Housing Development Corporation HDC has revealed its plans to install CCTV cameras at the newly built Hiya Flats as residence gear up to move into the housing units.
HDC said that it plans to install around 3,000 cameras in the 16 towers housing the flats and that it would complete the work in four stages.
The corporation said that it had already awarded the first stage of the work to a company and that the remaining three projects would be opened for proposal submission later this week.
HDC had said that it would install 7 CCTV cameras on each floor of the 16 towers.
It had recently announced the corporation's decision to replace the sound-activated lights installed in the corridors of the Hiya Flats after many complained about these lights.
All 16 towers have these corridor lights which only switch once a loud sound is made near the lights.
If the surrounding is silent, then the whole flat areas are dark and this has prompted some complaints from flat owners preparing to move to their housing units.
This follows after several incidents of theft and burglary at the newly built Hiya Flats.
Many had said that their properties have been stolen from the flats as the area does not have any security and as there are no CCTV cameras installed at the Hiya Towers yet.
