Patna, July 5: The government today approved the plan to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all 1056 police stations and approved implementation of the Bihar Transformative Development Project - Jeevika II project - in 300 blocks.

These were among the 21 issues taken up for discussion and approval at the cabinet meeting this evening.

"The CCTV cameras will be installed at all police stations, including the lock-ups and office rooms, spread over 40 police districts and 14 railway police districts for Rs 282 crore," said principal secretary, cabinet secretariat, Brajesh Mehrotra said. "The amount will be spent in the 2016-17 fiscal and the coming years."

The decision to install the cameras follows the Supreme Court's June 2015 order in which it had directed the Centre and all states to put all police stations and their interrogation rooms under CCTV surveillance to prevent custodial torture.

The government gave its approval to implement the Jeevika II project too for poverty alleviation in 300 of the state's 534 blocks. The six-year project will be implemented for Rs 2,766 crore of which the World Bank will provide Rs 1,936 crore.

"An agreement is expected to be signed on June 8 in New Delhi. Representatives of the central and Bihar governments and World Bank will be present," Mehrotra said.

The cabinet also dissolved the Centre for Good Governance Society, constituted under the general administration department in November 2011, and approved various projects for agriculture development worth Rs 368 crore.