DC Muzaffargarh Presides Over A Review Meeting On Floods – DN
By Our Correspondent
Muzaffargarh
Deputy Commissioner Muzaffargarh Engineer Amjad Shoaib Khan Tareen has said that according to the current water situation in Indus and Chenab rivers, there is no danger of flood in Muzaffargarh district.
However, the district administration and relevant departments have finalized arrangements their all arrangements and all departments are ready to fulfill their professional responsibilities at all times. He said this while presiding over a review meeting on floods.
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The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue Imran Shams, Additional Deputy Commissioner General Ehsanul Haq, Additional Deputy Commissioner Finance Jam Aftab Hussain, Assistant Commissioner Muzaffargarh Rana Muhammad Shoaib, CEO Health Dr. Fayyaz Karim Leghari, XEN Irrigation Malik Zain Sangi, Chief Officer Municipal Corporation Usman Javed, Civil Defense Officer Ghulam Yaseen, Representative Tiger Force Niaz Ahmed along with Highway Department, PDMA, Rescue 1122, Police, Livestock, Agricultural Officers.
The Deputy Commissioner directed that in case of floods, a plan should be drawn up for the evacuation of flood victims with the help of the police department, raw flood dams should be inspected on rainy days and the cut due to rains should be repaired immediately.
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On this occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed the Chief Officers of the Municipal Committees to allow standing water in the urban population during the rains, to keep the water disposal pumps and petrol engines ready in their respective constituencies without any negligence in this regard. It will not tolerated at all.
The Deputy Commissioner said that in case of floods, the establishment of relief camps. For the flood victims, deployment of staff of the concerned departments. Complete arrangements for the supply of food and drinking water to the victims should be finalized. Earlier, XEN Irrigation Malik Zain Sangi while giving a briefing said that the length of flood dam. On Chenab river from Rungpur to Sarki is 175.7 miles, the number of flood dam is 7.
He further said that today water discharge on Chenab river at Marala 220,000 cusecs. 250,000 cusecs at Khanki and 258,000 cusecs at Qadirabad. Moreover, the flood victims monitored continuously, stones and machinery are ready at all times. To deal with any emergency situation.