DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dera Ghazi Khan received 165.83 millimeter rain in 2022, that is a record rainfall in the division during the last 40 years.

Commissioner Usman Anwer said this on Tuesday while addressing a delegation of 13 officers participating in the 34th Mid Career Management Course, during there visit to DG Khan.

Informing the delegation about salient feature of the division, the commissioner talked about the geographical importance of DG Khan, developmental projects, historical places, industrial establishments, Sulaiman mountain range, mountain drains and the challenges of urban flooding and flash floods.

He said DG Khan division, comprising mountains, plains, rivers and desert, bordered all four provinces and has unique historical significance due to its location.

He said the rains in the Sulaiman mountains range caused flooding in the plains.

The commissioner said for the first time, a separate plan was made for the three types of floods that hit the region.

He added that DG Khan and Rajanpur districts, faced threat of flooding in rivers every year, besides hill torrents.

He said the main problem was obstruction of natural path of hill torrents because of encroachments.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2022