India, Nov. 15 -- With repeated cable thefts crippling surveillance along almost the entire open stretch of Mumbai's Coastal Road, the BMC has approached Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) to devise a long-term engineering solution, after Larsen & Toubro (L&T) declined the civic body's request for technical assistance.

The BMC approached HCC, a Mumbai-headquartered engineering and construction company, in the first week of November, seeking its expertise in securing the CCTV network, which has remained largely non-functional for more than six months.

The move follows repeated thefts that have rendered all 66 cameras across the 10.58-km stretch, barring the tunnel, defunct. The surveillance failure came under spotlight after a speeding...