VARANASI, May 5 -- Villages in 390 gram panchayats of this district had been equipped with CCTV cameras to bolster security arrangements there as part of Operation Trinetra, a senior government official said, adding these devices were solar powered, and equipped with night vision and sound recording facilities.

"As many as 2,190 night-vision CCTV cameras have been installed in 390 gram panchayats of Varanasi..." said chief development officer Himanshu Nagpal, who is supervising the Trinetra initiative in the district.

He added over the next two months, 1,500 more such cameras would be installed in the remaining 229 grams panchayats. A central command and control room would be set up at Vikas Bhavan from where all the cameras could be mo...