Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed authorities to immediately modernize and upgrade rescue boats being used in flood-hit districts to ensure safer and faster evacuation operations.
🛶 Key Directives
Rescue 1122 and district administrations instructed to inspect all boats for safety, engine strength, and capacity.
Older boats to be repaired, refitted, or replaced with modern motorboats.
Additional life jackets, ropes, and medical kits to be stocked on every rescue boat.
đź“Ť Focus Areas
Flood-hit districts including Kasur, Okara, Bahawalnagar, Sialkot, and Narowal will be prioritized.
Relief teams ordered to increase nighttime operations with proper lighting equipment.
🪖 Coordination
The CM directed close collaboration between Rescue 1122, Army units, and PDMA for swift evacuation.
A central monitoring cell has been set up in Lahore for real-time supervision.
⚠️ Outlook
With river levels in Ravi and Sutlej still dangerously high, officials warn that rescue capacity must be boosted to handle further evacuations if upstream water releases continue.
