Mayor Islamabad directed MCI officials for 24-hour duty
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital’s administration on Tuesday issued a red alert over possible flooding caused by heavy rains expected to lash the city this week.
The Islamabad administration said Ghauri Town, Soan Gardens, and Sectors I-8 and I-9 were forecast to be inundated with rainwater following the heavy rains.
It further underlined that the Soan and Korang rivers, as well as the Simly and Rawal dams, near Islamabad and Rawalpindi were expected to flood during the ongoing week
According to a press release of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI), the Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Ansar Aziz has directed all the offices of the MCI to be on high alert. The Mayor has also canceled the holidays of the staff. The relevant departments have been asked to ensure the presence of staff in all three shifts so that any emergency situation can be met on time.
Flooding was also feared to occur in the kutchi abaadis (slums) in Sectors F-9, G-6, G-8, H-9, and I-9, as well as Khanna Pul, Ghauri Town, and Soan, the administration said. It warned that opening the Simly and Rawal dams’ spillways would likely inundate the Soan and Korang rivers and disrupt electricity, water, and sewerage services in the areas.
The Islamabad administration has imposed an emergency in the federal capital’s hospitals ahead of possible destruction due to the rains forecast by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) and noted that local schools would be used as relief camps in case of flooding.
