The Saudi Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, called on all secretariats and municipalities in the various regions and governorates of the Kingdom to prepare and activate emergency plans, ensure their readiness, limit the mechanical and human capabilities to avoid the dangers of rain and floods, and take all measures to ensure the safety of lives and property.
According to “Okaz” newspaper, Al-Hogail stressed harnessing the capabilities and putting them in a state of readiness and preparedness to deal with the dangers of rain and torrents and the resulting water pools in low-lying areas and roads, and to inspect the drainage networks of flood water, tunnels, ferries and bridges within the urban boundary, and to maintain them before the rainy season. And while it rains, removing any obstacles that affect its effectiveness.
The directives included the importance of coordination and cooperation with government agencies and agencies in dealing with heavy rain and torrential cases through the civil defense committees in the regions, raising to the princes of regions and heads of civil defense committees a plan for rainwater drainage and preventing flood risks, and providing members of the regions civil defense committee with this plan, according to The national plan for facing natural disasters, as well as providing the General Department of Disasters at the Ministry’s Agency for Technical Affairs with a detailed report on the Secretariat’s preparations for the rainy season for this year 1442 AH.
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