DUSHANBE, March 4, 2014, Asia-Plus — The second phase of the stage of the “Safe City” campaign will be finished in early May, Tajik Deputy Interior Minister, Iskandar Rajabov, told journalists in Dushanbe on March 4.
According to him, the “Safe City” campaign will be carried out in three stages. “This project is being implemented within the framework of the strategy for reforming the law enforcement agencies of the country,” Rajabov noted.
We will recall that the “Safe City” campaign was launched in the capital, Dushanbe, on November 1, 2013 and 850 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were installed around the city during the first phase. The CCTV cameras monitor the streets to prevent traffic violations.
Tajik Ministry of Finance and China’s Export-Import Bank (China Exim Bank) signed a loan agreement on implementation of the Safe City Project in Beijing on May 20, 2013. The Safe City Project provides for installation of cameras across Dushanbe for round-the-clock monitoring of movement at all important locations such as crossroads, streets and squares.
An estimated budget for implementation of the project is 22 million USD, including a 20.9 million USD loan from China’s Exim Bank. The loan is reportedly repayable within twenty years due to fines that will be paid by traffic offenders.
China”s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd has installed the CCTV cameras in Dushanbe.
