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QUETTA: Under Section 144, the Balochistan government has imposed a ban on swimming and picnicking across the province in view of monsoon rains.
Home and tribal affairs department order said that there is a danger level exists that can cause loss of human lives around dams, rivers and ponds, therefore, picnics and swimming in rivers, dams, and water ponds are banned under section 144.
Quetta Levies Police District Administration has been directed to implement the order, it further added.
Moreover, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday dispatched relief items containing family tents and de-watering pumps to Balochistan government in order to support and assist in the relief efforts of the Balochistan government in response to floods owing to current rain spell.
The NDMA is in constant contact with the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) Balochistan and has assured all possible assistance to Balochistan whenever required, said a news release.