Title - CCTV surveillance cameras at bus termini in Pune

PUNE: Just after the German Bakery blast in February 2010, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation ( MSRTC) had decided to install CCTV surveillance cameras at its bus termini in Pune. Two years on, no progress had been made on this front.Every day, around 85,000 commuters visit the bus termini at Swargate, Shivajinagar and Pune station.According to sources from the Pune division, a proposal about the installation of the cameras was submitted to the head office a year ago. A central team had visited the three bus stations, but there was no further communication.The reason is non-availability of funds. Even after repeated follow-ups, the central office has not given instructions to procure surveillance cameras.As for the railway stations, only Pune railway station, with 34 CCTV cameras working round-the-clock, has some sort of surveillance system. The railway administration has no immediate plans to install CCTV cameras at other stations. "Only Pune station has a CCTV network as of now in the Pune division," said an official. "There is a proposal to install a similar network at Miraj station but work is yet to begin," he added.