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Detailed explanation-1: -Shan-E-Punjab Express Becomes the First India Train Fitted with CCTV Surveillance Cameras. – Punekar News.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cameras are first being installed in the locomotives of express trains and local trains. The primary reason for CCTV cameras is to keep an eye on the train drivers so that they do not talk or use their phones while driving the trains.

Detailed explanation-3: -From the mid-1990s on, police departments across the country installed an increasing number of cameras in various public spaces including housing projects, schools and public parks departments. CCTV later became common in banks and stores to discourage theft, by recording evidence of criminal activity.

Detailed explanation-4: -When was the first CCTV made? The first CCTV system was installed by Siemens AG at Test Stand VII in Peenemünde, Nazi Germany in 1942, for observing the launch of V-2 rockets. The noted German engineer Walter Bruch was responsible for the technological design and installation of the system.