Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that the ‘Safe City Project’ proposed to be executed in Mandi town under Nirbhaya fund would not only ensure safety of women in public places but would also provide smart solutions to better traffic amanagement and crowd control.
A presentation was made before the Chief Minister by officers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on ‘Safe City Project Mandi’ under Nirbhaya project, here.
The Chief Minister said that Union Government provides funding in 90:10 ratio to the states having difficult terrains like Himachal Pradesh under this project.
Thakur said that the project envisages design, development, implementation, operation and CCTV based surveillance system for Mandi town. The latest technology such as IP based camera infrastructure, unhindered viewing, monitoring record and storage of data would be done under this project.
This project intends to implement a holistic and integrated surveillance system including commissioning of command and control centre at police line Mandi, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the system would help in providing assistance to women, girls and senior citizens of Mandi city at the time of emergency besides facilitating smooth movement of ambulances, police vans and fire brigade. He said that this would also help the police in checking crime against women and maintaining law and order and improving traffic management.
