Darbar Sahib Complex To Have 100 Cctv Cameras, Followed By Other Historical Gurdwaras: Sgpc

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

Golden Temple to have 100 CCTV cameras

Varinder Walia

Tribune News Service

Amritsar , February 7

The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee will install more than 100 CCTV cameras for more security in the Golden Temple and Akal Takht complex.

After a meeting with senior officials of the Delhi -based Consultancy Company, here today, SGPC chief Avtar Singh said all sensitive points would be covered with the CCTV cameras. Later, other historical gurdwaras would also have security cameras. Closed-circuit cameras will help keep round the clock check on all sensitive locations of Sikh historical places.

A decision to this effect was already taken at an executive body meeting of the SGPC chaired by chief Avtar Singh. Earlier, the proposal was mooted when Bibi Jagir Kaur was headed the SGPC.

The SGPC president said closed -circuit cameras would be installed by the end of April this year.

SGPC sources said the decision on CCTV camera was taken following attacks on religious places in South Asia. Cases of picking of pockets, garment thefts in the complex and reports of children missing prompted the SGPC to act on the proposal.

The SGPC will also bring accounts of all the historical gurdwaras online. The accounts could be accessed by any devotee, said SGPC .This is for transparency in the working of Shiromani Committee. History and accounts of important gurdwaras- 62, managed by the SGPC, would also be available online . Boards describing history would also be put up outside these gurdwaras. The SGPC president said mobile jammers would also be installed at various locations of the SGPC to prevent cell users to disturb serenity of Sikh shrines.