Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the relevant authorities to expedite work on the Karachi Safe City Project to ensure eradication of crime in the metropolis.
CM Shah chairing a high-level session reviewing law and order situation of the province wherein Sindh Police huddle briefed the him on the installation of ten thousand cameras across Karachi.
The CM noted Rs10 billion have been allocated for the installation of 10,000 CCTV cameras under the government’s safe city project.
He instructed the officials to speed up project work and complete installation of the cameras as soon as possible.
“Safe City Project is very important for Karachi in order to keep an eye on the mobility of citizens,” said Murad Ali Shah as he directed province’s IGP Mushtaq Mehar to control street crime in the city
CM said that law and orders situation has improved in Karachi as the metropolis topped its rank to 93 in the global crime index at the start of 2020.
“Karachi had been ranked sixth among 374 cities of the world in 2014, rising to 71 in 2018 and at the end of 2019. It further improved to 88 in January 2020, and is now 93 on the index as of the start of February,” Murad Ali Shah told the meeting.
