Installation of a video monitoring system in the Bansko mountain resort was under way, Deputy Interior Minister Kamen Penkov said.

Bansko municipality would provide the money needed for the system, Penkov told Focus news agency.

Borovets resort already had such system for the sky runs, connected to the local cable television.

In the third big mountain resort of the country, Pamporovo, some of the big hotels had private video monitoring systems as part of their security system.

Penkov said that Interior Minister Roumen Petkov ordered the formation of a special work group for the installation of video monitoring systems in the country. These systems were currently functioning effectively in Sofia, the Sunny Beach coastal resort, Samokov and other towns. Varna, Bourgas, Vratsa and Primorsko were to see such systems introduced.

Lack of funding was the main problem delaying the installation of video systems throughout the country. Some municipalities decided to fund the installation themselves and to grant the use of these systems to the Interior Ministry, Penkov said.