Setting up CCTV cameras will become mandatory in new buildings in Maharashtra, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh told the Legislative Council on Wednesday. The CCTV cameras will be connected to the state Home Department's Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), he added.

"We will amend the current rules and make setting up of CCTV cameras mandatory in every new building coming up in the state. We will also connect the feed of such CCTV cameras with our existing CCTNS network," reports quoted Deshmukh as saying, calling attention on crimes against women. The home minister further said that 5,000 more CCTV cameras will be added to the existing network in Mumbai.