CM for long-term plan to protect flood-vulnerable areas

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has asked authorities concerned to chalk-out comprehensive and long-term plan for the protection of the flood vulnerable areas of the province on permanent basis.

He issued these directives while getting a briefing on National Flood Protection Plan-IV at Chief Minister’s Secretariat, on Tuesday, said a handout.Senior Minister for Irrigation Sikandar Hayat Sherpao, Secretary Irrigation Tariq Rasheed, Chief Engineer South Zahid Abbas and Chief Engineer North Mujahid Saeed attended the briefing.

The chief minister directed the authorities for conducting a detailed survey about the damages caused by the devastating floods of 2010. He ordered for devising a long-term plan on the basis of the damages of the floods of 2010.