HYDERABAD:In order to review arrangements to deal with the emergency situation in the wake of the threat alert of Cyclone
Biparjoy, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the coastal
area of Keti Bunder in District Thatta and inspected the situation of
coastal settlements, seawater flow, embankments, rescue and relief
arrangements.
Commander Pak Navy, District Administration, Irrigation
and other concerned officers also gave him a detailed briefing
regarding the arrangements and other related matters.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the district
administration and other concerned officers to shift the people of the
coastal belt and surrounding areas to safer places and provide them
accommodation, food and all other required basic facilities.
Later, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah talking to media said that the safety of the people’s lives and properties was the top priority of the Sindh Government and in this situation no one
would be left alone and helpless.
To a question, the Chief Minister Sindh said that it would not work if
people refused to leave their homes for safer places on their will
adding that it was the responsibility of the government to protect
people’s lives and properties and shift them to safer places and
provide them with the required basic facilities there.
He urged people to move to safer places so that loss of precious lives
could be avoided.
Sindh Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Advisor to Chief Minister
Sindh for Relief and Rehabilitation Haji Rasool Bux Chandio, MPA Haji
Ali Hassan Zardari, Special Assistants Sadiq Ali Memon and Syed Riaz
Hussain Shah Shirazi, Chief Secretary Sindh Dr. Sohail Rajput,
Director General PDMA Salman Shah, Commander Pak Navy Jawad,
Divisional Commissioner Hyderabad Bilal Ahmed Memon, Deputy
Commissioner Thatta Ghulam Farooq Soomro, SSP Adeel Hussain Chandio,
officers of Irrigation, Drainage, Public Health and other concerned
departments were also present on the occasion.