Bouddha under surveillance for anti-China acts KATHMANDU: Alarmed by alleged anti-China activities in Bouddha, Nepal Police is all set to keep the area under surveillance of CCTV cameras. Metropolitan Police Commissioner AIGP Navaraj Dhakali will inaugurate the Integrated Security System tomorrow, police officials informed. Thirty-five state-of-the-art surveillance cameras have been installed in two strategic locations, including the premises of Boudhanath Stupa. According to police, 19 CCTV camaras will keep the stretch of Chabahil Chowk to Jorpati Chowk under surveillance, while 16 cameras will monitor the activities on the premises of Boudhanath Stupa, which officials claimed is hotspot of Free Tibet movement and anti-China activities. The cameras were installed at the cost of around Rs 2.5 million. Police said the surveillance camaras installed along the Chabahil Chowk-Jorpati Chowk stretch and Boudhanath Stupa were inducted into the network of control room in the Metropolitan Police Circle, Bouddha, to make an Integrated Security System. Though Boudha Development Committee took the initiative to install CCTV cameras on the premises of the stupa, the organisation has consented to connect into the Integrated Security System under the MPC for effective security measures. The advanced CCTV cameras have night-vision capabilities, which help police keep vigil on areas round-the-clock. Officials informed that they will monitor all public activities, including traffic movement and movement of pedestrians and devotees thronging the stupa for rituals. Bouddha and Jorpati are among many other areas vulnerable to criminal activities in Kathmandu. Bouddha is also known as a hotspot for anti-China activities of Tibetan exiles. Nepal, home to more than 22,000 Tibetan exiles, sticks to ‘One-China Policy’ and has vowed not to allow its soil to be used against its neighbours. Security officials had floated the idea of monitoring the area through surveillance cameras after a Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire as part of pro-Tibet activities on the premises of the stupa on February 13. He had died the next day. On November 10 last year, a Tibetan monk too had attempted to immolate self at the same place.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:29:48 +0000
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