PM Shehbaz reviews monsoon preparedness with NDMA chief

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik to discuss preparations for monsoon rains in the country.

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According to the PMO, Prime Minister Shehbaz was briefed about the preparations related to any emergency situation during the monsoon rains in the country, and the Prime Minister was also briefed about the progress in fully activating the early warning system and coordination with the Ministry of Climate Change in this regard.

In a meeting earlier this month, Chief Minister Shehbaz had ordered the formation of a federal emergency response committee. He had also directed Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik and NDMA Chairman to make emergency visits to all provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) to review the preparedness for the monsoon season.

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The meetings came after the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) announced that a new wave of monsoon would begin in the country from the first week of July. The department had stated that a westerly wave was likely to enter the upper parts of the country from June 30, while moist currents from the Arabian Sea continuously penetrated the eastern and central parts of the country.

The department warned that the weather could damage infrastructure such as solar panels, power poles and billboards. It also indicated the possibility of landslides in vulnerable areas of upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Kashmir.

It further warned of urban flash floods in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Lahore and Faisalabad and advised citizens to remain cautious.