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HYDERABAD, Jul 02 (APP):Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Zainul Abideen Memon has directed the concerned officials to ensure the provision of all possible facilities to mourners during Muharram ul Haram.
He was presiding over a meeting on Tuesday at Shahbaz hall, Hyderabad, regarding the arrangements for Muharram ul Haram.
According to a handout, the DC instructed the relevant officers to formulate a contingency plan for Muharram arrangements and submit it to the DC office. He also directed to establish control rooms at district and taluka level to promptly address any complaints.
Zainul Abideen Memon directed the police authorities to ensure effective security arrangements. He directed the HESCO officials to avoid power load-shedding during night hours from the 1st to the 13th of Muharram, as majalis and processions are held in the evening time. He also instructed the HESCO officials to fix the power system, secure hanging wires and transformers to prevent any untoward incidents.
The DC directed the sui gas officials to ensure an uninterrupted supply of gas during Muharram ul Haram. He instructed the officers of HMC and the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Hyderabad to ensure effective cleanliness arrangements along the routes of mourning processions, Imambargahs and the entire city, as well as the availability of fire brigade vehicles. He emphasized the repair and installation of street lights at important locations.
The health department officers were instructed to keep all hospitals on high alert 24/7 during Muharram days and to ensure the availability of ambulances equipped with life-saving medicines in the mourning processions.
He also directed Rescue 1122 officials to remain vigilant. The WASA officials were directed to cover all open manholes and improve the water supply and drainage systems. DC directed the traffic police to create an effective traffic plan to keep the roads leading to hospitals clear.
The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Gada Hussain Soomro, MD WASA Zahid Khemtio, Municipal Commissioner HMC Zahoor Ahmed Lakhan, Assistant Commissioner taluka rural Anees Ahmed Abbasi, Assistant Commissioner Qasimabad Abdul Wahid Channa, officers from the relevant departments and various religious scholars.