale Ghaziabad neighbourhood, that has witnessed 12 burglaries in four months, have decided to install CCTV cameras in their area as Uttar Pradesh Police have been able to do little against growing crime’.
“The Kaushambi Area Residents Welfare Association (KARWA) will install CCTV cameras in all the 20 towers in Kaushambi. All escape routes are being monitored. The CCTV footages would cover the parking areas and terrace routes,” KARWA president Narayan Rajamani told IANS. “These steps are being taken in view of the increasing burglary incidents and police failure to detect them. The cameras have been installed in four towers so far - Shivalik, Nanda, Kailash and Trishul,” he added.
The spate of burglaries that began in the high rise towers of Ghaziabad’s trans-Hindon area four months ago has continued - 12 such incidents have been reported in Kaushambi alone. In one of the most recent incidents, burglars broke open the latches of two flats situated in Kaushambi’s Dhaulagiri tower and stole cash, jewellery and other articles.
. “After receiving complaints from these victims, we have detained two security guards deployed in the tower for questioning.We are cordinating with the local Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs) that had deployed security guards,” Ghanshyam Singh, Inspector of Indirapuram Police Station, told IANS. But residents are not convinced.
“Police assured residents that they would provide requisite security.But it has proved to be futile,” said Rajiv Bhalla, secretary of the Satpura tower RWA.
