Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz visited flooding areas in Nankana SaBib to assess the extent of damage caused by recent heavy rain and oversee ongoing emergency relief operations, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday.
During the visit, she interacted with local residents and personally reviewed the government’s emergency preparedness. The Minister of Ministry assured the affected families that the provincial government would compensate them for loss of crops and livestock due to flooding water.
She announced further financial assistance to people whose mud houses were destroyed in the flood, confirming the administration’s obligation to support rehabilitation and recovery efforts.
In light of the recent destructive flood, Rawalpindi District has administration in the light of Rawalpindi District declared 19 urban areas as very susceptible to future flash flooding.
In a formal directive, Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema issued a circular that identified these high -risk areas and appointed assistant commissioners, Tehsildar’s and department leaders as area -specific supervisor.
The vulnerable zones include New Catarian Lai Bridge, Bangash Colony, Zia-Ul-Haq Colony, Boring Road, Pirwadhai Bridge, Dhoke Naju, Dhoke Dalal, Dhoke Hassu Bridge, Hazara Colony, Dhoke Ratta, Gawalmandi, Dhoke Elahi Bakhsh, Sadiqabad, Javed Colony, Nadem Mohri, Jan Colony, Tench Bhatta Last Stop, Banara’s Colony and Sharon Colony (Sawan Camp).
These areas have experienced serious urban areas on three separate apartments within the last week, with water rising three to five meters inside the homes and streets, causing broad damage and difficulties for the residents.
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To strengthen the response of the disaster on Earth, circular charging has been appointed from relevant departments. In addition, officers from health, education, police, revenue, rescue services and civilian defense departments have been deployed to these flooded areas to ensure coordinated actions in emergencies.
DC has a mandate that all assigned officers must report to their designated locations at the beginning of rainfall. Failure to respond or any remission of duty will result in strict disciplinary action.
Despite these measures residents of Nadeem Colony, Javed Colony and Dhoke Elahi Bakhsh – including Haji Naveed Khan, Chaudhry Imran, Chaudhry Shaukat and Zartaj Khan – expressed deep frustration.
They claim that their society has endured over five decades of recurring flooding crises, but during the latest flood, no official presence or support flooded – even when flooding water flooded their neighborhoods.
Residents urged the administration to move beyond symbolic supervision and insert fully equipped rescue teams. They emphasized the urgent need for cleaning extensive drainage systems and active flood operations. The locals say they do not need “officials in suits and boots looking from the sidelines,” but real rescue teams on the ground.
