The plan to install CCTVs at civic-run schools has finally taken off with the civic body starting work on the project, which was sanctioned in 2019 but was stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first phase of the work, the BMC will install the cameras at school premises, such as entrances, hallways, etc. As part of the second phase, CCTVs are to be installed inside classrooms, and the civic body is also mulling whether to live-stream the footage to parents. 

An official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said, “We are in the process of starting the project as schools will start operating at pre-pandemic timings from June. The tender process for the same will start in a month.”