India, Aug. 7 -- New Delhi

Select parts of Delhi will be covered with facial recognition-enabled closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras as part of the ministry of home affairs' "Safe City Project", the ministry said in a written response in Rajya Sabha to a question by Trinamool Congress (TMC) Parliamentarian Saket Gokhale.

It stated that the project aims to enhance urban security and surveillance infrastructure, including the establishment of an Integrated Command, Control, Communication & Computer Centre (C4I).

The "Safe City Project", funded by the Centre, aims to ensure technology-enabled enhanced policing and better security, especially for women, and costs around Rs.798 crore, officials associated with the programme said. This ...