Click to play videoNew Delhi: The citizens of Delhi paid a heavy price on Saturday, September 13 when bombs went off in crowded, public places in the city.
The investigating agencies could have drawn information from the closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) footage but cameras at all the four blast sites were dysfunctional.
So, the police can now expect no nailing evidences to come from the cameras that were so ambitiously placed at these key public places.
The cameras simply failed to capture any movements of terrorists before they could attack.
The citizens of Delhi have been forthcoming with eyewitness accounts but technology seemed to fail the city when terror struck.
These CCTV cameras are some of the most vital devices to monitor activity in a public place.
But most of these cameras in the capital don't work and many are in a poor condition. Some simply point towards the sky, almost hinting that its work is left to providence.
Shockingly in the commercial hub of Karol Bagh, only five of the total 28 CCTV cameras function. And those that function, do not give a 360 degree view, defeating the very purpose they were installed for.
At the crowded M Block Market in the Greater Kailash-I part of Delhi, where two of the five bombs went off, only four CCTV cameras work.
DCP South Delhi, HGS Dhaliwal does not think that it is a cause for any concern, yet.
"This is a huge market. It also depends on what angle the camera is covering, obviously, we'll look at the footage and try and look for clues," he said.
Two blasts ripped through Connaught Place in the heart of the city. While the underground shopping area of Palika Bazaar has two CCTV cameras, there are none in the market at the ground level.
Authorities say the New Delhi Municipal Corporation's plans to install them are still in the pipeline.
Citizens have paid for the civic administration's delay in installing functional cameras.
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