MUSCAT: As part of the Royal attention accorded by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and, in pursuance of his follow-up of the tropical cyclone ‘Shaheen’ and its aftermath in different parts of the Sultanate, His Majesty the Sultan issued orders to form a ministerial committee to assess the damages caused to citizens’ homes and properties in the governorates that took the brunt of the tropical condition.
The committee is tasked to act immediately to provide all forms of support and assistance to citizens and alleviate the impacts. His Majesty the Sultan also gave directives to speed up operations to repair damages to the infrastructure and undertake necessary measures to restore disrupted services.
Headed by the Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee at the Council of Ministers, the ministerial committee will proceed to get things back to normal as soon as possible.
May the Almighty Allah protect His Majesty the Sultan and grant him continued good health and long life.
MEETING HELD
In the light of the Royal directives of His Majesty the Sultan, to form a ministerial committee to assess the damage to citizens’ homes and their various properties in the governorates directly affected by the tropical situation, with the aim of providing various forms of support and assistance necessary to mitigate the loss, the committee under the chairmanship of Sultan bin Salim al Habsi, Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee in the Council of Ministers, held its first meeting at the Royal Oman Police Station in the Wilayat of Suwaiq.
The work of the sectoral committees operating under the management of the National Committee for Emergency Management was discussed, and decisions were taken that would prioritise protecting lives and restoring normal life to those affected directly and quickly, by providing basic needs for subsistence and restarting basic services in the affected governorates.
It was agreed to activate the public health sector to carry out emergency work to assess and deal with the health and epidemiological conditions. The committee visited the affected areas. — ONA
