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02nd September 2021 08:15:20 Hours

SLSC Troops Help Install CCTV System at Kalutara Prison on Request

Troops 11 Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC) offered their technical expertise and knowledge to the Kalutara Prison for installation of its new CCTV (Closed-circuit television) security cameras around the premises in response to a request made General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army.

The project was recently completed under the guidance of Major General Ashoka Peiris - Colonel Commandant, SLSC and Chief Signal Officer of the Sri Lanka Army, together with the Director Information Technology Brigadier Chanaka Prathapasinha.

The installation is expected to strengthen security and monitor all illegal activities, happening inside and also in the adjacent area.

Troops 11 SLSC under the close supervision of Lieutenant Colonel S.D Kotelawala, Commanding Officer of the unit completed the task accurately within a shorter period and handed over to the prison authorities.

Meanwhile, the same CCTV installation projects would be extended to Negombo and Mahara Prisons after preliminary observations now in progress are concluded.