Efficient measures of the Rain emergency team in place to handle the rain affected areas of Qatar

The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Joint Rainfall Emergency Committee, confirmed its prior readiness to deal with rainfall. Preparations are being taken by allotting work teams, equipment and mechanisms necessary to withdraw bodies of water from various regions of the country on a timely manner serving continuously.

An official source in the committee, based on continuous coordination with the Meteorology Department and follow up on its daily bulletins, explained that after the rainfall has been predicted on Thursday (July 28), work teams, vehicles and necessary equipment were distributed in various areas of all municipalities. The official also added that bodies of water were immediately dealt with, especially in some areas of the municipalities of Al Wakra and Al Rayyan. Work related to withdrawal of water wherever it is causes disruptions, is continually ongoing around the clock.

The public's reports related to rainwater are gathered by the main operations rooms at the ministry's unified call center. This is then transferred directly to the designated emergency rooms in the municipalities to deal with such unpleasant situations in a fast-paced manner. At the same time, coordination is also being maintained with the security authorities regarding the regulation of traffic to facilitate the process of withdrawing bodies of water, in addition to coordination with the parks departments in the municipalities regarding the removal of any trees that have fallen due to wind and rain. The General Cleanliness Department is also prepared to clean all roads after withdrawing water bodies from them.

In its last few meetings, the Ministry of Municipality's Joint Rainfall Emergency Committee had discussed the necessary preparations, equipment and mechanisms for dealing with bodies of Rainwater in accordance with the necessary plans to ensure that those withdrawal operations are conducted as quickly as possible during and after the rainfall. 

The committee also addressed the mechanism for receiving reports in the operations room, by receiving phone calls through the unified call center at the Ministry of Municipality (184) around the clock, in addition to the number (188) of the Public Works Authority.

All the relevant authorities in the country represented by the directors of services departments in the municipalities, as well as each of the General Cleanliness Departments, are participating in the committee, in addition to mechanical equipment, customer service, the unified call center, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), the Ministry of Interior, Lekhwiya Force, the Qatar Armed Forces and QatarEnergy.