| GEO Pakistan | | Mirpur warned about heavy flood current | Updated at: 2211 PST, Thursday, July 29, 2010
MIRPUR: The district administration was Thursday warned about the arrival of a heavy flood current in Mangla dam reservoir from the rivers coming from Muzaffarabad.
The administration was also advised to adopt all preventive measures to deal with any eventuality in the areas located on the periphery of the dam, officials said.
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Tayyeb Chaudhry said that precautionary measures were being taken by the administration to encounter the impending flood ravages in the reservoir.
After visiting various rain hit areas of Bandral, Bohar Colony and Kharak in outskirt of the city, along the periphery of Mangla lake Tayyeb said the population living in the areas along the bank of Mangla lake had been directed to shift to safer places to avert the increased threat of flood ravages.
He said, "In case of flood in the abodes close to Mangla lake the affected people will be shifted to the nearest government schools and college buildings," adding, "tents will also be installed to provide shelter to the affectees if required in case of any untoward situation."
A district level control room was established at his office, he said.
The DC further said the district emergency cell could be contacted through the official telephone numbers of his office as and when required for any assistance. Similarly, the tehsil level emergency cell, at Mirpur and Dadayal, could be approached through telephone numbers of the respective Assistant Commissioners offices.
Similar control rooms were also being set up in concerned Deputy Commissioners offices in all ten districts of the State, he said, adding, these centers would function round the clock to adopt safety steps in case of emergency in any part of the district.
Meanwhile, district and tehsil level emergency centers had started functioning in various parts of AJK in order to deal with any eventuality following impending flood ravages in normal and seasonal nullahs as well as in low-lying areas during the monsoon rains, official sources said. |  | | | |
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