Pakistan
CM Punjab orders precautionary measures as more rains expected
Maryam Nawaz Sharif ordered the rescue services to take immediate safety measures.
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif ordered preventive and necessary administrative measures on the possibility of rains across the province including Lahore.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has issued instructions for advance measures on the forecast of heavy rains in the province till April 29 and has ordered the commissioners, deputy commissioners and Managing Director (MD) Water And Sanitation Agency (WASA) to be active for drainage.
Maryam Nawaz directed the concerned officers to be present in all shift fields and that the administration and the authorities should be active.
All resources should be used for drainage, and also to keep the traffic flowing in Lahore and other cities. All necessary steps should be taken and traffic warden should work actively to help citizens, she directed.
Maryam also ordered the rescue services to take immediate safety measures and said that the people from the low-lying areas should be transferred to safe places in time. Help should be taken from alert service; effective measures should be taken to protect livestock in rural areas.
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