Dr. Khaled Qassem, a spokesman for Ministry of Local DevelopmentAs a result of the bad weather conditions, the Minister of Local Development, Mahmoud Shaarawy, directed the ministry’s operations room to closely follow the developments of the situation around the clock, and also directed the governors to deal quickly with any emergency events.
Qassem added, in a telephone interview to the “Life Today” program with the media, Lubna Assal via Al-Hayat channel, that the Minister of Local Development stressed the governors to raise the degree of preparedness and to deal immediately with any accumulations of water that may fall with rain, continuing: “We aim to quickly withdraw water, and we emphasized the Mayors of cities and neighborhoods are constantly present.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Local Development explained that there are directives to the governorates to conduct periodic reviews of lighting and cooperation between all vital sectors in the Egyptian governorates, and to raise awareness to stay away from all electricity poles and trees for fear of any accidents due to bad weather conditions, and motorists are also emphasized to avoid walking. At high speeds for fear of accidents.
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