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Lahore : Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the Safe City Project (Punjab Police Integrated Command, Control and Communication Center) in the provincial metropolis, today.
The Safe City Project has been completed in a record period of time with a cost of Rs.12 billion. As much as 8000 CCTVs have been installed under the project to make Lahore one of the safest cities in the world. Automatic system of identification of vehicles number plates. e-challan, red light monitoring as well as latest communication system have been put in place under this composite system.
After the inauguration, the Chief Minister inspected various sections of the center and talked with the officials. He expressed the satisfaction over the provision of various facilities and asked the staff to work with more dedication.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister said that Safe City Project is a milestone initiative for transforming the centuries old archaic police system according to needs and equipments of the modern times and added that its importance is very vital in the everyday life of the citizens.
Moreover, this project is very vital in maintaining peace through latest technology, provision of emergency services and elimination of terrorism. Despite many challenges and impediments, this project has been completed in a record period due to the collective efforts of the Punjab government, Safe City Authority and Chinese company Huawei.
This project has been fully operationalized in five of the six divisions in Lahore while the work is going on in full swing in the sixth division which will become fully operational till the end of current month.
He expressed the satisfaction that due to the continued hard work of Punjab government, Safe City Authority, Chinese company and other line departments, this project has been completed.
He also congratulated the heads of line departments and their team members.
Due to the completion of this project, Lahore will be included among the cities of the world where latest technology has been provided to protect the life and property of the citizens along with controlling the crime-rate.
Due to the Safe City Project, composite strategy would be adopted with regard to traffic management, dolphin and healthcare of the citizens and the city comprising of more than one crore people will become more peaceful and the business activities will be fully protected.
He said that work has been started to launch the safe city project in six other cities including Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha and Bahawalpur and this project will be completed very speedily in these districts.
He appreciated the efforts of whole team working on this project including cabinet committee on law and order. IG Police and CEO of Huawei also addressed the function.
The Chief Minister unveiled the plaque of the Integrated Command and Control Center and wrote his expressions in visitors’ book.
He also gave commendatory certificates to Law Minister, ACS (Home), IG Police, COO Akbar Nasir Khan and MD Ali Amir Malik. Provincial Ministers Ayoub Gadhi, Jahangir Khanzada, diplomats, members of the assembly and others attended the function in large number.
