Rawalpindi district administration has finalized a contingency plan to deal with any emergency during heavy rain and snowfall in Murree.
According to Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Muhammad Ali, the plan was finalized in a meeting to review all the arrangements made for winter sea-son to ensure quick and timely relief and rescue operations.
He said, a contingency plan was finalized to deal with any emergency, adding, although, natural ca-lamities are beyond control but the damages could be reduced through disaster management.
Two control rooms would be set up at DC office, Rawalpindi and Assistant Commissioner Office, Murree for the next spell of rain and snowfall pre-dicted for next few days.
The control rooms would work round the clock to give quick response to the complaints of the citizens and ensure that they were provided with the re-quired assistance as well as complete guidance, he added.
The focal persons from all the departments con-cerned would perform their duties in the control rooms.The DC further informed that during winter season an Additional Deputy Commissioner and three As-sistant Commissioners including AC Murree and AC Kahuta would be stationed in Murree.
According to the new plan, the main focus would be on snow removal operations and traffic manage-ment.
There would be regulated entry during such spells and maximum 8,000 vehicles would be allowed to enter Murree.
He directed all the departments concerned espe-cially health department to extend full cooperation to the rescue personnel in any emergency so that fast and effective response could be provided.ense Officers and the officers of other departments con-cerned.
