CCTVs everywhere but do they get the care they deserve?

The Delhi government celebrated an act of mass surveillance, issuing a self-congratulatory press release, as reported in Delhi ahead of New York and London in terms of ‘CCTV cameras installed per square mile’. The press release marks the CCTV installation as a competitive metric based on a study by the consumer research website Comparitech. It notes that Delhi has 1,826 CCTVs per square mile, ranking it above 150 other global cities. 

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