DRM Bulletin 2
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May, 2014 - Volume: 2, Issue 5 IN THIS BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS: Diseases turn into disaster in Thar due to water pollution, 02 English News 2-8 malnutrition Protection cluster return monitoring of Alisherzai return to 02 DRM Sector Framework 9-15 central Kurrum, April 2014 News Rain, hailstorm hit Thar, Khairpur 02 Gunmen kill five policemen in northwest Pakistan 03 Humanitarian Intervention’s 16-18 Aid distributed to people affected by drought in Pakistan 03 Building back better in Sindh 04 Disaster Profile: Kurram 19-21 Dengue alert: Pre-monsoon rain to heighten risk of dengue 04 Agency outbreak Hazards: Climate change cause of devastation 05 Maps 22,24,26 Risks to coastal communities by climate change highlighted 05 Nature’s fury: Avalanche in Upper Dir claims over a dozen 06 Articles 23,25 lives Avalanche kills 14 in Dir Upper District: Police 06 Urdu News 27-29 Six die in Upper Dir landsliding 06 Newly diagnosed child brings polio cases to 40 06 Disaster-management: Experts for research in geosciences 07 DRM Directory 30-44 to minimise risks7 FATA - KURRAM AGENCY FLOOD 2010 DAMAGES MAP FATA - FOREST AREA DAMAGE IN FLOOD 2010-2011 MAPS FATA - FLOOD DAMAGES AGRICULTURAL LAND FATA - Kurram Agency Flood 2010 Damages Map May, 2014 DETAIL OF LOSSES/DAMAGES DUE TO RAIN AND FLOODS 2010 AREA INUNDATED AND CROP AREA DAMAGED IN KURRAM AGENCY IN FLOOD 2010 Legend Total Area, Damage Standing Crops Agency/FR boundary Houses Damage 313 273 (Acres) Cropped Area Affected 273 Deaths (Flood 2010) Average Yield(tons per acre) 6 Affected areas (Acres) 421 0/ No data Persons Affected 3,130 Area irreversibly lost (Acres) 148 1 - 2 Village Affected 64 Area Inundated (Acres) 421 3 - 8 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 9 - 25 110.62 38.66 Bajaur Agency Map Doc Name: Kurram Ag. Flood2010 Damages Map_A3L 26.65 Khyber Agency Mohmand Creation Date: May 08, 2014 Agency Projection/Datum: WGS84 Web Resources: http://www.immap.org Agriculture Livestock 6.2 0 5 10 20 KM (Damages in Million PKR) Khyber Agency Data Source: Irrigation Education Population Census Organization(PCO): Admin (Damages in Million PKR) Kurram Orakzai FR Peshawar Boundaries Agency Agency FR Kohat Kurram Agency FATA Disaster Management Authority: Orakzai Agency Flood 2010 Damages data 35.3 Disclaimers: FATA The designations employed and the presentation of FR material on this map do not imply the expression of Bannu any opinion whatsoever on the part of the iMMAP or USAID concerning the legal status of any country, N. Wazirastan territory, city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Jammu and Kashmir boundaries FR Lakki demarcates the administrative control of Pakistan 1.2 Marwat and India. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir FR Tank has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Private Houses Human Lose Tajikistan Campensation Campensation S. Wazirastan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan China (Damages in Million PKR) GILGIT KHYBER BALTISTAN PAKHTUNKHWA Afghanistan A.J.K DISPUTED F.C.T TERRITORY KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA FATA FR D.I.Khan PUNJAB Iran BALOCHISTAN N. Wazirastan SINDH India FR Bannu Arabian Sea PUBLISHER: ALHASAN SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED - ISSN 2312-1386 205-C 2nd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Sector F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. +92.51.835.9288. [email protected] www.immap.org 1 ©2014 www.alhasan.com 2 NEWS HEADLINES DETAILS Protection cluster return It is believed that most of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters have fled to Kurram in monitoring of Alisherzai the wake of military operation in the adjacent Khyber, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies in 2011. Kurram is home to a significant number of Shia minorities, concentrated mainly in the return to central Kurrum, Upper and partly in Central Kurram, with a history of intermittent violent conflict along sectarian April 2014 lines. It has also frequently been a crossing point for Taliban fighters moving between Pakistan Relief Web, 28th April 2014 and Afghanistan, prompting sustained military operations. These activities often trigger displacement of civilian populations within Kurram agency and outward into the neighboring districts. For example, many families were displaced from Upper and Lower to Central Kurram due to sectarian conflict. Sizeable population from Central Kurram, largely from Alisherzai tribe, was also displaced to Lower Kurram and into the adjacent districts of Hangu, Kohat and Peshawar due to military operation in 2011. According to UNHCR database, a total of 4549 IDP families (20,114 individuals) from Alisherzai tribe were registered and are being assisted in New Durani camp and in Peshawar, Kohat, Hangu and DI Khan districts. Of this total, 1366 families live in New Durrani camp and 3,183 in off-camp settlements. In January 2014, 50 tehsils were de-notified by the Government of Pakistan and declared safe for IDP return. In the Return Task Force (RTF) meeting held on 16.1.2014, the return of Alisherzai was agreed upon. The protection cluster, fulfilling its mandate as per the return SOPs, conducted a Return Intention Survey (RIS) to assess the voluntary nature of the intention to return and their overall preparedness. Subsequently, the cluster has also continuously undertaken return monitoring exercises at embarkation point in New Durrani camp. This report covers the last of the monitoring surveys. Polio this week - as of 23 Pakistan continues to be the country with most polio cases in the world this year. This week, April 2014 five new cases were reported (two wild poliovirus type 1 – WPV1, and three circulating Relief Web, 23rd April, 2014 vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – cVDPV2). Four of the cases are from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and one is from Gadap, greater Karachi. Rain, hailstorm hit Thar, UMERKOT: Rain and hailstorm hit Umerkot, Chhore and Mithi, the first pre-monsoon showers Khairpur in the drought-stricken Thar desert, and Khairpur on Monday. While the rain turned the Daily Dawn, 22nd April, 2014 weather pleasant in desert areas, it also damaged the standing wheat crop and the harvested grain lying in fields. Light showers, accompanied by strong winds and hailstones, hit a few villages in Nagarparkar and Islamkot talukas on Saturday evening as well as on Sunday night, uprooting scores of trees and damaging thatched houses. The hailstones caused death of scores of goats, peacocks and other birds in Piluro, Lunio Sama, Gori, Murid Taar, Libo, Siranghu, Dhinkario, Hothi jo Taar and other villages. “The rainfall is untimely yet it is hoped it will help the grass grow which is much needed for starving cattle during this drought spell,” said a grower. Rain and rainstorm lashed Nara taluka area for more than an hour. The villages of Qadir Wari area, Jummo Tarr and desert area of the taluka were hit by the rain and hailstones. A drizzle continued in the areas till the filing of this report. Diseases turn into disaster KARACHI: Low nutrition and polluted water have badly affected health of people in Thar, in Thar due to water particularly women and children, and the situation has turned so worst that diseases have turned into a disaster, said Tanveer Arif, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Society for pollution, malnutrition Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE) in an interview to PPI on Sunday. Pak Express Tribune, 21st April, 2014 The baseline health facilities are lower than required standard. The inadequate facilities have raised the problems facing people in Thar. This is because of the fact that the government approach is short-term as it usually responds when emergency strikes and take actions to defend itself, says Scope CEO. He further said: It is not only Thar which is hit by these issues, but other areas of the country like Achhro Thar, Cholistan, Balochistan and FATA are also worst hit in this regard. Thar is not totally ignored as in 2000, there were major developments like laying of road network, launching of mobile networks and provision of piped water to the people of Thar. However, region is huge, population is scattered, and infrastructure is still poor, he added. NGOs have their own priorities. Government provide infrastructure, district regimes work at UC level and NGOs deliver at village level. If one of them does not work, whole system can fail, he noted. As compare to population of 1.3 million in Thar, health facilities are inadequate. Hence, there is need to establish more hospitals in all talukas and health centers in villages of this desert area of Sindh. Climate change is visibly affecting the region in form of changed rainy patterns, frequent droughts, and effect on natural resources, cropping pattern, he said. We should not always seek scapegoats all the time. Thar is a difficult area as people are too many and scattered with their own pastoral lifestyle. The governance in this area is as bad as in Cholistan or Balochistan, where resources are lacking. To tackle climate change and other issues facing Thar, Tanveer said that long-term projects are needed to be launched in Thar and ensure dependable sources of water in form of canals, more water resources, large rainwater harvesting ponds, drought resistant agriculture, more roads, effective livestock management system. When income will rise in this region, other issues will also be resolved, he said. There are some people who make money from short-term measures. There is need to first build major infrastructure like building a canal from Naukot and spread water courses and remodel water ponds into large and deep water collection ponds, Tanveer said. He also stressed the need to provide more water supply schemes with filtration plants, besides developing livestock marketing system so that people of the area could get good income and pass life without any trouble.