KARACHI, June 3: The city government has planned establishment of a disaster management training institute to impart training to the employees of fire-brigade and other rescue departments to enable them to work more effectively in emergencies.

The institute would be of international standards and have foreign experts, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal stated during a meeting with Brig (r) Kamran Sharif, Adviser National Disaster Response, here on Sunday.

He said that the institute would be set up in a government building but the city government would construct a separate building for it later.

Pointing out that that the need for the availability of skilled officers and workers was being felt for long, he expressed the hope that after completing the training, the employees would show excellent performance in relief and rescue operations in the wake of earthquake, devastating rains, major fire and other such emergencies.

Meanwhile, the nazim has directed the authorities concerned to carry out repair, carpeting and patch work of roads on an urgent basis in order to ensure a smooth flow of traffic across the city.