Punjab will have 18 smart cities

A deal to establish eighteen smart cities in Punjab has been inked by the National Radio & Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) with the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA).

With the help of the NRTC, the Smart Safe City Project will be carried out in eighteen Punjabi cities. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz witnessed the signing of the PSCA-NRTC deal.

Punjab’s smart city deal was signed by NRTC delegate Syed Amir Javed and PSCA MD Ahsan Yunus.

The Air Quality Index Monitoring Environment Sensor was highlighted as a component of the project during the briefing. It was mentioned at the meeting that the safe city projects in Gujrat, Jhelum, Sheikhupura, Okara, and Taxila will be operational in May.

The other projects in Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Muzaffargarh, Jhang, Attock, Hassanabdal, DG Khan, Sialkot, Murree, and Mianwali will be completed this year. 

Senior minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, P&D chairman, secretary interior, IG police, secretary finance, and others were also present.