Daily Times

BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur District Coordination Officer Dr Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar has said that the Bahawalpur district has been divided into four sectors for effective flood fighting arrangements.

He made these remarks while giving a briefing to the media regarding flood fighting arrangements at his conference room. The DCO said that the first sector -Chanab -covers tehsil Ahmadpur east through 2 sub sectors which include Chanab I and Chanab II, Sutlej I covers tehsil Bahawalpur city, Sutlej II is meant for Bahawalpur Sadar while sector Sutlej III and IV have been devised to cover tehsil Khairpur Tamewali and Hasilpur respectively.

DCO further said that comprehensive and effective flood fighting arrangements have been made by constituting a district flood fighting sector co-ordination committee. The assistant commissioners concerned of the tehsils had been designated as focal persons of this committee, he said.

The sector co-ordination committee’s members include local parliamentarians, representative of the irrigation department, tehsil municipal officer, deputy superintendent police, Rescue 1122 in-charge and medical and veterinary officers of tehsils concerned.

He further said that 300 rescue officials of Rescue 1122 had been provided training through the Pak Army regarding water rescue activities. He further said that 2 mock exercises had also been conducted on May 2 and June 1 which had the active participation of the officers and officials concerned of the local administration, Pak Army, police, Rangers, Rescue 1122, Civil defence, health department, agriculture department and live-stock department at the river Sutlej.