Chairs a meeting of task force on global warming and heat waves
\n Islamabad
\nCoordinator to PM on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination chaired a meeting of task force on global warming and heat waves here on Friday.
\nAddressding the meeting, she emphasized the urgent need for protective measures against the severe threats of heat waves and floods to food, health, and the economy.
\nShe noted that the upcoming monsoon rains could lead to devastating floods, and relief camps established in vulnerable areas should be widely advertised to ensure access for potential victims.
\nAlam stressed the importance of utilizing all available media platforms, including digital, electronic, radio, and mosque loudspeakers to effectively communicate information about the relief camps.
\nShe also highlighted the need for collaborative efforts to face these calamities, stating that \u201chazards cannot be stopped but can be handled\u201d.
\nFurthermore, she urged the authorities to address the pressing issue of tree cutting and the dumping of trees in nullahs, as these actions can lead to damage to bridges during floods in KPK and Kashmir.
\nThe decisions made in the earlier two meetings of the task force held on 7th and 14 June were reviewed in detail.
\nShe said the departments contributing in my efforts to overvome socio-economic impacts are my team and assured of Ministry\u2019s all possible support at all levels so as the country\u2019s disaster vulnerability is lessened through coordinated efforts among the federal and provincial departments including national and provincial disaster management authorities, health, education, agriculture, water and energy departments.
\nShe said well-coordinated disaster risk mitigation or prevention measures are required to overcome socio-economic impacts of the disasters.
\nThe meeting took stock of the measures being taken on the current heat wave and to avoid any untoward incident in the upcoming monsoon season in the country.
\nRepresentatives of the National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Climate Change, Ministry of National Health, Services, Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting participated in the meeting while officials from the provincial governments joined through video link.
\nThey informed the meeting about preventive measures to protect lives, livelihoods of the people from heatwave and possible moonsoon floods.
\nThey informed that most of the measures have already been completed about expected floods including establishing relief camps, maping of resources, desilting of nullahs, and public awareness compaigns, stock maintenance and mock exercises to impliment the contigency plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chairs a meeting of task force on global warming and heat waves Islamabad Coordinator to PM on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination chaired a meeting of task force on global warming and heat waves here on Friday. Addressding the meeting, she emphasized the urgent need for protective measures against the severe threats of heat waves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-415220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n