In the aftermath of the terror attacks in 2008, the city’s keepers promised its stricken people a comprehensive network of CCTV cameras to watch over them and prevent yet another bloodbath. Four years and several other bomb blasts later, the plan is still struggling to take off, and is now confined to a 400-page long tender ambitiously titled Supply, Installation and Maintenance of CCTV Surveillance system for City of Mumbai.

What’s more, potential bidders speaking to MiD DAY off the record have made the gloomy prediction that several more anniversaries of the 26/11 carnage are likely to pass before the CCTVs actually start capturing feed. They have attributed the inordinate delay to glaring oversights and miscalculations on part of the government.