Instead of peeking on couples using surveillance cameras in Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park, the government should keep an eye on what's happening inside its secretariat, privacy activists suggest

Where will lovers go? That's the question haunting many after the Karnataka government announced it would set up surveillance cameras inside Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park.

Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti said on Saturday that he would step up security in the parks, and keep an eye on what was happening in its nooks and crannies.

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Shubha Chacko of Aneka NGO group was outraged by the idea. "The government is taking a wrong decision and we don't know its intentions."

She wondered why the government was curious about what couples were doing. "This affects couples' privacy.

Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh are peaceful places and the government is indulging in moral policing when it should be controlling violence elsewhere," she told MiD DAY.

Deepak Srinivaasan, a member of non-profit Maraa, said security guards were around to control illegal activities, and there was no need for cameras.

"The government wants to make parks corporate-controlled and levy an entry fee. We should organise a debate about this issue and find out what their real purpose is," he said.