Security cam: CCTV cameras installed at CDA headquarters

Initiative an attempt to improve effectiveness of surveillance

ISLAMABAD: CCTV cameras have been installed at all the offices of Capital Development Authority (CDA) headquarters and in order to ensure round the clock monitoring a control room has been established at the CDA Headquarters. The implementation of the idea to install CCTV cameras was initiated a few months ago on the directions of Member Administration, Muhammad Yasir Pirzada. After completion of the tendering process, a contract was awarded and now these cameras have been made fully functional.

Member Administration of CDA, Yasir Pirzada, said that these cameras would help in effectively monitoring the offices at CDA headquarters. He said that a total of 75 cameras have been installed at CDA headquarters these include 66 static cameras, five revolving and five fish eye cameras which have been installed at entry and exit points of the offices. Furthermore, CDA petrol pump adjacent to the headquarters would also be monitored through these latest cameras.



He further added that the project of installation of CCTV cameras was initiated to ensure that the CDA headquarters was monitored thoroughly and its security situation was improved, in line with modern standards. Furthermore, Pirzada said that the project has been successfully completed and the staff will monitor recordings round the clock in different shifts in the recently established control room. He said that backup copies of these recordings would also be maintained on a daily basis to seek assistance if required and to maintain the efficiency required of the programme. He further informed that five LCDs have also been installed in the control room to ensure the effectiveness of surveillance.

Moreover, Pirzada has said that prior to this there were very few CCTV Cameras installed at the CDA Headquarters, however due to improper repair  and  maintenance most of these were out of order after a short time, for which he directed the installation of new cameras and now effective surveillance  of all the offices would be possible.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2018.