ASHKHABAD, FEBRUARY 24 (RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT VIKTOR PANOV) - Turkmenistan will arrange video monitoring of crucial industrial facilities having national importance, President Saparmurad Niyazov said in a televised address on Tuesday.
Among these facilities is the Turkmenbashi oil refining complex of 2.5 billion dollars total cost, Mari hydropower station, television, radio, banks and some others. An Israeli firm will unfold an electronic security system.
Outdoor video observation is in operation somewhere in Ashkhabad, Niyazov also said. Very soon it will be greatly expanded. Round-the-clock video cameras will also be installed in public places, marketplaces, railway stations and at the roads leading into Ashkhabad.
The system already bears fruit cutting down the crime rate, said the Turkmen head of state.
