Update on Landsliding / Lake (Village Atta Abad) - Period Covered Upto 1800 Hours 24 May 2010

PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 24 MAY 2010 Latest Situation Initial Response  Lake Details. Due to safety considerations measurement of free board has been stopped from 24 May onwards, approximate free  Deployment of Specialized Search and Rescue Team from 5 to 8 January. board is 2 meters plus.  Relief items supplied through daily Heli sorties (751) and C-130 aircrafts.  Expected time of over flow is likely b/w 26-29 May 2010. Displaced Families / Individuals  NHA made responsible to restore KKH.  Due to Land Sliding. 141 Houses (1652 individuals) of Village  NESPAK completed Dam Break Study and its effects downstream and upstream. Attabad & Sarat displaced due to land sliding on 4 Jan. Need complete rehabilitation (land, housing and livelihood cash grant).  Spillway cut (24 Meter deep and 45 Meter wide) prepared / completed through  Due to Inundation. Following have been displaced due to FWO on 15 May 2010. inundation (starting from 10 January onwards till date). Their houses / land has submerged and damage assessment is possible Current Response only after the recession of water:-  Early warning system in place. o Village Ainabad 32 Houses o Village Shishkat 101 Houses  Evacuation of threatened areas against sudden outburst of water completed. Part of Village Gulmit/Hussaini 38 houses o  Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. o Total 171 Houses o Grand Total: (including Atta Abad & Sarat) 312 Houses  Helicopters placed at Gilgit for relief operation. 69 x helicopter sorties flown from  Livelihood Means Affected 20-23 May and transported 1332 x passengers and 8.3 tons of food/fuel/ o Shops - 127 o Grinding Mills - 5 medicines. o Furniture Works - 3  Army Engineer Corps and FWO made responsible for maintenance of bridges and o Hotel - 1* KKH respectively. Installation of Ropeways at Ganesh, Hini, Tishyot, Khanabad  Due to Blockage of Access Roads. All the valleys upstream of the lake, to include Shimshal, Sust, Chupurson and Misghar, where no and Shayan Nagar has been completed. damage has occurred, but people are suffering due to no economic  Sustenance of population through provision of food and medicines. activity and non availability of items of daily sustenance.  Displacement as a Safety Measure. Evacuation of endangered Relief Details. Food / NFI support is being provided to GB Govt by ERC, other population from District Hunza and Gilgit started from 15 May 2010 Government Departments, PRCS, FOCUS, various NGOs and UN has also been and has been completed. Their belongings are intact and safe, however the damage can only be ascertained after the overflow of selectively involved. water from the lake. Details of registered IDPs is as follows:- Funds Provided Total In Camps With Host Families - Families 1755 * 1204 551  Federal Govt. Rs 100 Mn (Another 700 Mn has been allocated as special - Individuals 14072 * 9344 4742 development fund) * including Atta Abad / Sarat and villages upstream  Sindh Govt. Rs 7 Mn  Total population affected: Approximately 42,000 individuals. Important Tel Numbers: NDMA: 051-9213083, Fax: 9213082, NDMA Spokes Person 0331-5657773, NDMA Media Coordinator 0300-8569229, NDMA Relief Coordinator 0331-5663237 Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Relief Fund Account Number = 4932-6, National Bank of Pakistan, NLI Market Branch, Gilgit, Web: www.ndma.gov.pk