ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday decided to install security cameras in parks in Islamabad with the objective to provide a safe and secure environment.

The decision was taken to provide a sense of security to the people visiting the parks, and to keep watch on vile elements.

Parks Directorate has been directed to work in liaison with the ICT police in this regard.

The CDA has further decided to discourage and penalise littering by motorists on roads.

For this purpose, the CDA has decided to work in collaboration with the Safe City project, which will provide imagery of motorists littering on roads.

The motorists littering on road detected by the Safe City project cameras will be fined subsequently.

A control room will be established for this purpose.

Relevant formation of the CDA has been directed to work in liaison with Safe City project to evolve a workable mechanism for this purpose.

Chairman Capital Development Authority presided over the meeting in which senior officers of Capital Development Authority and the ICT Police were also present.

The meeting was held in the backdrop of providing safe and secure environment to the people visiting parks as part of a comprehensive strategy to provide maximum facilities to the residents of Islamabad after shifting of four directorates from the MCI to the CDA.

Islamabad is witnessing a major upward shift in provision of municipal services to its residents, after the government recently decided to shift four directorates from the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad to the CDA following large scale complaints of MCI's inefficiency.

Accordingly, from day one of taking over these four directorates, the CDA in line with directions of the chairman CDA has been tirelessly engaged with provision of maximum civic facilities to the people of Islamabad.

The MPO Directorate is carrying on carpeting work on Islamabad Expressway and providing machinery to other formations for other civic works.

The Environment Wing has almost removed wild growth from entire city, while maintenance work in parks is in full swing.

The CDA has completed illumination of F-9 Park and work for repair and maintenance of street lights around the city is also proceeding swiftly.

In eight days, the CDA has removed 5,200 tons of garbage from the city.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020