Panchkula, Feb. 13 -- A year after the contract for maintenance of CCTV cameras expired, the Panchkula municipal corporation approved Rs.2.43 crore for the same on Monday.

The civic body has installed 394 CCTVs in Panchkula, the majority of which have been non-functional for a long time. Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal, said, "We have approval for floating a tender of Rs.2.43 crore for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of CCTV cameras and other related items for the smooth functioning of the existing CCTV surveillance system in Panchkula."

The civic body has not renewed the contract for maintenance of CCTVs since November 2022. Earlier, MC officials had reasoned that as CCTV footage is monitored and put to use by the cops, it is th...