Delhi, Chennai among most surveilled in the world, ahead of Chinese cities
Data for the world's most surveilled cities shows that India's capital city New Delhi ranks first with 1,826.6 cameras per square mile, while Chennai which has 609.9 cameras per square miles ranks third; London is second (1,138.5 cameras) and Mumbai at 18 (157.4 cameras)
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India's capital New Delhi ranks first with 1,826.6 cameras per square mile. CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that "Feel proud to say that Delhi beats cities like Shanghai, NY n London with most CCTV cameras per sq mile, Delhi has 1826 cameras, London has 1138 cameras per sq mile, My compliments to our officers and engineers who worked in mission mode n achieved it in such a short time".
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London ranks second with 1,138.5 cameras per square mile.
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Chennai ranks third with 609.9 cameras per square mile.
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Shenzhen ranks fourth with 520.1 cameras per square mile.
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Wuxi ranks fifth with 427.7 cameras per square mile.
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Shanghai ranks seventh with 408.5 cameras per square mile.
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Singapore ranks eighth with 387.6 cameras per square mile.
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Wuhan ranks tenth with 339 cameras per square mile.
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Seoul ranks 11th with 331.9 cameras per square mile.
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Moscow ranks 13th with 210 cameras per square mile.
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New York ranks 14th with 193.7 cameras per square mile.
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Beijing ranks 15th with 181.5 cameras per square mile.
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Mumbai ranks 18th with 157.4 cameras per square mile.
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