Islamabad May 22 (TNS): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah said on Tuesday that loss of precious lives due to the heat wave in Karachi is very tragic and unfortunate incident.
He further said that Ministry of Climate Change took a proactive approach and sent a letter to all provinces and federating units in the month of April to prepare themselves for any expected issue of heat waves.
He further added that rise in temperature and frequency of heat waves in the country demands comprehensive steps at all level to deal with the issue.
Ministry of Climate Change issued the letter on 6th April 2018 to all provinces and federating units to take safety measures in advance to cope with any predicted heat wave issue. A technical report on Karachi Heatwave June 2015 was also attached with these letters to provide the strategy and guidelines to all provinces and federating units for the safety of citizen against heat wave.
This report was prepared under the direction of Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan in 2015 when Karachi faced the unpredicted phenomenon of Heatwave. This report contains the recommendations to take practical steps against this issue.
