Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Chairman Raja Tariq Mahmood Murtaza urged people not to throw shopping bags, garbage into Nullah Leh.
As in the past, flood wrecked havoc in Rawalpindi and pre-cious lives and property of the people were perished away in the flood.
The desilting and dredging of Nullah Leh has been completed with an aim to protect the dwellers from flood devasta-tion, and there is no danger of flood in Nullah Leh.
Talking to APP, Chairman said while inspecting the machinery including D-wiring set, Screw Jetting Machine, Water Bowzers and Sewer Cleaning Roding Ma-chines, the authority made it clear that all the machines in working condition.
He appealed the residents along Nuallah Lai to avoid throwing and dumping solid waste into Nullah Lai because this creates hindrances to the flow of Nul-lah which results in flooding during monsoon season.
Earlier, Punjab Emergency Ser-vice Rescue 1122 conducted Flood Preparedness Exercise at Rawal Dam to check preparedness level response strategy and further enhance the operational compatibility of Rescue 1122 teams. Civil Defense, District Education Department Rawal-pindi, and other related de-partments participated in the mock exercise in a bid to avoid flood devastation.
Dr. Abdul Rehman District Emer-gency Officer Rawalpindi made it clear that Rescue 1122 would fully alert for monsoon season to tackle flood like situation.
