BENGALURU: In a bid to enhance safety measures for women in Bengaluru, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to install 16,120 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, safety lights and emergency buttons across the city.Each CCTV camera will have a “suraksha deepa” (safety light) and a panic button which will emit a loud siren when pressed. Law and parliamentary affairs minister JC Madhuswamy said Bengaluru police will identify spots to install the cameras based on GIS mapping of crimes.“Women can use it to stave off perpetrators,” Madhuswamy said. “When the switch is depressed it will send out an alert to the command and control centre (CCC). The CCC will in turn alert patrol cars to rush to the scene.”Madhuswamy said the CCTV cameras will be the AI-enabled version called ‘Smart Eyes,’ which can detect abnormal human behaviour. The camera can also identify drastic increase in number of people at a location and alert police, he said.The overall cost of the project will be shared by the Centre and state in 60:40 ratio over a period of three years. The Union ministry for women and child development has already approved Rs 667 crore for Bengaluru under the Centre’s Safe City project under Nirbhaya (named after the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case) funds.Bengaluru, which has seen an increase in crimes against women, is among eight major cities in the country selected for the ‘safe city’ project which focuses on women’s security. The Safe City project also entails upgradation of helplines 100 and 1098 (child helpline).