PDMA told to increase drainage pumps for city to 100.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has directed Hesco, Sepco and K-Electric to ensure electricity supply during rainwater drainage in the monsoon season.

He issued these directives while presiding over an important meeting on the monsoon contingency plan 2019 at Sindh Secretariat on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Board of Revenue Senior Member Shamsuddin Soomro, Sukkur Mayor Arsalan Shaikh, Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shalwani, Hyderabad Commissioner Muhammad Abbas Baloch, Sukkur Commissioner Rafiq Ahmed Buriro, Larkana Commissioner Saleem Raza Khuhro, Irrigation Secretary Saeed Ahmed Mangrejo, Works and Services Secretary Mansoor Abass Rizvi and representatives of the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Sindh Police, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Hesco, Sepco and K-Electric.

The PDMA director general said in his briefing that the entire country received normal rainfall from July to September. 'Normal to above normal rainfall is expected in upper half of Pakistan due to strong incursion of monsoon currents and their interaction with the westerly weather system. Extreme weather events are expected during the period and may cause flooding in the rivers and adjoining tributaries,' he said.

He informed the meeting that there are four types of rain/flood: riverine flood caused by snow-melting, urban flood caused by heavy rain spell/cloud burst, LBOD flood caused by heavy rainfall and flash flood caused by extreme rainfall in Khirthar/Koh-e-Suleman Range. All divisional commissioners informed the meeting about the plans they had prepared for their divisions and districts. Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Ahmed Shalwani informed the meeting that there are 30 drains in Karachi that pose threat of overflowing in the monsoon season. He said...

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