Sidewalk surveillance camera system is damaged and fallen off.

Installed more than 400 surveillance cameras

Le Chan District is one of three districts of Hai Phong City with many large streets but narrow sidewalks for pedestrians, in some places there are no sidewalks at all. In 2017, Le Chan District took the theme of the year as "Public discipline - Urban civilization". Accordingly, 15 wards in the district developed a plan to strengthen traffic safety, order on sidewalks, and environmental sanitation in the locality...

In addition, by conducting patrols and controls during and outside of working hours, the authorities will resolutely handle cases of intentional encroachment on roadsides and sidewalks for production, business, and market purposes; and illegal placement of equipment and vehicles; and removal of illegal and non-compliant items.

The sidewalk surveillance camera system at An Duong intersection, Tran Nguyen Han Ward, Le Chan District (Hai Phong City) has fallen off and dangled on the top of the electric pole and traffic light pole for many years now, and has not been repaired.

At that time, the People's Committees of the wards signed a commitment with the People's Committee of the district that if there was any re-encroachment on the use of sidewalks for other purposes, they would be criticized and even transferred.

In 2018, Le Chan District assigned 15 wards to socialize the installation of sidewalk surveillance cameras on major streets, with the aim of deterring and reminding households that intentionally violate the law; at the same time, supporting the police in crime prevention and maintaining security and order.

Regarding the cost of installing 414 cameras in 15 wards, according to the Urban Management Department of Le Chan District, the total cost is 2,014 billion VND. The entire amount of money for purchasing and installing is mainly from socialized sources mobilized by the People's Committees of the wards and organized by the people.

Many surveillance cameras fell off, 'dropped like banana silk'

Thanh Nien reporters' observations in mid-September showed that on some streets that were the focus of the sidewalk reclamation campaign many years ago, hundreds of cameras were installed, such as To Hieu, Lam Tuong, Ton Duc Thang in the area of ​​3 wards: Trai Cau, Ho Nam and Tran Nguyen Han, the sidewalks are now being openly encroached again. Meanwhile, the camera system has lost its monitoring effect because the cameras are damaged or fallen...

Walking along To Hieu, Lam Tuong, Ton Duc Thang streets (in Le Chan district), images of cameras falling like this are common.

Many people who run food stalls and shops on the sidewalks and alleys right below the cameras said that the cameras have been falling apart and "falling like banana threads" for many years now, but no competent authority has repaired them.

Sidewalk surveillance camera at the entrance of lane 414 To Hieu, Ho Nam Ward, Le Chan District (Hai Phong City)

On the afternoon of September 22, speaking with Thanh Nien reporter, a representative of the Le Chan District Urban Management Department said that the surveillance camera system was installed in 2018 and since then there has been no summary assessment of the implementation results.

The district does not manage the sidewalk camera system but assigns it to the local authorities. The servers are located at the home of the head of the residential group and mainly at the ward police headquarters.

Also according to the Le Chan District Urban Management Department, up to now, the camera system supporting security and urban order monitoring in some wards has been damaged; not repaired or maintained regularly; and its efficiency is not high...

The sidewalk surveillance camera on To Hieu Street, Trai Cau Ward, Le Chan District (Hai Phong City) only has the base left, the camera lens is missing.

Faced with the above situation, on July 18, the People's Committee of Le Chan District issued Official Dispatch No. 2344/UBND-QLDT assigning the People's Committees of wards to inspect, review and organize warranty and repair of damaged camera systems; requesting units and investors constructing construction works on roads that damage the camera wiring and transmission lines to be responsible for restoring the original condition if damage occurs to the installed camera system; enhancing the effective use of the camera system in monitoring security, order and urban order in the area.

However, even though the document has been issued for more than 2 months, the wards are still in a state of "inaction", the surveillance camera system is still hanging in the air, waiting for someone to come and repair or replace it.

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