CARETAKER CM IN PRINCIPLE APPROVES SAFE CITY PROJECT FOR THREE CITIES

admin June 14, 2023

Lahore, June 14:
Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has given in-principle approval for the implementation of safe city project in Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala using local resources.
Stressing their importance as integral components of smart cities, he emphasized the need to commence these projects promptly. Expanding the scope of safe city project to other cities aims to enhance public safety and instill a stronger sense of security among citizens. The completion of the project within the designated time frame is deemed crucial, he maintained.
During a meeting held at the Chief Minister’s Office, a comprehensive review of the matters pertaining to the safe city project in Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala took place.
Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board provided a briefing on the locally developed system, highlighting that software development would be carried out using the machine learning model of the safe city authority, facilitating facial recognition capabilities.
The meeting was attended by Provincial Minister for Information Amir Mir, IG police, Chairman P&D, ACS, ACS (Home), secretaries of law, finance, C&W & regulations departments, CEO Punjab Safe Cities Authority, and others. The commissioners, RPOs, and deputy commissioners of Gujranwala, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi participated via video link.