Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary today conducted an extensive tour of border villages in Suchetgarh and RS Pura sector to take stock of the situation in the backdrop of prevailing tension.Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma, SDM Suchetgarh, tehsildars, officers of security agencies and Health department also accompanied the Minister during the visit.During his tour, the Minister interacted with the people of border villages including Abdullian, Samke, Bera, Choga and Raipur and informed them about the steps being taken by the government for ensuring their safety.The Minister directed the officers of the district administration to ensure that basic facilities including power supply, water supply, sanitation and information system are made at the temporary shelter locations, besides providing transportation facility at the time of emergency. The SDM informed the Minister that contingency plan has been made for dealing with any eventuality.
The Minister directed the officers of Health Department to keep ambulances on standby and staff on alert for dealing with any contingency.The Minister further said that a list of temporary shelter locations should be displayed in the villages. He also called for keeping a close contact with the village heads, Numbardars and Chowkidars. The district administration informed that temporary shelters have been set up for accommodating the villagers at Bana Singh Stadium, Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School RS Pura, Govt. Hr. Sec. School Miran Sahib, ITI RS Pura, Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School Kotli Shahdoula, City Middle School RS Pura, Boys Middle School Mill area, Girls Middle School Mill area and Social Welfare Complex RS Pura.