Lahore: The Punjab Communications and Works (CandW) Department has launched emergency road restoration operations across the province following heavy rains, with field formations placed on 24-hour alert to ensure safe and uninterrupted travel.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Provincial Minister for Communications and Works Malik Sohaib Ahmad Bherth, which was attended by Secretary Communications and Works Raja Jahangir Anwar, chief engineers and field formations of the department, while district officers participated via video link.
The meeting reviewed the situation arising from rainwater accumulation, rain cuts and damage to roads across Punjab. Addressing the participants, Bherth said that, on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, ensuring safe and uninterrupted travel for the public remains the department’s top priority.
The meeting decided to continue emergency repairs of rain cuts, road cracks and damaged road berms. Officials informed the meeting tha
t restoration work is under way in Lahore, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Nankana Sahib, Toba Tek Singh, Faisalabad, Chiniot, Khushab, Hafizabad and Bahawalpur. Departmental teams have also been deployed in Muridke, Bandi Gali, Pindi Point, Attock and other affected areas.
The provincial minister directed officers to ensure immediate safety measures and effective traffic management on roads affected by landslides, floodwater and rain cuts. Officials said the damaged section of Pindi Point Road has been secured with barriers and safety tape. In Attock, a temporary diversion has been established to maintain traffic flow on a road affected by floodwater from Kamrial Dam, while machinery has been dispatched to restore the link road damaged by flooding in Nala Banhan.
The meeting was also informed that operations are continuing in Bahawalpur and Yazman to remove fallen trees, repair rain cuts, restore canal breaches and drain water from roadsides.
Malik Sohaib Ahmad Bherth directed all field officers to continuously
monitor the road network and report developments without delay. He said comprehensive safety measures have been put in place to keep traffic moving smoothly, adding that all field formations of the Communications and Works Department will remain on round-the-clock alert to respond promptly to any emergency during the monsoon season.