Hyderabad: Sindh Minister for Irrigation Department Jam Khan Shoro Friday visited various areas of Hyderabad city to review the overall situation arising after heavy downpour of monsoon season and also reviewed the arrangements made by the District Administration and other line departments.
MPA Abdul Jabbar Khan, Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Faud Ghaffar Soomro and officers of the other relevant departments were also accompanied with him. Shoro visited Latifabad, Qasimabad, Mallah Goth and other areas of the city to review the overall rain situation.
He also visited the pumping stations located in the areas of Latifabad Unit Nos 9 and 4, and also visited the Dulsi Das pumping station and inspected their functionality.
Shoro said that Sindh government was taking all possible measures to protect the life and property of the people in view of the recent monsoon rains. He directed the officers of the District Administration and others that they should take all possible arrangements during heavy downpour of the monsoon season in order to avoid any untoward situation.
He also directed them that they should utilize all available resources in order to drain out the rain water from the low-lying areas of the city during monsoon rains. He further directed them that they should stay alert during current monsoon spell in the fields and in low-lying areas of the city alongwith their staff and to ensure pre-placement of necessary machinery, inventory, equipment at already identified vulnerable locations of the city.