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more-inThe Bombay High Court has sought the opinion of the Centre and the Coast Guard on whether underwater cameras can be installed along the Bandra-Worli sea link to enhance security and prevent suicides. Gavai and Bharati Dangre directed on Wednesday that the Centre and the Coast Guard be impleaded as parties to a PIL seeking better security arrangements at the sea link. The court has granted four weeks to implead the Coast Guard and the Centre as parties to the plea. The PIL, filed by activist Ketan Tirodkar, alleges that the “sea link is fast becoming the favoured suicide spot for disheartened citizens” and that there existed loopholes in the existing security arrangements. On previous hearings, Mr.
Tirodkar had sought that more security guards be employed and cameras be installed under water, and bomb detectors be used along the 4.8-km stretch..