India, July 8 -- The Pune police have launched their hill surveillance project, aimed at improving safety in remote and secluded areas. Under the initial phase of the project announced a few months ago, three of the planned 160 emergency call boxes (ECBs) has been installed in Bopdev Ghat with and trial phases completed. In the coming days, 22 hill locations across the city will be covered with ECB facility.

The security and safety measure is carried out against the backdrop of serious crimes, including the gang-rape of a woman at Bopdev Ghat last year, and repeated incidents of robberies on isolated hill paths like Taljai. The project is designed to strengthen real-time response mechanisms in these poorly lit and thinly patrolled zones....