Maharashtra: Mira Bhayandar civic body starts control room to improve safety of students in schools

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation MBMC in Maharashtras Thane district has launched a new Central School Control Room to bolster the safety of students by monitoring CCTV footage across the civic schools officials said reported news agency PTIThe move comes after two fouryearold girls were sexually assaulted allegedly by a male attendant in the washroom of a school in Badlapur area of the district last monthMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on September 5 inaugurated the Mira Bhayandar civic bodys Central School Control Room via video conferencing reported PTIThe facility located at the Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar Auditorium in Mira Bhayandar area is designed to monitor CCTV footage across municipal schools to enhance student safety a Mira Bhayander civic body release said on Saturday reported PTIMunicipal Commissioner Sanjay Katkar said the control room which can monitor nearly 1000 CCTV cameras is equipped with advanced technology and a UPS generator backup It will oversee footage from 200 cameras installed in 36 municipal schools with approximately 10000 students reported PTIThe control room promises to address security concerns proactively and provide a secure learning environment for students parents and school staffInitially focusing on municipal schools the initiative plans to include private institutions in the future the Mira Bhayandar civic body release said reported PTIIn his address CM Shinde stressed on the significance of ensuring a secure environment for students particularly emphasising the need for realtime CCTV surveillance to deter wrongful activitiesHe urged other municipal corporations to adopt the MBMCs model to enhance educational safety standards across MaharashtraThe chief minister also highlighted the states commitment to student safety through stricter regulations and the Shakti law aimed at strengthening measures against crimes targeting women and children the Mira Bhayandar civic body release saidHe encouraged schools to conduct thorough background checks of the staff and install complaint boxes to facilitate reporting of grievances it added3 held for mans murder after dispute in PalgharPolice have arrested a couple and another member of their family for allegedly killing a 58yearold man following a dispute in Maharashtras Palghar district an official said on Sunday reported PTIThe victim identified as Gajanan Ganpat Davne was brutally assaulted on Friday evening leading to his death he saidAn altercation took place between the victims family and the accused following a longstanding dispute over an approach road near their homes at a locality in Talasari area of the district the official from Gholwad police station said reported PTIThe accused allegedly beat up the victim and hit him with a wooden stick inflicting multiple injuries including on his eyes nose and private parts he saidThe victims son later rushed him to a hospital in Umbargaon where he was declared dead The body has been sent for a postmortem examination the official saidFollowing a complaint by the victims son the police arrested a man his wife and his brother residing in the neighbourhood on Saturday reported PTIThey have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita including 1031 murder 1152 voluntarily causing hurt 3513 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace 352 assault or use of criminal force and 35 criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of all the police saidWith inputs from PTI