Flood contingency plan reviewed
LAHORE:
Expressing concern over an increase in roof-collapse and electrocution incidents in the last few weeks due to heavy rains, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee asked all departments concerned to finalise a strategy to deal with such emergencies.
The meeting, chaired by Provincial Minister Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik, reviewed arrangements for dealing with possible floods and the situation caused by monsoon rains.
It was also decided in the meeting to ban bathing in all rivers and streams across the province. Addressing the meeting, Bhatti said with better planning, natural calamities such as floods could be dealt with effectively. The departments should pay special attention to enhance their capacity to deal with natural disasters, he remarked.