Sharjah24: Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah oversaw Saturday morning field operations involving rainwater drainage teams in the Al Majaz area in response to the country's weather conditions last Tuesday.

The emergency and crisis team in the Emirate of Sharjah provided him with an in-depth review of the current initiatives aimed at removing the area's rainwater, including the main stations' operational processes, the quantity of pumps and equipment at their disposal, and the station's daily capacity to drain 55 million gallons of rainwater.

Mobile pumps that dump rainfall at a rate of 7.6 million gallons per day were among the most prominent skills that the Deputy Ruler of Sharjah considered while assessing the impact of the country's weather on damage mitigation.

Working teams and individuals involved in the rainwater drainage operation are there for the locals at all hours of the day and night, and he commended their efforts and urged them to step it up to meet the needs of the people and keep the roads in the emirate running smoothly.

Numerous high-ranking officials, including Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, head of the local emergency and crisis team for the Emirate of Sharjah, head of the Sharjah Social Services Department Afaf Ibrahim Salem Bin Taleb Al Marri, Director-General of Sharjah City Municipality Obaid Saeed Al Tunaiji, and Director-General of Sharjah Civil Defence Colonel Sami Khamis Al Naqbi, accompanied the Deputy Ruler of Sharjah on the tour.