Improving surveillance: Cameras to be installed in Gilgit
Legislators decide to turn police recruitment and training centre into complete school for better training.
GILGIT:
The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) cabinet decided on Tuesday to install close-circuit security cameras to assist in improving the law and order situation in Gilgit city.
Costing Rs60 million, the project will be completed in six months, said spokesperson of the G-B chief minister Ali Madad Sher. Legislators also decided to turn the police recruitment and training centre into a complete school for better training and facilities to the police force, an official added.
“The meeting reviewed the pace of development and out of 258 targeted projects of the public works department, 198 have been completed while the rest will be completed by June 30,” said the spokesperson. An electricity and mineral board will also be established in G-B to enhance the region’s productivity, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.
The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) cabinet decided on Tuesday to install close-circuit security cameras to assist in improving the law and order situation in Gilgit city.
Costing Rs60 million, the project will be completed in six months, said spokesperson of the G-B chief minister Ali Madad Sher. Legislators also decided to turn the police recruitment and training centre into a complete school for better training and facilities to the police force, an official added.
“The meeting reviewed the pace of development and out of 258 targeted projects of the public works department, 198 have been completed while the rest will be completed by June 30,” said the spokesperson. An electricity and mineral board will also be established in G-B to enhance the region’s productivity, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.