125 cameras,surveillance vehicle to guard Shri Somnath Mandir

Gujarat’s Home department has approved Rs 85 lakh grant for procurement and set up of modernize security system to protect Shri Somnath Mahadev Mandir.

The district police has set up close circuit cameras at six entry points and two desert point in Junagadh. After success of this pilot project, the department has taken a decision to set up 125 cameras in Somnath mandir area starting from the Mandir campus to Veraval bypass. A group of wireless cameras along with a modernize vehicle mounted surveillance system will continuously vigil activities in Somnath. A special vehicle has been developed in Vadodara for this purpose.