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Home security gadgets are finding increasing acceptance. More so in apartment complexes than in individual houses.
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Spending money on installing a security system while planning a home was not something people thought about until a couple of years ago. But these days, security systems are increasingly figuring in the process of planning and building a home. And the number of companies dealing in security equipment is growing.
The scene is changing, though slowly. There are house owners who do not hesitate to earmark around Rs.25,000 for getting a good security system in place that would make them less fearful of the risk of intrusion into their premises at night.
Changing trend
M. Remesh Kumar, Circle Inspector, Ernakulam Town North, said that the trend of using security equipment is catching on.
It is good if individual houses go in for some kind of security system, because they are more vulnerable to thefts and burglaries, said Mr. Kumar. The security systems are being more used in apartment complexes.
Flats are actually more secure compared to an individual house, but it is in such complexes that security equipment is being used more these days.
This is perhaps at the insistence of builders that the residents use a system that comes with a newly built flat and becomes operational from the first day itself.
It is just like adding another piece of electronic equipment.
It could just be a system that would enable the people in the flat to see the people at the gate when the security man alerts them of a visitor.
Advanced system
There are much-advanced systems too of alerting the police control room of any housebreak or getting a mobile alert if the security system is breached.
The police too favour such systems and recommend the use of security equipment in a booklet titled ‘Police at Your Door Step.’
Inhibitions
The individual house owners are taking more time to accept the need of such a system, said a marketing executive of a security equipment dealing company.
It is primarily the cost and secondly the fear of responsibility if something goes wrong that are the influencing factors, he said.
People are afraid to use technology, he added. People feel more comfortable building an iron cage around their house, which again would cost a lot, he said.
One has to persuade the house owners and convince them of the relative ease with which a security system can work and the possible trouble-shooting points that need to be kept in mind.
People abroad are fully dependent on such equipment and there are few security personnel to guard homes.
It is possible that younger house owners are more open to technology and comfortable with the idea of using security gadgets.
SHYAMA RAJAGOPAL
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