A total of 12 close circuit cameras have been set up in Sylhet city from Zindabazar point to Chouhatta to improve the law and order situation in the city corporation.
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque inaugurated the CC cameras under a pilot project on Friday afternoon.
He said more eight CC cameras would be set up in the city after the Eid-ul-Fitr, adding that the whole city would be monitored by more CC cameras in future.
He also said the objective of the project was only to ensure peoples' safety.
City corporation sources said initially the CC cameras would be monitored by the SCC authorities.
The cameras were capable of storing recording of at least two months and the pilot project was worth Tk5.40 lakh, they added.
