The Establishment of Command and Control Centers and 24/7 Forest Operational Bases is a province-wide initiative in Punjab aimed at strengthening forest protection, surveillance, and emergency response mechanisms through modern technology and infrastructure. The project is sponsored, executed, and operated by the Forestry & Wildlife Department and focuses on enhancing operational readiness, monitoring, and rapid response against forest fires, illegal logging, and other threats.
The project comprises extensive procurement and civil works components. Procurement activities include the acquisition of 4x4 patrol vehicles, motorcycles, solar power systems, emergency power backup generators, surveillance and firefighting drones, AI-powered forest fire detection cameras and sensors, early warning systems, AI-based acoustic sensors for detecting illegal tree cutting, IT equipment for field offices and centralized control rooms, data center infrastructure, and firefighting equipment and uniforms.
The civil works component involves the establishment of forest command and control centers at DFO/CF, SDFO/RFO, and block levels across the province, construction of boundary walls, chain-link fencing around irrigated plantations, forest check posts, and repair and rehabilitation of office buildings at DG, divisional, sub-divisional, and block levels. Physical targets have been communicated to concerned DDOs to ensure timely tendering, and in some cases, tenders have been advertised and opened despite pending fund releases, demonstrating proactive implementation efforts.
Total Project Cost: Rs. 6,091.390 million
Project Duration: 24 months (up to June 2027)