LAHORE: On Mall Road, backup batteries for Safe City and Traffic Police cameras were stolen early in the morning, according to police.
Traffic signals operating at Regal Chowk also functioned on these batteries. Subsequently, CCTV cameras and traffic signals have now been provided direction connection.
Police have said that investigation is under way.
The Safe city project was started in 2016 under Safe cities ordinance 2016. The project began in Lahore in October 2016. The purpose of the security cameras is to keep an eye on the movement of traffic and public and try to filter out any suspicious activity, person or object at any crowded place. By sitting in control room with the help of cameras, security men can keep an eye on activities of thousands of people and in the case of any unhappy, unwanted incident.
