Urban flooding is due to erratic weather patterns

Islamabad
Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan said on Wednesday that urban flooding phenomenon is becoming common in Pakistan because of erratic weather patterns caused by global warming, which has been leading to significant impacts on socio-economic lives.
However, these negative impacts of the flooding can be mitigated and the urban centers of the countries can be made flood-resilient through sustainable and environmental-friendly urban planning, he suggested.
He expressed these views here at his office during a meeting with climate change and urban flooding experts.
“In Pakistan, increasing population in urban centres has led to population concentration, which has escalated pressure on ailing urban infrastructures. This has made the cities vulnerable to climate change impacts in shape of urban flooding, heavy rains,” he highlighted.
Mushahidullah said that sustainable and environmental-friendly urban planning with major focus on water and sanitation infrastructure, housing sector, economic centres can help mitigate impacts of heavy rains, floods on these fundamental urban infrastructures.