Minister for Environment Hamidullah Jan Afridi Tuesday issued directives to the concerned authorities to immediately prepare an emergency plan to rescue people who are at high risk due to blockade of Hunza River as a result of large-scale landslide.
Speaking at an interactive session held here he asked FWO, NESPAK, NDMA and other authorities to carry out a comprehensive study on perceived impacts of landslide that may cause critical situation for 15,000 people of the area.
The meeting was attended by stakeholders including chief secretary and hoe secretary Gilgit Baltistan, joint secretary of the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs, additional secretary of the Ministry of Interior, joint secretary KA&GB, representatives of Wapda, ERRA, Agha Khan Development Network, FOCUS, NESPAK, Ministry of Water and Power and Secretary Ministry of Environment Javed Malik, Additional Secretary Kamran Ali Qureshi, D G Environment Javed Ali Khan and other officials of the environment ministry.
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