Daily Times

Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta has directed the authorities to swiftly complete the Rawalpindi Safe City Project, which will be inaugurated on January 30.

According to a Commissioner’s office spokesman, during the Safe City project site, the commissioner reviewed the project’s construction work.

“January 30 is the deadline for making the Safe City Project Rawalpindi functional in the light of the directives of the Chief Minister of Punjab,” the spokesman informed.

He said all-out efforts were being made to complete the work within the stipulated time frame.

In the project’s first phase, he added that cameras would be installed at various sites, significant intersections, prominent mosques, churches, commercial points, Muharram procession routes, petrol pumps, and other places.

The spokesman informed that the Safe City Project would help improve law and order in the city and enhance the sense of security among the citizens.

He added that the project would not only help control crime and maintain law and order situation but also regulate traffic on city roads. The commissioner also visited Rawalpindi Gymkhana, Business Facilitation Centre, Allama Iqbal Library, and Sixth Road Metro Station to review the ongoing construction work.

The authorities were directed to complete the construction work of all the projects as soon as possible.

He informed that the committee was assigned to different projects to check all the arrangements ahead of the inauguration of the projects by Chief Minister Punjab.

Sixth Road Metro Station would be opened to the public after the inauguration. The authorities were instructed that the construction work of Metro Station Sixth Road should be completed in a couple of days.

The spokesman said that 98 percent of the development work of Allama Iqbal Library and Business Facilitation Center had also been completed. At present, Allama Iqbal Library has 20,000 books, while 50,000 books would be arranged for the library, he said, adding that a separate space would be allotted for the students.

The spokesman said that establishing a business facilitation center at Rawalpindi Development Authority would help promote economic activities in the region.