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00:00:16In District Hangu, there was an exchange of fire between the Security Forces and the Khawarij.
00:00:20Eight terrorists went to hell. Six soldiers, including two officers, were martyred fighting bravely against the Indian-backed Khawarij.
00:00:23Among the martyrs are Captain Abuzar Farooq and
00:00:28the compensation we pay, Lieutenant Shiraz Babar.
00:00:31Security forces are determined to completely eliminate terrorism
00:00:34under the firm resolve
00:00:36campaign.
00:00:41President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif paid tribute to the security forces
00:00:45for sending eight terrorists to hell in District Hangu.
00:00:48Homage was paid to the martyred Captain Abuzar Farooq, Lieutenant
00:00:52Shiraz Babar, and four soldiers. The President and Prime Minister expressed
00:00:56heartfelt condolences to the families of the martyrs. The sacrifices of the security forces and law enforcement
00:01:03of these is that your individuals. We will talk about how this agencies will not go in vain. .
00:01:04گی۔
00:01:09The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly will be attended by Prime Minister Muhammad
00:01:12Shahbaz Sharif, who will represent Pakistan and deliver a speech
00:01:14their flood equipment. at the General Assembly session. Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar
00:01:18left for New York to attend the session.
00:01:19and find out how this institution is working in Punjab. The Deputy Prime Minister will attend the OIC Contact Group meeting on Occupied Kashmir.
00:01:23Pakistan's continuous support for the Kashmiris' right to self-determination and
00:01:26the rights of oppressed Palestinians.
00:01:36No violent group will be allowed
00:01:38with the Meteorological to enter Islamabad.
00:01:41with the Federal The Islamabad High Court has clear orders regarding road closures and disruption of public movement.
00:01:44Administrative and judicial orders will be strictly
00:01:46Our enforced. Jamaat-e-Islami members are peaceful and reasonable.
00:01:49There is contact with these people at all levels. Minister of Information and Broadcasting
00:01:53Ataullah Khan's press
00:01:56conference.
00:02:00Due to the tension in the region, oil prices are continuously increasing.
00:02:04In the current situation, the Prime Minister has launched a special relief program
00:02:08for the middle and poor classes. The special fuel scheme
00:02:11is successfully ongoing. The Prime Minister himself is monitoring it. This special
00:02:15scheme is only for the common man. So far, 2.2 million people
00:02:18have registered under the scheme. Minister of
00:02:21Information.
00:02:26The economic journey is moving from stability to economic development.
00:02:35and largely affect
00:02:45and issuing alerts accordingly.
00:02:47earlier,
00:02:47And these alerts
00:03:00Implementation of the directive to include 20-year-old motorcycles, rickshaws, and Changchi rickshaws is underway.
00:03:03All registered motorcycles, rickshaws, and Changchi rickshaws after January 1, 2006
00:03:08we see heavy rains are eligible for the full relief scheme.
00:03:11Those who fill less than 5 liters of petrol will also get a discount of 500 rupees per token
00:03:15in a week. A total of four tokens
00:03:18will be issued in a month.
00:03:21that are vulnerable, and .
00:03:22ہونگے۔
00:03:26PDMA, what resources PTI's Junaid Akbar's inciting
00:03:28statements on September 27th. A plan to make the protest violent
00:03:32has come to light, causing a wave of concern among the public. Junaid Akbar's politics of dead bodies
00:03:36and statements of violent protest and threats to destroy the federal
00:03:39capital. The government and law enforcement agencies are already
00:03:43monitoring the situation in view of the potential
00:03:46for violent situations.
00:03:49.
00:03:56who is the first responder The objective of PTI is to spread at night. chaos and destruction in the country. Junaid Akbar's statement reveals the intention to spread
00:04:00chaos and destruction. They do not believe in peaceful
00:04:04protest. There is a fear of violence and bloodshed under the guise of protest.
00:04:08Blocking roads and disrupting public life
00:04:11will not be allowed at all. Minister of Information and Broadcasting
00:04:15Ataullah's reaction to Junaid Akbar's violent statement.
00:04:18.
00:04:22and sheltered Afghans for five decades and contributed with our limited resources.
00:04:26Our mosques, schools, markets, and .
00:04:58Secondly,
00:05:30Assalam-o-Alaikum, I am Komal Saleem with the program Face to Face. Viewers, natural
00:05:34disasters are a big challenge for any region. Floods,
00:05:38heavy rains, earthquakes, landslides, heatwaves, smog, and other emergencies require
00:05:42timely forecasting, effective planning, rescue, relief, and
00:05:46rehabilitation, which are of utmost importance. In Punjab, to deal with all these
00:05:49emergencies, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) plays
00:05:53a key role. This institution coordinates
00:05:56with various departments and district administrations,
00:06:00as well as identifies risks, prepares
00:06:04for them, responds to emergencies,
00:06:06and coordinates relief and rehabilitation efforts
00:06:10for affected
00:06:13institution is working in Punjab in today's program. So let's go.
00:06:17اج کے پروگرام میں تو ائیے چلتے
00:06:19ہیں
00:06:26Yes, viewers, at this moment, DG PDMA Saf Anwar Jappa Sahib is present with me. We will talk to him
00:06:32Assalam-o-Alaikum. Wa-Alaikum-Assalam. Thank you very much for giving us your valuable time today.
00:06:36First of all, please tell the viewers what is the basic
00:06:39function of PDMA .
00:08:12The coordination mechanism for disaster-related eventualities
00:08:15is issued by the PDMA. Sir, every year
00:08:20, floods, and other natural
00:08:24disasters. What is PDMA's overall
00:08:27strategy to deal with these risks
00:08:31? Look, over the years, SOPs
00:08:35have been developed. Obviously, repeated challenges
00:08:38came. In 2010
00:09:12, we were greatly blessed by Allah that no major challenge came.
00:09:16The rivers had water, but not
00:09:20to the level that a flood situation would develop.
00:09:23A challenge came in Sheikhupura in the last week of July.
00:09:27That was also due to the Nala Dek, which
00:09:31had rain in its catchment area upstream and then local
00:09:34rain, which caused it to breach. Our tehsils of Muridke and
00:09:38Ferozwala were affected.
00:09:41So, what I was saying is that as soon
00:09:45as this monsoon season ends, the PDMA
00:09:48will conduct a post-monsoon season evaluation
00:09:52of where the challenges came from,
00:09:55how we improved this year compared to last year,
00:09:58and how we will address those areas that remained
00:10:02unaddressed. For example, when the 2025 flood
00:10:06came, you yourself saw that the area of Multan
00:10:09and Muzaffargarh Ali Pur tehsil.
00:10:18And when a post-flood analysis was done,
00:10:21this year, by the grace of Allah, the Government of Punjab,
00:10:25with the efforts and kindness
00:10:28of the Chief Minister, built
00:10:31three flood protection bunds
00:10:35in Multan and Muzaffargarh in a very
00:10:38short time, which significantly minimized the challenge of last year
00:10:41in Ali Pur and Jalalpur Pirwala and
00:10:45Shujabad this year. And this was done in a very short time, and in a very
00:10:48short time, I mean, building 20 kilometers of flood protection
00:10:51bunds, these were projects worth 3.5 billion, and their construction was completed
00:10:55in four months. I would like to appreciate
00:10:58the Irrigation Department and the local administration, especially
00:11:02the Commissioner Multan, who worked a lot on this. I would also like to appreciate
00:11:05them for taking such a big flood protection in six
00:11:09months. So, even now, PDMA
00:11:12will sit down.
00:11:14It will evaluate where our weak areas were,
00:11:18where there were gaps. By identifying
00:11:21them, the preparation for next year will be improved.
00:11:25And we also start preparing for next year.
00:11:29From March, we start evaluating districts.
00:11:33We start asking for their contingency plans.
00:11:36We start validating
00:11:39We start its repair and maintenance.
00:11:42There is a proper checklist. Then there is also
00:11:46third-party validation. And since
00:11:48last year, a very big flood of 2025
00:11:52passed through us. And the Chief Minister knew about the challenges
00:11:55and also knew about the gaps. So this time, the Chief Minister
00:11:59did this that the third-party validation that happened, the preparation that the districts
00:12:03had done, it was also checked by the Chief Minister's inspection team.
00:12:07A second tier of checking was also kept,
00:12:10and the gaps that came up were also addressed.
00:12:14So our preparation starts, and before the next flood season,
00:12:17we are largely able to restore our things.
00:12:20God forbid.
00:12:24نخواستہ
00:12:55If a medium-level flood has come, then which
00:12:58areas, how much population, how much
00:13:01infrastructure has been affected, how many crops have been affected, and
00:13:05if it is a high flood, then how much area has become vulnerable?
00:13:09So, taking the flood plain into account, the PDMA
00:13:12has compiled data in collaboration with the urban unit,
00:13:16which has been compiled for all the districts
00:13:19of Punjab. We call it MHVRA.
00:13:23کو ہم ایم ایچ وی ار اے کہتے
00:13:25ہیں
00:13:31is being done for the areas that are vulnerable so that, God forbid,
00:13:34if such an eventuality of flood comes,
00:13:37we are prepared before that. First,
00:13:41we should identify those target areas
00:13:46accordingly, we have to activate this response. So, this
00:13:50MHVRA data that has been compiled will benefit
00:13:54us a lot. Our response will be adequate
00:13:58accordingly. In this, we will measure the response
00:14:01time, and we will work
00:14:05on disaster risk reduction
00:14:08for the critical areas or the most vulnerable areas. Sir,
00:14:12as this whole procedure is being told,
00:14:14this is a continuous process and it continues
00:14:18throughout the year. And we have seen that last year, the
00:14:21biggest in history
00:15:03, it's understandable that you understood all these things and looked at the challenges.
00:15:07So, how challenging was it, and how was this experience
00:15:11of the Chief Minister's trust in giving you charge in such a short time and then taking
00:15:15over all the things? Look, first of all, thanks to the Chief
00:15:19Minister for trusting me.
00:15:23since I had a little
00:15:25background experience of flood management.
00:15:29I was Deputy Commissioner
00:15:32in Muzaffargarh in 2017-18.
00:15:36And Muzaffargarh
00:15:55I also had a little experience in this regard, that the PDMA has a warehouse where flood equipment and
00:15:59firefighting equipment is stored, and that is in Muzaffargarh. So, I used to frequently
00:16:03visit it before the flood season because I had to validate
00:16:06all the equipment that was there. So, that background
00:16:09experience helped me a lot in the field.
00:16:13I have been Deputy Commissioner in three districts, so every year I have to prepare for floods.
00:16:17In Gujarat,
00:16:21I served, and Gujarat is also a vulnerable district, especially in terms of urban flooding.
00:16:24So, that background experience
00:16:28supported me greatly. And frankly,
00:16:32the team here, since I came right in the middle
00:16:35of
00:16:41but it didn't take me long to understand things,
00:16:45and by the grace of Allah, we managed our things
00:16:49timely under the guidance of the Chief Minister. And the biggest challenge
00:16:53that came in Sheikhupura was solved in days, Alhamdolillah.
00:16:56Sir, if we talk about weather forecasting and early
00:17:00warning, and how to convert them into practical
00:17:03measures, and how are the contacts with the Meteorological Department,
00:17:07district administration, and other institutions?
00:17:11Look, we have excellent coordination with NDMA,
00:17:16Department,
00:17:18Forecasting Division, the Flood Forecasting Division.
00:17:24Provincial Control Center established here,
00:17:27the Emergency Control Center,
00:17:30operates 24/7. People
00:17:34monitor every single thing.
00:18:07The seasonal nullahs that come from Jammu
00:18:12Narowal, Sialkot, Gujranwala,
00:18:16their data is constantly coming in. So, we are proactively
00:18:19monitoring everything
00:18:24that we issue, we disseminate them to people through social media.
00:18:28Then our coordination at the district level,
00:18:32we also have emergency control centers at the district level.
00:18:35People are present. God forbid, if such
00:18:39an alert comes, then through our DCOs or District Emergency Control
00:18:43Centers, we activate the machinery of those districts.
00:18:46Similarly, you must also know
00:18:50that the Irrigation Department is also active
00:18:53during the flood season. Their monitoring also
00:18:56runs round the clock. So,
00:18:59all our flood-fighting departments, similarly,
00:19:03Rescue 112, the Chief Minister this year
00:19:29. Operations are stopped
00:19:33ہے
00:19:36There was also a risk that, God forbid, another incident might not
00:19:40happen. So, to prevent that,
00:19:42GPS-monitored boats
00:19:46have been purchased. In this regard, we also had a program with Dr. Rizwan Sahib a few days ago,
00:19:50and he said that all the demands that were given to the Chief Minister,
00:19:54all our requirements have been fulfilled much
00:19:58earlier this time. Is it before these alerts?
00:20:02Yes, it was like that. I myself visited Rescue 112.
00:20:06They have the latest
00:20:17system, how it works, as I mentioned that our
00:20:21Provincial Control Center is established here.
00:20:24It is active around the clock.
00:20:28We have dedicated WhatsApp groups.
00:20:30Whenever we receive
00:20:34any such forecast
00:20:44or through the Meteorological Department, we immediately circulate it and activate the concerned departments. Then we have also done this
00:20:48that some vulnerable areas that are already
00:20:51declared vulnerable based on years of experience,
00:20:55where waterlogging occurs, which are vulnerable,
00:20:58or where flood comes, then in advance,
00:21:01the flood-fighting equipment, boats,
00:21:04life rings,
00:21:07all that is placed there beforehand
00:21:10so that, God forbid, if any challenge comes,
00:21:14the equipment is available there on time
00:21:17so that the response is similar.
00:22:05including Gujranwala, Sialkot,
00:22:08Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, even
00:22:12Lahore. So, challenges remain there, but this time, I must say,
00:22:15it was handled on an emergency
00:22:19basis because the Chief Minister
00:22:22had WASAs, which were earlier at divisional
00:22:26headquarters, less equipped,
00:22:28resource-deficient, and they were not in all of Punjab.
00:22:32Now WASA is in every district of Punjab, and then WASA was also
00:22:36provided with machinery
00:22:40in thousands, and all kinds of
00:22:43machinery were provided, which includes equipment
00:22:47to fight urban flooding. And besides that, there is a Punjab
00:22:51Development Program of the Chief Minister, in which the sewerage system
00:22:54of all these vulnerable districts
00:22:58is being upgraded. Stormwater drains
00:23:02are being built. Water disposal
00:23:05stations, which treat sewage
00:23:08or otherwise throw it out, the number of these disposal stations
00:23:12is being increased, and new machinery has been procured,
00:23:16and a proper audit has been done. So this time, and the waterlogging time
00:23:20in rain, if I tell you, only in Pindi,
00:23:23in the entire monsoon season, more than 1500 millimeters of
00:23:27rain occurred. Similarly, in Lahore, more than 100 millimeters of
00:23:31rain occurred. Gujranwala, these are the cities that
00:23:34crossed thousands. Sialkot and Gujrat.
00:23:37So, the waterlogging time
00:23:41and duration in urban flooding, if in 2024
00:23:44water stood for five hours in one place, then in 2025
00:23:48it came down to two hours.
00:23:50In 2026, it is now in minutes, and in many places where waterlogging
00:23:54used to happen, it has been totally eliminated. Sir, at this moment, if we talk about
00:23:58PDMA's modern technology and resources,
00:24:01as we are currently discussing that Rescue 112 has been greatly
00:24:05facilitated with new technology and new boats,
00:24:09and WASA has been provided with heavy
00:24:12technology. If we talk about
00:24:16and technologies does it currently have?
00:24:20Look, when the 2025 flood
00:24:22came,
00:24:24many lessons were learned from it. And since the Chief Minister
00:24:28herself was monitoring that flood
00:24:31and was overseeing rescue operations
00:24:35and rehabilitation, when PDMA
00:24:38was evaluated, the deficiencies in PDMA were highlighted.
00:24:42Among them, one was that PDMA's footprint
00:24:45is not at the district level. PDMA is a centralized institution
00:24:49at the provincial level that was coordinating
00:24:52things with the cooperation of the district administration and Rescue
00:24:56112. But it was realized
00:25:00that with the big challenges that are coming due to climate
00:25:03change or the kind of hazards that will be there,
00:25:07to manage these hazards, PDMA will also have to become efficient
00:25:11in its preparedness and capacity building
00:25:15at the same level. So, for that, the Chief Minister
00:25:18allowed
00:25:21us to take PDMA to the district level.
00:25:24Some 230 new people who will be sector
00:25:28experts, who will be dedicated environmentalists,
00:25:31who will be making predictions, who will be doing analysis,
00:25:34we are going to hire those dedicated
00:25:37domain experts, and at the district level,
00:25:408 to 10 people from PDMA will be present
00:25:44to help the concerned DC.
00:25:47They will be providing analysis,
00:25:51collecting data, and providing forecasts.
00:25:54This is one thing that the Chief Minister has been kind
00:25:58to PDMA in terms of capacity building.
00:26:02Secondly, she told us to create
00:26:05an Integrated Disaster Management System so that you have
00:26:09real-time data. Our project
00:26:12has been approved by PITB. We have made its PC one.
00:26:16Now, real-time forecasting and analysis
00:26:19will happen. Response
00:26:22will be activated and monitored on it.
00:26:24All the rescue operations, then
00:26:28rehabilitation,
00:26:30all of this we are going to digitize.
00:26:34Thirdly, she also did us a favor that
00:26:38the warehouses that we currently
00:26:41have, we already have two warehouses where our
00:26:44equipment is stored, one in Muzaffargarh and one in Lahore.
00:26:48So, in the previous ADP, we were allowed to build three more
00:26:52warehouses in Sargodha, Jhang, and Rajanpur.
00:26:55Now they are almost complete. In this ADP,
00:26:59nine more warehouses will come in nine more cities.
00:27:02The advantage
00:27:05response time that was previously five
00:27:09hours, six hours, if I had to mobilize
00:27:12a machinery from here Lahore to Muzaffargarh
00:27:16or to Rahim Yar Khan,
00:27:19now Rahim Yar Khan will have its own warehouse, the nine that we
00:27:23are going to build. So, the response time will also be reduced
00:27:27significantly. So, the loss will start to decrease.
00:27:30So, that expansion of our
00:27:34warehousing facility is going to happen.
00:27:38So, PDMA also, with the big challenges,
00:27:42the Chief Minister has been kind in capacity building
00:27:45and has given us these projects. And God forbid, if a flood
00:27:49comes, we will make our preparations
00:27:52accordingly. Sir, let's go for a break now, and after the break, we will continue
00:27:55our program.
00:27:57ہیں۔
00:28:12Welcome back, viewers. We are discussing how the PDMA
00:28:16department is working in Punjab. DG Sahib is with us.
00:28:19Sir, before the break, as we were talking about PDMA's modern resources,
00:28:23in the modern era, with the help of satellite data, geographical information, and other
00:28:27technologies, how have measures been taken for forecasting, monitoring, and reducing
00:28:31damage? You explained in great detail
00:28:35before the break that these are the facilities. Now, using these facilities,
00:28:39what will happen in the future? We will be pre-planned,
00:28:42and how will the damage be reduced?
00:28:46Look, as I mentioned
00:28:49the kind of big challenge that is coming
00:28:53or is expected due to climate change,
00:28:56the kind of hazards there are,
00:29:00similarly, PDMA is also
00:29:03expanding. Our central control
00:29:06room, which is established here,
00:29:10is active 24/7. And we have access
00:29:14to satellite imagery. We have signed an MoU
00:29:18with SPARCO. SPARCO gives us real-time data. So, the data
00:29:21we receive, and where we anticipate
00:29:24a response, and that response has to be proactive,
00:29:28we immediately mobilize our district machinery
00:29:31and the concerned institutions.
00:29:35And so far, thank God, no such big challenge has come where we felt
00:29:39that there was a lack of coordination somewhere or that
00:29:43there was no realization that this is not our job.
00:29:46Under the guidance of the Chief Minister,
00:29:49every department of the Government of Punjab
00:29:52works as a team and a unit.
00:29:56It is not seen
00:29:59and who is the second. Whoever is nearby
00:30:02is the first responder, and whoever gets to know first
00:30:06will respond first, and others will stand
00:30:10in support. Let's continue this discussion. In flood-prone areas, as we were discussing,
00:30:13the response time should be as short
00:30:17as possible. But how is the deployment
00:30:21of rescue boats, machinery, other staff,
00:30:24and other resources done there?
00:30:28Is it estimated beforehand that a flood of this level
00:30:32or a natural disaster of this level is coming,
00:30:36so things are provided there beforehand? First, there is institutional
00:30:39memory. We know that these are vulnerable
00:30:43areas, and if a low-level flood comes, these areas
00:30:47will definitely be hit. Similarly, if a medium-level
00:30:51flood comes, these areas will be hit. If a high-level flood comes, these areas will be hit.
00:30:55So, under this institutional memory, the areas that we have already
00:30:58identified.