CCTV network to monitor work at govt offices in Haryana dist

A state-wide area network (SWAN) connecting these CCTVs will facilitate monitoring of office work from far-off places

PTI | December 16, 2011



With a view to bring transparency in the functioning of government offices, the district administration has decided to install close circuit television cameras (CCTVs) in the offices involved in delivery of public services.

These cameras will not only keep help in keeping watch on the work being done in the offices, but also allow the Deputy Commissioner and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate to know how individual officer functions, official sources said.

A state-wide area network (SWAN) connecting these CCTVs will facilitate monitoring of office work from far-off places, they said.

As many as seven offices located at Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar towns have so far been chosen by the authorities where the CCTV cameras would be installed in the first phase, they said.

"Transparency is essential to expedite official work.

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