In This Bengaluru Park, 120 CCTV Cameras To Watch Criminals, And Lovers
BENGALURU: Central Bengaluru’s biggest lung space, Cubbon Park, is getting 120 CCTV cameras. The cameras will not be just used to keep a close watch on criminals but romancing couples as well. And as soon as the security guard scanning the CCTV camera feed at a centralised monitoring centre finds a lovebird getting what he thinks is just too close, he will pause the music being played over the loudspeakers that will dot the 197-acre estate and deliver a warning to the couple: Either keep your distance or leave the park. Moral policing? Not at all, insists SS Mallikarjun, Karnataka’s horticulture minister who heads the department that is coordinating the big upgrade that will also include installing 700 Led lights and landscaping some portions. But horticulture department officials talk about increasing complaints of indecent behaviour by some couples in a public space. We are not making them (young couples) unhappy. They can sit, talk and go,” Mahantesh ...