Sindh Govt. approves Rs30b for Safe City project
Sindh Government has approved the launch of Safe City Project worth Rs30 billion involves installation of 10,000 CCTV Cameras in Karachi in three phases. The approval was granted by CM Murad Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting to review the progress of the Safe City Project.
The meeting was briefed that the cameras will be installed in three phases each of which would be completed within 12 months, starting off in next fiscal year 2021-22.
The National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) had submitted technical and financial proposals in this regard that needed to be evaluated by the evaluation committee.
CM Murad has approved the constitution of a nine-number technical committee under the chief operating officer of the project to evaluate the NRTC’s proposal.
The CM was briefed that of the 10,000 cameras that were to be installed in Karachi, 8,000 would be 12-megapixel cameras and 2,000 would be eight-megapixel cameras. The cameras will be installed at over 2,000 spots with solar backup and will be connected to central and regional command centres and database centres.
The Safe City Project was conceived back in 2018 aiming to control crime and increase vigilance through modern automated systems, introducing an e-policing system by equipping police stations with modern tools and installing a facial recognition system.