Div Com Kashmir Assesses Restoration of Essential Services; Monitoring Situation on Ground; Response distress calls Immediately; Activate Control Rooms, Div Com to Concerned Officials
Srinagar Apr 19 (JKNS): Irrigation and Flood Control department on Saturday dispelled any immediate flood threat across Kashmir Valley. While Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri directed officials to Respond immediately to distress calls if any.
Div Com Kashmir directed officials to monitor the emergent situation on ground following incessant rains, gusty winds & hailstorm, and activate control rooms for effective assessment & response.Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri directed Deputy Commissioners & officers while chairing an emergency meeting, here today as per news agency JKNS.
Div Com convened an emergency meeting in view of relentless rains to assess the overall situation and the damages caused to crops and structures by winds & hailstorm.Taking the cognizance of various reports of damage to crops in Shopian district by hailstorm, and other minor damages to structures by wind in other places, Div Com directed concerned Deputy Commissioners to immediately provide relief to the affected persons following proper guidelines.
At the outset, the Irrigation & Flood Control Department shared the data of water level in different water channels & tributaries of Jhelum and dispelled any imminent threat of flood in the valley.
