AAP mulls buying CCTV cameras from open market

The AAP government is studying available options in the market to buy CCTV cameras for installation in various part of the city as procuring them from the empanelled agency was turning out to be expensive, a senior party leader said on Friday.

AAP’s Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey said, several places in the national Capital will get CCTVs by the end of this financial year, a promise the party had made during the Delhi Assembly polls. A committee comprising district collectors and MLAs has studied the available CCTV options in the market as buying them from the empanelled agency--Electrical Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL)--was turning out to be expensive, he said.

“Delhi government just had one central agency ECIL to buy CCTV cameras. Buying cameras from ECIL was proving to be extremely expensive. The agency which was empanelled would sell CCTVs for Rs 70,000 to 80,000.