Safe City Project will see completion by month end: Ch Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan while announcing that the Islamabad Safe City Project will be completed by November 30, said the project will become fully functional by December.

The Interior Minister undertook a visit of the command and control centre for the Safe City Project here on Monday.

On the occasion, he was briefed that as many as 1,940 CCTV cameras are being installed across Islamabad. Till now 1500 cameras have already been put in place while more than 200 have been made operational.

He was informed that most of the thoroughfares and roads of Islamabad will be monitored with the help of these cameras.

Chaudhry Nisar said he had serious reservations over the previous government’s contract for the execution of Safe City Project.

He said he had to renegotiate with the contractor to ensure installation of additional 400 CCTV cameras and use of better quality cameras for the project.