AJK Govt approves more constructions of SDMA units at tehsil levels.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- :Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan on Saturday directed the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) to create the units at the Tehsil HQ level, besides installing emergency aid equipment there.

"All the SDMA centers should be furnished with all required facilities, including a doctor with a stock of medicines.

"The centers should remain in constant touch with Civil Defence, Health Department and Rescue 1122," the prime minister said while according formal approval of the construction of SDMA units in Tehsil Hari Gahl, Rera, Birpani, Dhirkot, Thorar, Jandathi and Tain Bazar.

The AJK PM also directed the Secretary State Disaster Management Authority to take precautionary measures to avoid loss of lives during natural disasters.

Since Azad Jammu Kashmir was a quake prone region, he said, there was a dire need to take advance...

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