Due to the impossibility of reaching an agreement, even after the trial period of one month, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) digital eyes in the corners of the city likely to help the police keep an eye on the thieves are closed.

All 28 cameras CCTV (CCTV) installed at different locations in the city were dismantled after the city police and telecommunications apparent significant lack of agreement within the framework of the monitoring project. It has now been handed over to Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company (GNFC) in RS9 crore for a period of three years.

Earlier in July, BSNL, a central government-owned company had installed surveillance cameras at strategic locations in town to monitor criminals and other illegal activities. But a few days ago, all cameras were removed as the trial run lasted a month has ended, and both sides failed to reach an agreement.

Now, police in the town of rope GNFC, Gujarat, a Crown corporation for the project. City police commissioner Sudhir Sinha said the state-owned PSU (public sector involvement) has been completed for the contract to install and maintain CCTV cameras.

“We have entered into an agreement to install GNFC 130 CCTV cameras throughout the city. While 60 of them have confirmed the location of seats, 70 are mounted on mobile police vehicles,” said the Commissioner.

According to Sinha, the project the most important factor to cancel the contract with BSNL. “In addition, GNFC is a state PSU, making it easy to communicate with them and to help us speed up the process,” he said. The Commissioner also said that the trial of the effectiveness of the CCTV camera GNFC was made during the Rath Yatra in July this year and the purchase decision will be taken soon.

Under the agreement, install and maintain 130 NGTF cameras CCTV at a cost of millions of rupees RS9 for a period of three years. Apart from the installation and maintenance, NGTF also download and store images recorded by these cameras.

Of the 130 cameras, 60 cameras are precision with 2 pixels (MP) resolution mega. These cameras will be installed at major intersections and places of the city. Sinha said that today, only Delhi and Bangalore with 2 MP camera. “We will be the third largest city in India for high-precision camera that can tilt, pan, zoom and magnify,” he said.

In addition to these static cameras, GNFC is also installed 70 cameras, mobile surveillance, the police confirmed the vehicle as PCR vans and vehicles for rapid response teams.