PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 26 MAY 2010

Latest Situation Initial Response ¾ Lake Details. Due to safety considerations measurement of free • Deployment of Specialized Search and Rescue Team from 5 to 8 January. board has been stopped from 24 May onwards, approximate free • Relief items supplied through daily Heli sorties (751) and C-130 aircrafts. board is 4 feet. • NHA made responsible to restore KKH. ¾ Expected time of over flow is likely between 28-29 May 2010. • NESPAK completed Dam Break Study and its effects downstream and upstream. • Spillway cut (24 Meter deep and 45 Meter wide) prepared / completed through Displaced Families / Individuals FWO on 15 May 2010. • Due to Land Sliding. 141 Houses (1652 individuals) of Village Current Response Attabad & Sarat displaced due to land sliding on 4 Jan. Need • Early warning system in place. complete rehabilitation (land, housing and livelihood cash grant). • Evacuation of threatened areas against sudden breach of water completed. • Due to Inundation. Following have been displaced due to • Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. inundation (starting from 10 January onwards till date). Their • Helicopters placed at Gilgit for relief operation. 137 x helicopter sorties flown from houses / land has submerged and damage assessment is possible 20-26 May and transported 1952 x passengers and 16.3 tons of food/fuel/ only after the recession of water:- medicines. Village Ainabad 32 Houses o • Army Engineer Corps and FWO made responsible for maintenance of bridges and Village Shishkat 101 Houses o KKH respectively. Installation of Ropeways at Ganesh, Hini, Tishyot, Khanabad Part of Village Gulmit/Hussaini 38 houses o and Shayan Nagar has been completed. o Total 171 Houses • Sustenance of population through provision of food and medicines. o Grand Total: (including Atta Abad & Sarat) 312 Houses Package Announced by Prime Minister (26 May 2010) • Due to Blockage of Access Roads. All the valleys upstream of the lake, to include , , Chupurson and Misghar, where no ¾ Rs: 200,000 per household will be given to all those who have lost their land (Cost damage has occurred, but people are suffering due to no economic effect: 100 Mn). activity and non availability of items of daily sustenance. ¾ Rs 400,000 for completely damaged house and Rs 160,000 for partially damaged • Displacement as a Safety Measure. Evacuation of endangered house will be provided (Cost effect: 200 Mn). population from District Hunza and Gilgit has been completed. Their ¾ Livelihood cash grant of Rs 5000 per family per month for six months will be belongings are intact and safe, however the damage can only be granted to those who have lost their houses (Cost effect: 15 Mn) to free them ascertained after the overflow of water from the lake. Details of form livelihood concerns and allowing focus on construction of their houses. registered IDPs is as follows:- ¾ Wheat and flour dumped by the GB Govt in Upper Hunza will be distributed free of Total In Camps With Host Families cost to the affected population for two months in accordance with the existing - Families 1939 * 1424 507 scales (Cost effect: 4.5 Mn). - Individuals 16764 * 12309 4463 ¾ Additionally Rs 100,000 will be allotted to 171 submerged house owners of Ainabad, Shishkat and Gulmit by Baitul Maal (Cost effect: 1.71 Mn). * including Atta Abad / Sarat and villages upstream ¾ Utility Stores Corporation will establish sale points at Gulmit and Sust immediately. ¾ Provision of free food packages to affected / vulnerable population for next three • Kohistan District. District Administration Kohistan has evacuated a months, especially those who have been cutoff due to blockage of access roads. total of 1250 families (12381 individuals), 9 x camps have been ¾ Govt of GB directed to establish an Education Assistance Fund to finance the established to look after them. students studying outside GB for two semesters.

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