Delhi gov’t to phase out Chinese CCTV cameras due to security concerns

Following central government guidelines citing security and data privacy concerns, the government of Delhi is to replace over 140,000 Chinese-made CCTV cameras, reported economictimes.com Apr 2. More than half of Delhi’s CCTV surveillance network comprises Chinese-origin cameras, prompting the state government to initiate a phased replacement, citing national security concerns, the report said.

It cited the city government’s Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma as saying Apr 1 that cameras sourced from Chinese firm Hikvision will be gradually removed and replaced across the city.

The report said Delhi had over 2.7 lakh CCTV cameras installed by the PWD, of which around 1.4 lakh set up over Sep 2020 to Nov are Chinese-made, while the remaining cameras installed over Jun 2025 to Mar 2026 in a second phase are from non-Chinese sources.

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