Secretary Local Government & Community Development (LGCD) Department Imran Sikandar Baloch has said that the staff and machinery of local bodies across Punjab had been alerted to deal with the heavy rains and flood situation while emergency measures were being taken where necessary. He said in a statement on Thursday that 1280 Dewatering units and 1044 spray pumps are operational in all the divisions including Lahore while 990 tractors, 622 trolleys and 111 jetting machines were present in the field. He said that Flood Emergency Cell of LGCD was also on full alert for continuous liaison with PDMA. He directed the Chief Officers across Punjab to stay in the field, keep in touch with the district administration and pay special attention to drainage from low lying areas. He stressed that work should be done under zero tolerance policy for timely drainage of water from urban areas and the problems of the people should be reduced at maximum.
