{"id":66583,"date":"2020-06-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=66583"},"modified":"2020-06-12T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:00:01","slug":"rawalpindi-dc-directs-institutions-urban-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-dc-directs-institutions-urban-flooding.html","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi DC directs institutions to prepare against urban flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Captain (rtd) Anwarul Haq has directed the Rescue 1122, Civil Defence Department (CDD), Police Department, health organisations, and the municipal bodies to take the precautionary measures needed against flooding in the upcoming monsoon season, according to a news source. He also instructed the authorities to activate the flood warning system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-construction-of-dadhocha-dam-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Land acquisition process for construction of Dadhocha Dam, Rawalpindi begins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rawalpindi DC issued these directives after the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted heavy pre-monsoon rainfall for this year. The PMD declared the time period between June 15 and July 14 as the pre-monsoon season, while monsoon would be from July 15 to August 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-residents-raise-water-shortage-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rawalpindi residents raise water shortage complaints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the administration will establish a control room in the offices of the metropolitan municipal corporation, along with a central flood control room in the CDD. The Rawalpindi DC also directed the Water and Sanitation Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-forms-plan-to-prevent-flooding-in-rawalpindi-during-monsoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WASA<\/a>) to desilt and clean the Nullah Leh, along with other storm drains in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Captain (rtd) Anwarul Haq has directed the Rescue 1122, Civil Defence Department (CDD), Police Department, health organisations, and the municipal bodies to take the precautionary measures needed against flooding in the upcoming monsoon season, according to a news source. He also instructed the authorities to activate the flood warning system. Read: Land acquisition process for construction of Dadhocha Dam, Rawalpindi begins The Rawalpindi DC issued these directives after the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted heavy pre-monsoon rainfall for this year. The PMD declared the time period between June 15 and July 14 as the pre-monsoon season, while monsoon would be from July 15 to August 12. Read: Rawalpindi residents raise water shortage complaints In addition, the administration will establish a control room in the offices of the metropolitan municipal corporation, along with a central flood control room in the CDD. The Rawalpindi DC also directed the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) to desilt and clean the Nullah Leh, along with other storm drains in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":60619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[31607,31608],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-rawalpindi-dc","9":"tag-urban-flooding","10":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rawalpindi DC orders flood preparedness measures- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Rawalpindi DC has ordered various civil bodies and other institutions to be prepared for urban flooding in the upcoming pre-monsoon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-dc-directs-institutions-urban-flooding.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rawalpindi DC orders flood preparedness measures- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rawalpindi DC has ordered various civil bodies and other institutions to be prepared for urban flooding in the upcoming pre-monsoon.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-dc-directs-institutions-urban-flooding.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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