Rescue 1122 evacuates over 33, 000 flood affected persons so far:DG Rescue Punjab Dr. Rizwan Naseer

Lahore: The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has evacuated over 33, 000 flood affected persons from vulnerable inundated districts of Punjab; whereas the Rescue 1122’s Water Rescue Teams have been conducting continuous search; rescue and evacuation operations in flood-hit districts of the province during night timings since start of the recent flashfloods.

The major rescue operations were conducted in Jhang on Wednesday where 96 Rescue Boats are participating in rescue operation & 7754 flood affectees have been evacuated so far. Likewise, major rescue operations are being conducted in Hafizabad; Chiniot, Jhang, Multan and Muzaffargarh Districts. On direction of Chief Minister of Punjab Muhammad Shabaz Sharif, DG Rescue Punjab Dr. Rizwan Naseer reached Jhang in the wee hours of Wednesday and started monitoring rescue operations. The head of Disaster Response Force Dr. Farhan Khalid said that Dr. Rizwan Naseer personally participated in several rescue operation besides monitoring overall evacuation situation and evacuated the flood victims. He said DG Rescue Punjab once again stood shoulders-to-shoulders with the flood affectees during this flood and also encouraged rescuers participating in search and rescue operation in Jhang and other adjoining vulnerable districts of Punjab.

Furthermore, as part of flood preparedness; the vulnerable districts of north; middle and southern Punjab were identified by special rescue teams and as part of flood contingency plans, Rescue 1122 extra staff was deployed in most sensitive districts of the Punjab to manage any kind of untoward incident. As a result of this comprehensive planning, Rescue 1122 has evacuated over 33, 000 flood affectees in all 26 flood-hit districts of Punjab; including 5205 in Hafizabad; 7754 in Jhang, 5721 in Mandi Bahuddin, 2352 in Chiniot, 2084 in Sargodha, 1939 in Sialkot, 1749 in Narowal and etc. The Disaster Response Force headed by Dr. Farhan Khalid and Mian Muhammad Ahsan is moving alongwith riverside and providing backup support to the concerned districts.