Police to deploy advanced surveillance technology ahead of Sathya Sai Baba’s centenary celebrations

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Ahead of Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s centenary celebrations, the Sri Sathya Sai territory constabulary person chalked retired an elaborate information plan, deploying precocious surveillance exertion successful Puttaparthi, Dharmavaram, Hindupur, and Kadiri sub-divisions.

Superintendent of Police (SP) S. Satish Kumar connected Sunday performed ‘bhumi puja’ for the ₹1.39 crore integer surveillance task here, which volition beryllium equipped with 216 CCTV cameras and day-and-night imaginativeness drones crossed Puttaparthi and its surroundings. The task is being funded by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust. Similar networks would beryllium launched successful different subdivisions also.

Speaking to the media, the SP said that Puttaparthi was apt to witnesser a surge of implicit 10 lakh devotees from each implicit India and abroad, including VIPs and VVIPs. “To negociate the monolithic convergence of devotees, we are going to deploy 10 automatic fig sheet designation cameras, 169 static units, portion 47 mobile cameras person already been installed,” Mr. Satish Kumar said, adding that each the equipments would beryllium linked to a State-of-the-art power country successful Puttaparthi, which volition stay operational 24/7 till November 25.

The SP said that 2 exclusive night-vision drone cameras funded by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust astatine a outgo of ₹5 lakh volition beryllium deployed for aerial surveillance. “This makes Puttaparthi the archetypal municipality successful Andhra Pradesh to deploy specified technology,” Mr. Satish Kumar said.

Puttaparthi MLA Palle Sindhura Reddy highlighted that the inaugural would greatly heighten information and instrumentality and bid protection, arsenic the centenary celebrations would beryllium attended by the Prime Minister and respective Chief Ministers, and overseas dignitaries.

Published - October 12, 2025 06:37 p.m. IST

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