Over 500 CCTV cameras to be installed at KU: VC

Over 500 closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTVs) will be installed in the entire campus of Khulna University under a project of soft infrastructure to ensure the e-security system.

"The CCTV cameras will be monitored round the clock from the security surveillance room," KU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mahmud Hossain yesterday said as chief guest while addressing an opening ceremony of the security personnel's skill enhancement training titled 'Drive for a Better Safety and Security System.'

Organised by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), IQAC Director Professor Dr Md Ziaul Haider presided over the ceremony.

The KU VC said the KU authority would be responsible for maintaining the e-security system. All entrances and exits to the campus must be monitored.

IQAC Additional Director Professor Dr Jagadish Chandra Jowarder delivered the welcome speech while IQAC sub-registrar Nurul Islam Siddiqui conducted the event.

Among others, IQAC Additional Director Professor Dr Md Motiul Islam and security supervisor NazimUddin also spoke on the occasion.

Meanwhile, the Dhaka University campus has been brought under closed-circuit television surveillance. A total of 58 CCTV cameras have been set up on the campus at a cost of Tk 68.84 lakh early this month, said the university authority yesterday.