ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan announced on Saturday that the government has decided to ensure complete coverage of the Islamabad Safe City Project’s CCTV cameras during the current fiscal year.
The minister told a press conference here that the Safe City Project was critical to ensuring effective security, preventing crime, and effectively maintaining law and order in any city in the country, including Islamabad.
Currently, only 30% of Safe City Project cameras provide coverage, but the Prime Minister has decided to increase that to 100% during the current fiscal year. Immediately, a sum of Rs 40 million was released to the Safe City Authority to install cameras in all critical locations, he said.
The minister stated that the IG Islamabad and the DG Safe City Authority have been directed to prepare a feasibility study for complete coverage. He added that funds for the project would be released within a week of the feasibility study’s completion.
He also stated that the government intended to build 100-bed hospitals for Islamabad police, with a budget of Rs 5 billion. The PM plans to lay the groundwork for the hospital this month, for which Rs 300 million has already been allocated. He stated that every effort would be made to finish the project during the current fiscal year.
Similarly, FC’s demand has been accepted, and their salaries and ration allowances totaling Rs 1.5 billion have been agreed to in part with ‘Jawans’ from other security forces.
He stated that the FC previously lacked anti-riot equipment and that funds have now been provided to equip the force with appropriate equipment as well as anti-riot training for its 2000 personnel. He added that it would require approximately Rs 667 million, which had already been arranged. Sana Ullah praised the police team and other intelligence officials for killing a notorious terrorist Bilal, who was involved in heinous crimes such as the assassination of DC Nauman Ahsan and other innocent citizens.
