PDMA commends SSUET reports on disaster management

KARACHI: Sindh government has highly appreciated the work done by Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) in various fields pertaining to disaster management. In a communication to SSUET Chancellor ZA Nizami, secretary rehabilitation department, Provincial Disaster Management Authority, especially mentioned university’s report on `Rain Emergency 2011’. An official of SSUET said here on Tuesday that secretary rehabilitation department desired to hold a meeting with Disaster Management/Relief Cell, Institute of Human Settlements and Environment of SSUET, to work out further details on the operational implementation of report on `Rain Emergency’. The PDMA also commended university’s three reports on disaster management and development of warning system for coastal regions of Pakistan and the report on global warning besides report on seismic zones of Pakistan. The PDMA called for power point presentations for each report along with workable action plan to mitigate in case of disasters as elaborated in these reports. app