Rain Emergency: Sindh announces half-day for offices tomorrow

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to give half-day in public and private institutions in view of the forecast of rain in Karachi on March 01,2024(tomorrow).

A meeting was held in the city under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, in which Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab participated through video link.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah imposed a rain emergency in the province and put all the local bodies, administrations and hospitals on high alert, while it has also been decided to do half-day duty in public and private institutions in Karachi tomorrow.

Murtaza Wahab appealed to the people not to leave their houses unnecessarily tomorrow, there is a possibility of rain in the city from 2 pm tomorrow, 3 to 4 spells of rain are likely to occur at different times after 2 pm.

According to the mayor, cleaning of all the chokepoints in the city is in progress and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation(KMC) is ready to deal with the rain-related situation.

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