Longu reviews PDMA activities, relief supplies

Adviser to Chief Minister Balochistan on Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Ziaullah Longu on Tuesday visited the warehouse of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to review the relief supplies and activities during the recent monsoon rains.

Deputy Speaker Babar Musakhel and Nawabzada Sardar Rind also accompanied him. The adviser was briefed about the process of relief activities. He gave instructions to all departments to play their role in relief activities in all the districts of the province hit by urban flooding.

He said that the administration should take measures to protect the citizens from electric poles, wires and drains during heavy rains. Adviser PDMA said that special teams should be formed for timely assistance of citizens and protection of life and property in monsoon season and patrolling by motor boats should be continued at check posts as well as flood risk reporting agencies.

Close coordination should be continued with the ministry of health so that there is no delay in taking timely measures in emergency situations, he added. Meanwhile, Longu took notice of the incident of the resident of Dalbandin and had asked Deputy Commissioner Chagai for a report of the incident after completion of investigation. He also instructed the authorities to ensure the delivery of justice on a priority basis by completing the investigation of the matter quickly.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 20^th, 2022.