Monsoon: Control room established in Housing Department

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Jul, 2026) The Housing Department Punjab has established a state-of-the-art command-and-control room to monitor round-the-clock monsoon drainage operations, track field machinery efficiency across districts, and coordinate real-time responses to urban flooding during the heavy rains.

On the instructions of Secretary Housing Noorul Amin Mengal, the control room was established in the Housing Department, and the Deputy Secretary Technical Control Room was appointed as the focal person.

Officers and employees were deployed in the control room, a notification was issued on the orders of the Secretary Housing, the Secretary Housing directed that timely response will be ensured in monsoon and emergency situations, contact will be maintained with all relevant institutions, and timely measures will be ensured to deal with the emergency situation.