The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and officials of district administration Islamabad have submitted report to the chief commissioner regarding construction of district jail on the premises of Tarnol police station, an official source said here on Friday. He said CDA officials and Superintendent Jail Adyala Rawalpindi visited the site of under construction Tarnol Police station and worked out details of construction of District Jail within Tarnol premises. The project concept has been submitted along with details of estimate to be incurred on the project. However, the source expressed concern over construction of jail in Tarnol premises because of its location at the outer cordon of Islamabad.
He said necessary modifications in the building of Tarnol police station would be made according to the essential requirements for jail. It has been proposed that the new building should include essential requirements and detailed security apparatus befitting the requirements of a jail. According to the project concept, the requirements of jail building include construction of 18 to 20 feet high boundary walls, construction of central tower, four tower check posts, barracks for the prisoners, laying electric barbed wires around the boundary walls, construction of mosque and health unit, construction of visitors room and other necessary security gadgets.
