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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
ISLAMABAD
FLOOD UPDATE – 5 AUG 2010
FLASH FLOOD 22 JUL 2010 (BALOCHISTAN/PUNJAB)
1.
Summary of Losses – 22 Jul 2010 (Balochistan)
a.
b.
c.
2.
Deaths
:
Injured
:
Houses Damaged :
1
901
Relief Activities
a.
b.
c.
4.
24
98
19604
Summary of Losses – 22 Jul 2010 (Punjab)
a.
b
c.
3.
Deaths
:
Injured
:
Houses Damaged :
Relief Items Provided
(1)
Tents
(2)
Plastic Mats
(3)
Blankets
(4)
Generators
(5)
Ration Packets
(6)
Hygiene Kits
(7)
Non Food Items
(7)
Medical Teams
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
5950
13400
2800
4
15000
4000
2300
28
On request of NDMA, PRCS is catering for the food / healthcare requirements of
population of affected areas for next 3 months.
1300 troops (including 4 medical teams) and 4 helicopters from Southern Command
actively participated in the relief operation.
Challenges
a.
b.
c.
d.
Rehabilitation of the affected people at safer places instead of the low lying areas.
Removal of self help basis / localised dams, which are one of the reasons of flash
floods.
Capacity building of the Balochistan Government in order to tackle such kind of
disasters.
Timely provision of promised relief packages to the affected populace.
Torrential Rains / Floods (27-29 Jul 2010)
5.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
a.
Summary of Losses (Details attached)
(1)
Deaths
:
847
(2)
Injured
:
832
(3)
Houses Damaged :
156805
2
b.
Relief Activities
(1)
Relief Items Provided
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(2)
Tents
Food Packets
Cooked meal
Sand Bags
Blankets
Plastic Mats
Jackets
Dewatering Pump
NFI Kits
Mineral Water Bottle
Monetary Support
Misc Relief Efforts
(a)
Rescue Efforts
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
vii.
c.
:
34100
:
86950
:
84000
:
4500
:
5000
:
10000
:
3000
:
4
:
2656
:
15690
: 21 Millions
Helicopters
Boats Operating
-
23 (including 6 x US)
150 (Excluding locally
arranged boats)
Total individuals Rescued - 33000 (+)
PAF helicopter transported a medical team to Mari Indus.
Evacuation of 265 x Chinese, stranded in Dubair Valley have
been completed.
2x Reserve Bridges of Army have been moved to Malakand in
order to restore road communication.
Today 2565 tourists were evacuated from Kalam. Taking a total
to 3283 x individuals evacuated from the valley.
Army has established 4 x field hospitals (Charsadda, Nowshera,
Jalozai and D.I. Khan) to provide medical assistance to the flood
affectees.
WFP is presently supporting 13,000 families in KPK through its
food support programme and plans to increase the figures upto
60,000.
US Government is providing assistance in shape of Meal Ready
to Eat (MREs). A total of 436,000 packets of MREs have been
provided for flood affectees.
4x CH-47 and 2 x Black Hawk also actively participated in the
rescue operation in KPK.
PAF air dropped 3000 food packets in Swat Valley.
Challenges
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Sustenance of Kalam Valley having 600,000 population and restoration of
road infrastructure.
Restoring link of Lower Dir with Upper Dir.
Danger of out break of epidemics.
Handling of health, food, shelter, water and sanitation issues.
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6.
Punjab
a.
Summary of Losses (Details attached)
(1)
Deaths
:
55 (including 36 due to rains)
(2)
Injured
:
140 (Including 98 due to rains)
(3)
Houses Damaged :
83318
b.
Relief Activities
(1)
Relief Items Provided
(a)
Tents
(b)
Food packets
(c)
Cooked food
(d)
Blankets
(e)
Plastic Mats
(f)
Net Mosquito
(g)
Relief Camps
(2)
c.
7.
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
11,000
37,000
32,000
5,000
18,400
750
166 (housing 24354 persons)
Misc Relief Efforts
(a)
Rescue Efforts
i
Helicopters
:
4 (3 more arriving today)
ii.
Boats
:
205
iii.
Individual Rescued: 36706
iv.
Additional army troops have been moved to support the relief
and rescue activities in Kot Addu.
v.
PAF helicopter transported field MI room to Mianwali.
vi.
PDMA Punjab has provided 24 truck load of food items to
Mianwali.
vii.
Prime Minister of Pakistan alongwith Chairman NDMA visited the
flood affected areas of Punjab on 3 and 4 August 2010.
viii.
On request of Punjab Government, NDMA has coordinated
release of Emergency Medical and Cholera kits from WHO.
ix.
On night 4/5 August 1x aircraft each from Turkey, Spain and
Qatar carrying relief goods arrived at Chaklala airbase.
x.
PAF has transported 12 x boats, 2 x water purification plant, 20x
Generators, 583 x cartons of medicines, 1 x medical team
including a lady doctor and 27,000 MREs to Multan.
xi.
1 x Indonesian aircraft carrying relief items will arrive at Chaklala
air base tonight.
Challenges.
Relief and rescue work in the affected areas.
Sind
a.
Summary of Losses
Nil.
b.
Relief Activities
(1)
Army troops along with 115 x boats have moved in threatened districts
(Larkana, Kashmore, Nosheroferoze, Dadu, Nawabshah, Jamshoro, Khairpur
and Thatta) in order to pre-empt the likely flood situation. Whereas 1600 x
troops have been placed on 6 hours notice to move to assist the civilian
administration.
(2)
6 x Helicopters (2 from Army and 4 from Pakistan Navy) have been earmarked
for relief operation in Sind.
(3)
35 x Boats have been relocated at Sukkur and conducting rescue operations
in affected areas.
(4)
Navy has also moved its medical teams (including a lady doctor) to Sukkur.
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(5)
c.
8.
Naval rescue teams evacuated approximately 2000 individuals from
Kashmore, Ghotki, Panu Aqil and Sukkur.
(6)
PAF transported 2 x water purification plant, 20x Generators, 581 x cartons of
medicine and 12,000 MREs to Sukkur.
Challenges
(1)
Preparation for likely flood situation in the province.
(2)
Evacuation of population from threatened areas.
(3)
Safety of barrages.
AJ& K
a.
b.
Summary of Losses (Details attached)
(1)
Deaths
:
63
(2)
Injured
:
50
(3)
Houses Damaged
:
2482
(4)
Power stations damaged :
7
(5)
Following roads are blocked:(a)
Mansehra - Muzaffarabad
(b)
Muzaffarabad - Chakothi
(c)
Neelum Valley road has been restored upto Ashkot (near Athmuqam)
Relief Activities
(1)
(2)
c.
9.
Relief Items Provided
(a)
Tents
(b)
Food Packets
(c)
Plastic Mats
(d)
Blankets
(e)
Generator
:
:
:
:
:
Misc Relief Efforts
(a)
550 x families were rescued to safe areas.
(b)
2 x Helicopters of Anti Narcotics Force carried 9,000 MREs and
rescued 169 x individuals from Neelam Valley on 4 August.
(c)
UN OCHA has been requested to undertake rapid need assessment in
AJ&K.
Challenges
(1)
Sustenance of people in Neelum and Shunter Valleys.
(2)
Restoration of the road infrastructure.
Gilgit Baltistan
a.
1600
6000
2000
4000
2
Summary of Losses (Details attached)
(1)
Deaths
:
12
(2)
Injured
:
16
(3)
Houses Damaged :
480
(4)
Following roads are blocked:(a)
Gilgit – Ghizar
(b)
Gilgit – Rawalpindi
(c)
Gilgit – Khunjrab
(d)
Jaglot – Astore
(e)
Skardu – Dassu
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10.
b.
Relief Activities
(1)
Relief Items Provided
(a)
Tents
:
1000
(b)
Plastic mats
:
2000
(c)
Blankets
:
2000
(2)
Misc Relief Efforts
(a)
Tilldate 19x PAF sorties to Gilgit Baltistan ensured:(b)
Individuals Rescued:
1352 (incl 71 foreigners)
(c)
Food Items
:
110065 lbs food items
(d)
3x dead bodies of Air Blue Crash
(e)
2 x helicopters of Army have been earmarked to support the relief
activities.
(f)
1105 x families were provided with shelter and food by the PDMA of
Gilgit Baltistan.
(g)
80% restoration work of Road Gilgit – Ghizar road has been completed
and is likely to open tomorrow.
(h)
On request of NDMA, PIA authorities have agreed to increase the daily
flights to Gilgit Baltistan as under:i.
Skardu
:
2
ii.
Gilgit Baltistan
:
3
c.
Challenges
(1)
Sustenance of the population of Gilgit – Baltistan due to severance of KKH.
(2)
District Ghizar is cut off from the rest of Gilgit Baltistan.
(3)
Looming disaster situation in the wake of land slides and formation of lake at
Atta abad.
Misc Activities.
Pledges by the Foreigners donors are as under:-
Ser
Assistance Promised
Kind
Cash
a.
Country
South Korea
-
0.5 million $
b.
Japan
3 million $
0. 23 million $
c.
USA
10 million $
438,000 x MREs
4 x Zodiac boats
4 x Purification Plants
d.
Australia
5 million $ (Aus)
e.
UK
32 million $
f.
China
3 million Yuans + 50,000 $ to 1000 x Tents
NDMF
50 x Generators
6 x Purification Plants
g.
EU
30 million Euro
h.
Italy
-
i.
UN
18 million $
6 x Water filtration plants
5 x Water tanks
3000 x J/ canes
6
Ser
Assistance Promised
Kind
2x aircraft of relief goods
Cash
-
k.
Country
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
-
60 tons food items
l.
Qatar
-
1 x aircraft carrying 17 ton of
food items/17 ton medicines
1150 x food packets
1000 x blankets
m.
Turkey
-
1500 x sleeping bags
1200x Mats
420x Kitchen Sets
n.
Spain
-
94 x Tents
720 x Kitchen Sets
552 x Hygiene Kits
o.
Thailand
75,000 $
j.
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DISTRICTWISE DAMAGES
Lahore
3.
4.
5.
Punjab
Death
Injured
House Damages
Balochistan
Death
Injured
House Damages
Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Death
Injured
House Damages
Gilgit Baltistan
Death
Injured
House Damages
18
96
Gujrat
Rajanpur
Mianwali
Rawalpindi
Sialkot
Bhakkar
Attock
Khushab
D.G Khan
3
1
-
4
6010
3
2
2244
2
1
-
3
-
1
1
2738
12
-
6
27
3113
1397
Sibi
Barkhan
Kohlu
Nasirabad
3
70
7746
18
25
2346
1
2
6550
376
Kachi
Orakzai
Agency
Chitral
Dir Upper
-
847
16
75
Buner
Shangla
161
-
-
4
29
230
Malakand
7
11
Dir Lower
29
-
37
33
550
942
183
1038
-
R.Y. Khan
Muzaffargarh
Total
2
60256
55
140
83318
1
12
7560
Loralai
Mussakhail
Sherani
Haruai
Total
200
1
1
1500
250
100
150
100
24
98
19604
1
286
Hattian
Mirpur
Kotli
18
11
1075
13
1
615
8
7
11
3
-
6
2
7
Bhimber
Rawalakot
Bagh
Sudhnuti
Havli
Total
114
3
4
485
7
14
35
3
1
117
63
50
2482
2
10
23
Gilgit
Skardu
Diamer
Ghanche
Ghizer
760
8
8
20
11
4
260
SUMMARY
Injured
House Damaged
1120
Layyah
Jaffarabad
Muzaffarabad
1001
832
Killa Saifullah
Neelum
Deaths
847
156805
260
Swat
86
200
4
62
8
36
79
7
16463
Kohat
27
Karak
18
48
5
4
3
Hangu
Total
Swabi
Mardan
4
10
7645
67940
10
103
20514
2304
338
505
63
34657
65
6
15
21
4
20
1372
30
10
3770
-
House Damages
161
66
36
15
35
28
11
29
7
-
3
-
9
Injured
2.
Nowshera
Charsadda
Peshawar
Kohistan
Battagram
Haripur
Abbottabad
Mansehra
Bannu
Lakki
4
11
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Deaths
8
1.
D.I. Khan
District
Tank
Ser
263313
Astore
27
Hunza Nagar
Total
19
12
1105