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Crisis Response Bulletin V3I1.Pdf IDP IDP IDP CRISIS RESPONSE BULLETIN January 02, 2017 - Volume: 3, Issue: 01 IN THIS BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS: English News 03-27 Water reservoirs may reach dead level in two months 03 Dense fog causes closure of motorway, delays flights 04 UNHCR supports free health services to mothers and children in 06 Natural Calamities Section 03-07 Quetta Safety and Security Section 08-22 Pakistan 7th most ‘climate change venerable country’ 07 Public Services Section 23-27 Thank you Raheel Sharif: From 3rd most dangerous city in the 08 world, Karachi falls to 31st place in 3 years Maps 28-29 Pakistan faces India sponsored terrorism: FO 09 Military courts head towards completion of term 10 Crime rate decreased significantly in 2016 15 Urdu News 41-30 3500 ‘terrorists’ killed in 2016, says army report 15 US sanctions seven Pakistani entities 18 Natural Calamities Section 41-40 Over 450,000 fake CNICs blocked in three years: Ch Nisar 19 Army to facilitate local population in health, edu sectors: Brig Tahir23 Safety and Security section 39-36 HEC decides to launch online system for degree verification 23 Public Service Section 35-30 ‘WAPDA registered 5.7% rise in hydropower generation’ 24 MAPS DROUGHT SITUATION MAP - PAKISTAN DROUGHT HIT IN THAR Drought Hit in Thar Legend Outbreak of Waterborne Diseases (from Jan,2016 to Dec, 2016) G Basic Health Unit Government & Private Health Facility ÷Ó Children Hospital Health Facility Government Private Total Sanghar Basic Health Unit 21 0 21 G Dispensary At least nine more infants died due to malnutrition and outbreak of the various diseases in Thar during that last two Children Hospital 0 1 1 days, raising the toll to 476 this year.With the death of nine more children the toll rose to 476 during past 12 months Dispensary 12 0 12 "' District Headquarter Hospital of the outgoing year, said health officials. However, according to the unofficial details gathered from various District Headquarter Hospital 1 0 1 independent sources, the toll rose to 606 this year. ÷Ó Family Welfare Centre The health officials, however, are not sure about more than 690 children who were refered to hospitals in Hyderabad Family Welfare Center 3 0 3 and Karachi that whether they died or survived.Those who lost their lives in the last two days in included six-month- General Hospitals 1 3 4 K" General Hospital old Mehesh, one-month-old Gulab Meghwar, nine-month-old Handesh, two-month-old Hajan, one-year-old Abdul General Physician 0 14 14 G Sattar and Naseema Noutyar. They died in civil hospital Mithi.Meanwhile, three newborns including the twins of Maternity Home 0 3 3 General Physician Zulfiqar Saand died in taluka hospital of Diplo.District Health Officer Dr Chandal Lal claimed that sincere efforts were Medical Stores 0 2 2 being made to provide maximum facilities in all the health units of the district. He held early-age marriages Õ Medical Stores Rural Health Center 3 0 3 responsible for most of the deaths.CEO of Health and Nutrition Development Society (Hands) Dr Shaikh Tanweer K" "' Rural Health Centre Ahmed urged the government to focus on the nutrition of kids and pregnant women in Thar to avoid more fatalities in HOSPITAL Specialist 0 1 1 the vulnerable region.He told Dawn that malnutrition has been a big issue of the arid zone of the country. He urged OF MIR Tehsil Headquarter Hospital 1 0 1 (! Specialist the government to provide basic healthcare and nutrition programmes at grass-root level. He said that they had no HASSAN Veterinary 0 2 2 details of those kids referred to Hyderabad and Karachi for the better treatment from Mithi Civil Hospital.The parents Dahli Total 42 26 68 "' of the ailing kids, talking to local journalists, complained of the lack of facilities in hospitals of Tharparkar district. Tehsil Headquarter Hospital The PML-N's member national assembly (MNA) from Thar Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani flayed Sindh government _! Veterinary for its alleged apathy over the unabated deaths of the minor kids.He claimed that most of health units and the dispensaries in the remote villages of the desert were still lying closed despite the tall claims of Sindh Road government.He told that over two thousands kids had lost their lives during past three years but the concerned "' Tehsil Boundary functionaries were least bothered to overhaul the healthcare system in the province. 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For further explanation of these legal notices please contact [email protected]. ©2017 www.alhasan.com IDP IDP IDP CRISIS RESPONSE BULLETIN 3 NATURAL CALAMITIES NEWS HEADLINES DETAILS Water reservoirs may ISLAMABAD: The Tarbela and Mangla dams are estimated to reach their dead level in the next reach dead level in two two months if dry weather persists, as the water level in both the dams has dropped to 1.3 million acre hectare feet. According to sources in the Water and Power Ministry, if the rainy season does months not start by February, water in dams will reach their dead level due to severe scarcity of rains. Daily Times, January 2, 2017 They said that water table beneath the earth was also plunging down with a great pace, and cultivation of crops in the months of March and April could also be affected by virtue of acute shortage of water in the country. Experts have also expressed fear that the country may face severe type of water disaster in the absence of new dams. Due to increasing global warming, it is anticipated that the glaciers will melt down in next two decades, and if the glaciers situated at north of Pakistan - a main source of Indus River - melts down, problem for the country will reach the point of no return.
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