‘No immediate threat of flood’

MULTAN: Multan Division Commissioner Shanul Haq said that there was no immediate threat of flood as water level was normal in rivers.

However, he said, the administration has completed all possible arrangements to face flood according to the directions of the Punjab government.

“We have evolved an emergency flood programme,” he said while chairing a meeting on Tuesday. The Deputy Commissioners of Vehari, Khanewal, Lodhran and Multan were directed to ensure complete arrangements in case of any inundation in their respective districts.

The water level in the rivers is being monitored through modern technology, Commissioner Shanul Haq highlighted, adding that they also arranged a comprehensive policy for immediate migration of people and their animals to safe zones in case of flood.

“We have an ample stock of articles and medicines for flood relief camps,” he claimed.

The meeting was told that flood control rooms have been established at the district level and embankments have been strengthened.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2020.