Nearly two and a half months before Delhi Police denotified Jantar Mantar as a protest site and designated three new protest venues — Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground in north Delhi, and CBD Ground in east Delhi — it had issued a tender for 338 cameras, including facial recognition models, to be installed across central and New Delhi districts. The VVIP gate of Ramlila Maidan was one of the spots covered by the tender, worth ₹15.66 crore, with others including Turkman Gate, Delhi Gate, Raj Ghat, the India Gate C-Hexagon, Mandi House and Patiala House.