Buzdar asks PDMA to be ready for monsoon

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that districts’ emergency plans should be devised and PDMA should ensure effective arrangements.
He was talking to Provincial Minister for Disaster Management Mian Khalid Mehmood who called on him briefed him about the arrangements made for combating possible flood.
The CM directed that districts’ emergency plans should be devised and PDMA should ensure effective arrangements. I am visiting various districts to review the flood-related arrangements, he added. PDMA’s arrangements will also be monitored.
He directed that the district committees should be reactivated and regular meetings be held to review the field situation. He further directed that the weather situation should be shared by PDMA with the line departments and an early flood warning system should be kept fully activated.
Similarly, people should be kept informed about weather and the situation of rivers’ water through social media and other means of communication, he added. The PDMA should also ensure timely procurement of necessary equipment and there should be ample stock of necessary material in the warehouses. He made it clear that there is no room for any negligence. The government will continue to provide resources to the PDMA, the CM concluded.
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CM Usman Buzdar has directed the Food Department and the administration to take every step for ensuring the sale of flour at a fixed rate within 24 hours. He made it clear that hoarders will not be allowed to exploit the people and sale of flour at an excessive rate will not be allowed.
Action will be initiated against those involved in overcharging, he warned. I will not tolerate any delay in the provision of flour bags to the people at a fixed rate after the release of government wheat to flour mills, he stated.
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar met with Punjab Assembly Speaker Ch Pervaiz Elahi at Punjab Assembly on Thursday and discussed matters of mutual interest. Both agreed to jointly counter the propagandists adding that the journey of public service will be moved forward with accelerated speed.
Usman Buzdar said that critics will be left behind and the new Pakistan will continue to move forward under the leadership of PM Imran Khan. He regretted that the critics have engaged in propaganda with a specific agenda while the best relationship exists with PML-Q in Punjab.
The CM maintained that the PTI-led government has correctly identified the public priorities and Punjab is moving towards the real change in accordance with the vision of PM Imran Khan.
Speaker Pervaiz Elahi stated that designs of those fascinating about differences will not be fulfilled. The province was despoiled and it was bankrupted due to the wrong policies of the past government. The common man has faced the consequences of delay in public welfare projects, he regretted. He continued that present tenure belongs to the people. We are an ally of the PTI and will jointly continue to work for public welfare as serving the public is our mission.
The CM chaired a meeting at CM Office in which recommendations with regard to ascertain priorities of development projects of the Health Department came under review. Steps being taken to curb the spread of corona pandemic and arrangements being taken for the treatment of patients in hospitals were also reviewed during the meeting.
Usman Buzdar while addressing the participants in the meeting emphasized that we have put our foremost focus on the improvement of health department in Punjab and significant increase has been made in the health budget in the coming fiscal year.
He directed the Health Department to undertake steps with continuity to bring further improvements in the treatment of patients. Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, Chief Secretary, Secretaries of Finance, Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education, P&D, Primary & Secondary Healthcare and concerned officers attended the meeting.