Disaster management: ‘Weather forecasters must work closely’
Marvi Memon underscored the need for ensuring more coordination between FFC and PMD.
Talking to reporters after attending a ceremony held to dispatch relief goods to rain-affected people of Nowshera, she said the coordination among the departments concerned would also help provinces to timely shift the people living in low-lying areas to safe places, in case of flash-floods caused by heavy rains.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2012.
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