KARACHI: (HRNW) The Sindh government on Monday ordered the authorities concerned to evacuate residential areas and other human settlements located near the coastal areas of province as cyclone Biparjoy, now classified as an “extremely severe cyclonic storm”, inching closer to Pakistan.
The provincial government has issued a Red Alert, directing the authorities concerned to evacuate residential areas and other human settlements located near the coastal areas of province till 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday).
The government directed the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDM)A to submit report of evacuation ‘every six hours’. “The authority should also release number of evacuated people and details of relief camps,” it added.
Giving details of the evacuation plan, the PDMA – in a statement – said that residents located near the slums on the coastal belt will be evacuated first.
The PDMA noted that the wind speed can reach 120 km/hour in case of a possible storm. “Meanwhile, waves have reached heights of 8 to 12 feet near Kati Bander and surrounding ocean,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the Karachi police have also cordoned off Seaview to prevent people from heading out into the open sea as the city administration have imposed Section 144 amid the cyclone threat.
According to the notification, bathing, and hunting in the sea will be banned, and fishermen in the sea are also at risk, the ban will be imposed from June 11 until further order.