The teams of the Joint Rainfall Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) yesterday has removed over 44.9 million gallons of rainwater across the country from Thursday evening to Saturday morning.
The rainwater was carried in 7,809 tanker loads.
The Committee deployed 268 tankers, 25 water pumps and field teams comprising 629 people to remove the rainwater.
The rainfall emergency teams at the municipalities worked round-the-clock for removing the waterlogging immediately after the rainfall focusing on removing rainwater from highways at first to ensure a smooth traffic flow, and then moving to public facilities and residential areas affected by the rainfall.
The rainfall emergency teams continued operation during the rains without interruption until waterlogging was cleared from across the country.