Musadik Malik seeks satellite floodplain map before monsoon
Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik said the government aims to issue an annual satellite-based report before the next monsoon to flag building and activity in riverbeds and floodplains.
Federal Climate Change Minister Dr Musadik Malik called for satellite technology, artificial intelligence and digital modelling to strengthen disaster preparedness.
He said the government would work on an annual satellite-based report before the next monsoon to identify construction and activity in riverbeds and floodplains.
He stressed location-specific early warnings, saying a warning without an address reaches no one.
He cited a flood case where a family was trapped despite a prior alert, and referred to about 4,600 reported deaths in a week-long Karachi heatwave.
He invited universities and innovators, including NUST, LUMS and Aga Khan University, to use a recently launched $10 million Green Innovation Startup Fund.