Muharram arrangements reviewed

LAHORE: Punjab Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer reviewed arrangements for providing emergency cover to mourning processions during Muharram in all districts of the province. Presiding over a meeting of senior officers at Rescue 1122 Headquarters on Monday, the DG reviewed arrangements for all districts and analysed operations of district control rooms and the provincial monitoring cell. In this regard, Operations Head Ayaz Azlam briefed the DG that all districts had prepared emergency plans for Muharram in accordance with the directions issued by the Punjab government. According to the plan, 11,000 rescuers will be deputed from Muharram 1 to Muharram 10 and districts have started implementing contingency plans to provide emergency cover to sensitive locations. He highlighted that 2,799 Muharram processions will be provided emergency cover across Punjab while 600 motorbike ambulances, 763 emergency and patient transfer ambulances and 371 fire and rescue vehicles will be deployed across the province.  

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3^rd, 2019.