Pakistan: PPP leaders visit rain victims

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THE Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab leadership on Saturday visited Chah Miran and expressed condolence with the family whose six members were killed as a result of a roof collapse in the ongoing rains.

The Pakistan Peoples Party delegation included President PPP central Punjab Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Secretary General Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, President PPP Lahore Samina Khalid Gurkhi, Aziz-ur- Rehman Chann, Dewan Mohyuddin, Aurungzeb Burki, Abid Siddique and Rana Asher Nisar. While talking to media present there, Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo said the Punjab Chief Minister, instead of availing a photo session while standing in the rainwater wearing long shoes, should take pre-emptive measures for the earliest disposal of heavy rainwater.

He regretted that each time after the heavy rain the Chief Minister Punjab repeated the platitude with no follow-up action to mitigate the miseries of the poor living in the densely populated areas of the metropolis.

He further said the Chief Minister always ordered punitive action against the poor Wasa employees to use them as a smokescreen for his inaptness and negligence. His micro management is limitless, he added.

Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo observed that the track record of such heavy rains would reveal the same utterances of the Chief Minister with tall promises but no policy till the tragedy struck again.

This is unforgiving and tantamount to rude joke to the poor, he added. Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo suggested that the government should evolve a mechanism to carry out a development of each household in the poor localities. The government should carry out the necessary repair of the houses at government’s expenses.

Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo pointed out that the victim family expressed their disgust over the performance of the Rescue1122 that never reached the site and the people of the locality helped them in difficult times.