CM urges drone monitoring of drainage

Seeks half-hourly reports on situation

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif embarked on emergency visits to various areas of the city to review ongoing operations and arrangements to deal with the situation after unusual rains.

“Like the sanitation campaign on the Eid recently, Safe City Authority’s cameras and the drone technology should be used to monitor areas from where water is not drained,” she said on the occasion.

According to an official statement, the commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioners and other administration officers had to rush to the sites. The chief minister directed them to remain in the field to ensure normalcy as early as possible. She sought information about the situation in various areas of the city and directed the authorities concerned to ensure timely drainage of rainwater in the entire province.

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz directed the administration to monitor and report the situation on ground after every half an hour.

She inspected the Shadman, Ferozepur Road, Davis Road and Shimla Hill areas on her way from the airport, and also observed the situation in the streets.

The chief minister inspected the roads, intersections and markets, and reached the Gaddafi Stadium. She ordered immediate drainage of water and the delivery of additional pumps to the location.

She also inspected the drainage work at several places on the way and met the WASA staff striving to clear the areas of water.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said Sharif during a meeting with Punjab Health Adviser Major General (retd) Azhar Mehmood Kayani to discuss reforms in the sector that the government would set up 500 more Clinics on Wheels. About 1.2 million people had been treated at their doorsteps in a few weeks, she added. She agreed to take all possible measures for the early completion of health projects.

She said the scope of field hospitals would be gradually expanded to all districts.

The chief minister said, ”It is important to make the existing health infrastructure fully public friendly.” She also called for steps for modern research in the medical colleges and universities.