Hyderabad to double number of surveillance cameras
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This week, state authorities in Telangana announced a ramping up of surveillance across Hyderabad. On Monday, in a meeting with government and police officials, K. T. Rama Rao, the minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, tasked the police department with doubling the city’s surveillance cameras to about a million. The authorities say the cameras should cover most of the city, including malls, parks, government hospitals and other public places in an effort to cut crime. (...)
