LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Planning and Development (P&D) and Chairman of Cabinet Committee on Floods, Malik Nadeem Kamran on Friday directed all the district administrations to take local government representatives on board to have their cooperation and assistance during pre-monsoon/flood arrangement. Chairing the first cabinet committee’s meeting on pre-monsoon and anti-flood arrangements for the year 2018 at the Civil Secretariat on Friday, Kamran reviewed the arrangements made by different provincial departments to combat any possible threat of flood during pre-monsoon. He further directed all the district administrations not only to issue clearance certificates but also to personally inspect the flood fighting equipment. He said that isolated thunderstorms and rains were expected in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions in the next week. Secretaries of different provincial departments and high-rank officials of concerned departments attended the meeting at Civil Secretariat, while deputy commissioners and high-rank officials of the concerned departments also participated in the meeting from their respective districts through a video link.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2018 15:00 UTC