New Delhi: The national capital of India has marked several milestones for so many reasons but this time it has proudly beat all the big cities of the world, including Shanghai, New York, and even London. As per Forbes’ surveillance camera statistics list, Delhi has ranked first with most cameras installed per square miles.
Surrounded by a large number of watchful eyes or say number of public CCTV cameras in the 150 most populated cities worldwide, Delhi has a total of 1,826.6 cameras per square mile.
Apart from Delhi, Chennai has ranked 3rd with 609.9 cameras per square mile while, Mumbai bagged 18th spot with 157.4 cameras, Forbes report added.
Delhi has surpassed several Chinese cities like Shenzhen (520.1), Wuxi ( 472.7), Qingdao (415.8), Shanghai (408.5) among others having the most cameras per square mile in the world.
#NewsByNumbers | Delhi, Chennai among most surveilled in the world, ahead of Chinese cities. While Delhi ranks in the first place with most number of cameras per square miles, Chennai ranks third and Mumbai 18th https://t.co/mXuvMRy42q
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— Forbes India (@forbes_india) August 25, 2021
Delhi has also outshone London (1,138.5), Singapore (387.6), New York (193.7), and Moscow (210) in the aforementioned category.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “Feel proud to say that Delhi beats cities like Shanghai, New York, and London with most CCTV cameras per sq mile”.
CM Kejriwal also felicitated officers involved in the camera installation mission and wrote, “My compliments to our officers and engineers who worked in mission mode n achieved it in such a short time”.
Feel proud to say that Delhi beats cities like Shanghai, NY n London with most CCTV cameras per sq mile
Delhi has 1826 cameras, London has 1138 cameras per sq mile
Feel proud to say that Delhi beats cities like Shanghai, NY n London with most CCTV cameras per sq mile
Delhi has 1826 cameras, London has 1138 cameras per sq mile
My compliments to our officers and engineers who worked in mission mode n achieved it in such a short time https://t.co/G8KpDuBjej
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 26, 2021
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