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One of the six CCTV cameras installed at the office of Bokaro deputy commissioner to keep tabs on employees, strangers and brokers and (above) a split screen television showing multiple footage. Pictures by Pankaj Singh |
Bokaro deputy commissioner (DC) is keeping an electronic eye on his staff.
In a move to discipline lazy bureaucrats who never reach office on time or spend most of the work hours away from their desks and at tea stalls with brokers seeking special services, Bokaro DC Sunil Kumar has gone the corporate way to introduce close circuit television (CCTV) cameras at his office. While six cameras have already been fixed at various points, four more will be added by this week.
Besides keeping a watch on the activities of babus, the gadgets will also help the DC maintain a tab on strangers and brokers, who had created trouble on the premises several times in the past.
According to sources, the decision to introduce electronic surveillance was taken after it came to Kumar’s notice that the staff hardly work for more than four hours a day. “Further, it was found that in the DC’s absence, 90 per cent of employees did not turn up for work or went home after spending a few minutes at the office. As a result, dozens of files related to development and welfare projects have piled up,” said a source.
As of now, the six CCTVs have been installed at the welfare department, record room, supply department’s chamber, stairs, the gallery leading to the DC’s chamber and the treasury chamber. The cameras are being monitored right from Kumar’s office.
Sources revealed that the CCTVs would start functioning from 10am when the office opens till it is closed in the evening. The footages will be recorded continuously so that even if the DC is away, he can check them once he is back.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Kumar said he got the CCTVs installed to adopt a corporate working culture and bring about transparency. “The idea is to make the officials accountable and ensure better security on the premises. The cameras will keep an eye on the staff and others,” he said.
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