Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Tuesday reviewed the arrangements at Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in the backdrop of rising water level in Jhelum river.
The government has established the Centre to deal with anyeventuality that may arise due to flood like situation.
The Advisor directed for establishing more Centres, stockingup of sandbanks at vulnerable Jhelum and Doodganga embankments, building storesfor dumping of essential commodities, besides constituting teams comprisinghealth, sanitation, revenue, police and SDRF for deployment at these Centres todeal with any kind of emergency situation.
Expressing his satisfactionover arrangements made at Hari Niwas EOC, the Advisor said the need was tocreate more such facilities and evacuation centres with all basic amenitiesincluding essential supplies for safety of evacuated persons and families asand when need arises.
Noting that usually lakhs of people get affected duringflood like situations, he said it was imperative that two more such EOCs wereestablished in a bid to have sufficient arrangement.
He directed the officers to make sure that every centreshall have a camp commander, who should be abreast with all the informationincluding inventory, bedding capacity and stock position of essentialsavailable at the centre.
Khan directed forsufficient stocks and supply of essentials like ration, drinking water, chlorinetablets, baby food items, female sanitary items, besides, critical equipmentlike tents.
Khan directed for strengthening of river embankments,stocking up of sand bags at the identified vulnerable points of river bodiesespecially Jhelum and Doodganga.