Meteorological Department Director General (DG) Dr Ghulam Rasool stated that there was no weather forecasting system in 40 districts of the country, further revealing the weather prediction system in the country to be 60-years- old.
While briefing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change, he said that there were seven radars in the country whereas a total of 22 radars were needed. He added that a radar functions till a period of a decade whereas the radars installed in the country were 20 to 30 years old.
Dr Ghulam Rasool predicted heavy rains during the next two days in Balochistan, further stating that the province’s Chief Secretary was intimated about this information.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Spokesperson Ahmad Kamal informed the committee that 44 telematic systems were installed in order to keep an eye on the flow of water in the rivers, further stating that 18 of these telematic systems were not functioning any longer whereas the rest were also in bad shape.
Kamal said that Ministry of Water and Power should either replace the telematic systems or repair them. Committee member Kulsoom Parveen advised that the Meteorological Department and Ruet-e-Hilal committee should be made subordinate wings of the Ministry of Climate Change.
Apart from corruption, Pakistan is 60 years behind in everything.
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I remember during the Radio Pakistan days, the annoucer said there is no possiblity of rains in Karachi for next week when it was raining outside the studio.
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