NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
ISLAMABAD /
FLOODS – 2010
(01 AUGUST EVENING)
1. Heavy rains during night 21/22 July affected Kohlu, Barkhan, Sibi and Dera Murad Jamaliin Balochistan, additionally; damages have also been reported in District Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur in Punjab. In recent spell of rains districts of Peshawar, Swat, Nowshera, Dir Lower, Charsadain Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Upper Neelam Valley in AJ&Khave been badly affected.
2. Summary of Losses
PunjabBalochistan KPK AJ&K GB TOTAL
a.Dead47 19 767 32 6 871
b.Injured108 - 353 51 - 512
c.Houses Damaged 7587 390016461 476 1105 29529
d.KKH at different places, road Garhi Habibullah-Muzaffarabad and rd Muzaffarabad-Chakothi blocked.
e.D.I.KhanAirport has been inundated by flood water.
3. Relief Activities – Balochistan
a.NDMA has so far delivered 2400 tents, 4800 plastic mats, 800 blankets and 4 Generator Sets.
b.UNHCR and UNICEF have been requested to provide 2300 Non-Food Item kits and 4000 Hygiene Kits, respectively.
c.PRCS is catering for the food / healthcare requirements of population of villages of Talli and Sultankot for next 3 months.
d.1300 troops (including 4 medical teams) and 4 helicopters from Southern Command
actively participated in the relief operation.
4. Relief Activities – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
a.Rescue Efforts
(1)Helicopters Operating - 30 (20 x Army,2 x SPD, 4 x PAF,4 x Ministry of Interior)
(2)Boats Operating - 150 (Excluding locally arranged boats)
(3)Zulo Boats (Navy) -18
(4)Total individuals Rescued - 28000 (+)
b.2 x Helicopters are being utilized for the evacuation of stranded Chinese in Dubair / Pattan (District Kohistan).
c.1x Medevac helicopterflew its missions for Charsadda and Nowshera for seriously ill patients.
d.2x Reserve Bridges of Army have been moved to Malakand in order to restore road communication.
e.Distribution of 4950 Mixed Ration Packs amongst the affected population by Provincial Govt. Army has provided 62000 food packets to the flood affectees.
f.7600 Tents, 4500 Sand Bags, 15000 Ration Packs, 5000 Blankets, 5000 Plastic Mats and 3000 Jackets have been released for the affectees.
g.Motorway M-1and GT road have been restored for traffic.
h.Efforts are in hand to open banks in affected areas. Banks are also being pursued to mov mobile cash vans under Army escort in the affected areas.
i.Relief efforts for the distress calls at the information centre are being responded throughHeadquarters 11 Corps.
j.US Government is providing emergent food support (380,000 Meals Ready to Eat), 4 x Zodiac boats and 2 x water purification plants. First consignment (containing 30,000 Food Packets)of these stores reached Rawalpindi on night 31 July 10 and are being further despatched to Risalpur, Mianwali and Muzaffarabad (AJ& K). On Ist August another 70,000 food packet will reach Peshawar.
5. Relief Activities –Punjab
a.1900 troops along with 107 boats have been employed in different areas for relief activities. More troops are being moved to the affected areas; whereas in different areas Pakistan Army is on high alert to deal with any flood situation.
b. 5 x Helicopters (2 from Army, 2 from Pakistan Air Force and 1 from Punjab government)are operating for relief activities.
c.Embankment of Jinnah Barrage was breached (4x Breaches) to release pressure at the head works.
d. NDMA has released 1700 tents and 400 plastic mats for District Bhakkar, Mianwali and DG Khan.
e. PDMA Punjab has provided 24 truck load of food items to Mianwali.
f. Rs 5 Million has been allocated for relief work by provincial government.
g.PDMA Punjab has established 71 relief camps to support the flood affected population.
h.Chairman NDMA has visited the flood affected areas of Punjab.
i.On request of Punjab government, NDMA has coordinated release of Emergency Medical and Cholera kits from WHO.
j.In order to reduce the human losses, in District Liah 88 villages have been evacuated whereas 60% evacuation work has been completed in District Rajanpur.
k.14 x Naval Boats will be placed at Sukkar after 3 Aug to deal any flood situation developing in Punjab / Sind. Additionally, Pakistan Navy has also been requested to place available Sea King Helicopters on standby at Karachi to deal with any emergency flood situation.
6. Relief Activities - AJ & K
a.NDMA has released1000 Tents, 2000 Plastic Mats, 6000 food packets, 4000 Blankets and 2 generators to SDMA Muzaffarabad.
b. 550 x families were rescued to safe areas.
c. 600 families are being provided food since 30 July.
d. 2 x teams of SDMA have been detailed for relief, rescue and assessment task.
e.Army is providing all possible assistance to the civil administration in handling the situation.
f.2x Helicopters of Anti Narcotics Force have been earmarked for relief activities in AJK.
7. PAF carried out 9x Sorties of C-130 aircraft as under:-
a.4x rescue missions, evacuating 511 individuals (including 17x Foreigners) from Gilgit/Skardu)
b.2 x missions to Risalpur to deliver approx 27000 Meals Ready to Eat.
c.1x mission each to Peshawar and Risalpur to deliver relief goods.
d.1x Recce mission to Swat.
e.3 x dead bodies of Air Blue crash and 25 x passengers were moved to Gilgit.