Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited various areas of the city late Thursday night and reviewed the situation of drainage of rainwater due to heavy rains in Lahore.
The chief minister issued necessary instructions to the provincial administration and heads of concerned departments for carrying out relief effort to control the situation.
Shahbaz, while issuing instructions to provincial administration, said that emergent situation demands immediate steps and all-out resources should be utilised for dealing with the situation created due to heavy rains.
The chief minister visited the house of the family whose six members died due to roof collapse in Chah Miran, Misri Shah and expressed condolences with the family on this tragic incident. He expressed sympathies with the affected family and also offered Fateha for the departed souls.
Shahbaz announced financial assistance of Rs10 million for the affected family and government job for two brothers of the affected family.
He said no stone will be left unturned for the immediate redressal of problems of the people. The Punjab chief minister directed provincial administration and concerned departments to accelerate relief activities and said that Punjab government equally shares the grief of heirs of the deceased persons.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema along with Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Managing Director Naseer Chaudhary visited various areas of the provincial capital to check the storm water disposal.
The chief secretary inspected the Wasa operation and water disposal of the main sewer lines at Lakshami Chowk, Nisbat Road, the Mall, Abbott Road and other areas and supervised the Wasa operation.
He expressed satisfaction and directed Wasa chief to further improve the working capacity besides ensuring stand by arrangements of fuel for generators during power load shedding so that the working of disposal pumps could continue uninterrupted.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2014.
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