"We have started the process of installing CCTV cameras today. We will try to finish the installation work in 15 days. 29 cameras will be installed at the main gate here, at Salt Lake campus and hostel," the project head from Webel Technology Limited, Subhankar Pal said on Saturday.
The visit came after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose appealed to ISRO chairman S Somanath seeking help regarding the same in the backdrop of the death of a first-year undergraduate student at the varsity.
JU registrar Snehamanju Basu recently received a threat letter over the arrest of a former student in connection with the death of an undergraduate student in a ragging case at the university hostel.
The leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over an alleged threat letter to the registrar of Jadavpur University, claiming she has asked to the police away to aid and abet the "anti-national" activities on campus.
Two ex-students of Gurudas College were booked for alleged ragging of the present batch by pressurising it to participate in political programmes, the police said.
"The ragging had been happening for a long time and the administration knew about it. The Jadavpur Police Station is 100m away. They also knew about it. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also knew about it but nothing was done. If the death would not have happened then this would have continued
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday, throwing sarcasm over the blame for the Jadavpur University student's death, said that the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) will help in containing ragging at campuses.
"If anyone faces ragging call this helpline number. The Police will make sure that the caller's number is not mentioned openly. For this, the police should start a locker for maintaining the complainer's identity," Mamata Banerjee said.
Kolkata Police on Tuesday said it had registered a case in connection with the student death at Jadavpur University on a complaint lodged by the leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
Dharmendra Pradhan said that the University Grant Commission (UGC) has taken the matter 'seriously' and that measures are being taken up to prevent 'ragging'-related incidents.
Expressing concerns over the "worsening situation" of West Bengal educational institutions, Congress state unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday urged the TMC government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to pass a law against ragging in the state.