Initial Rapid Assessment Report For Flood in Tehsil Rojhan and Tehsil Jampur, District Rajanpur August 15th, 2013

Date of Survey: Thursday 15th August 2013. Time: 10:00 hrs. – 18:00 hrs. Area assessed: Tehsil Jampur, Tehsil Rojhan – District Rajanpur.

PartnerAid Rapid Assessment Team: Ishtiaq Ahmad – Program Manager. Ashar Munir - Field Finance Officer.

Rajan Pur is a District of Punjab. It is located in southern Punjab. It consists of three tehsils namely Rojhan Mazari, Jam pur and Rajan Pur. In August due to the heavy rains flash floods started. Rajan Pur district is badly affected by these flash floods. In Rajan Pur flood water came from Kah Sultan and Shacher torrent (rivulet). This flood water hit the different union councils of Rajan Pur. Hundreds of houses damaged fully and partially and inhabitants sitting under open sky. The displaced people have sought shelter in streets and other public buildings in and around their chaks (villages). Thus, there is an urgent need for non food items (NFIs) including mattresses, mosquito nets, Kitchen utensils, fuel for daily cooking and hygiene kits. Yearly food stock is almost completely washed away, while livestock has suffered considerable loss. Thus affected people facing critical condition and will suffer economically for at least one whole year as their current crop is damaged at large scale. According to affectees this flood is larger than the one, some 40 years ago.

1. District Flood Emergency Department Office of the Superintendent to DCO under supervision of Flood Emergency Officer 0604-689054.

2. Tehsil Control Rooms Tehsil Jampur Office of the Tehsil Municipal Administration 0604-568997. Tehsil Rajan Pur Office of the Assistant Commissioner 0604-689904. Tehsil Rojhan Office of the Tehsil Municipal Administration 0604-610316.

3. Irrigation Department Focal Person: XEN Operation DG Khan: Mr. Habib ur Rehman 064-9260251, 0333-4565500 Focal Person: XEN Irrigation Rajan Pur: Mr. Muhammad Asghar Dogar 0604-689064, 689864 0300-8525066, 0333-3833300.

4. Health Department DHO Office Mr. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah 0333-6460769 THQ Jam Pur 0604-567431, MS. Dr.0313-6779738, 0334-6791839 THQ Rajan Pur MS. Dr. Fayaz Ahmed 0333-6483463, 0332-0604672

Health Infrastructure Sr. # Name of Health Facility Total 1 DHQ 1 2 THQ 4 3 BHU 27 4 RHC 7 5 GH 1 6 PH 8 7 Private 40 8 Child Hospital 1 Total 89 *Source: PHSRP and Google Earth

Hill Torrents Flood:

The Hill Torrents come from catchment area of Suleiman ranges with maximum capacity of one lac cusecs & enters through various darras i.e kaha, chachar, sori etc to hit the major towns. i.e Dajal , Hajipur, Lalgarh in thesil Jampur & Asni in tehsil Rajanpur. This rain water enters the settled area and causes huge damage to crops, land, canal irrigation system and local population.

As per PDMA Punjab Record water torrent of 96,000 cusecs from Kaha and 55,000 cusecs from Chachar outlets wreaked havoc on hundreds of acres of standing crops and human settlements in the arid zone as well as in settled areas of Rajanpur district, especially in its Tehsil Jampur which has endured extraordinary damages to 10 of its UCs. 4 UCs in Rajanpur tehsil are also badly hit. Emergency has been declared by the concerned authorities in the district by DCO.

Rajanpur have been "badly affected" by the monsoon rains and consequent flooding. District Government, Army and Rescue 1122 are have worked to rescue and evacuate people from affected areas. Tented shelters have been provided mainly by NDMA/PDMA to the affected population settling them at the same places of their affected houses, In Flash Floods the flood water recites within 12-24 hours after occurrence, the affected population take shelter temporarily on trees, raised platforms or other safer places for few hours after as and when the Flash Flood water goes on the people come back to their damages houses and get start the rehabilitation of their houses. The consignment by PDMA is encourage able but for 165,000 people it is nothing.{ In Punjab, hill torrents unleashed by heavy rains swept through over 187,000 acres of farmland and affected over 165,000 people in Rajanpur. As per WHO Situation Report Pakistan floods-2013 Issue # 1 | (4-5 August, 2013)} District Government Rajanpur is still collecting the information regarding losses/damages which will be shared soon. Till now they provide the below data

The complete detail Moza wise of Tehsil Jampur is as below by District government.

District authorities in Rajanpur are assessing losses from earlier flash floods and delivering aid by road after water receded from most areas, though some link roads are still under water. Malaria, diarrhea, gastrointestinal and skin diseases have been reported, so have livestock losses. District authorities indicate people who were displaced by flash floods are returning to their homes.

List of Affected UCs: Table of affected union councils with Current population is as below Tehsil and UC Population # Tehsil UC Urban/Rural 2013 Population Status Jan pur Sharqi Urban 36,950 Jan pur Gharbi Urban 38,558 Dajal (Partly) Urban 21,850 Kot Tahir Rural 40,250 Basti Riudau Rural 42,305 Totra Wa la Rural 38,542 Kotla Dewan Rural 37,417 Kotla Mughlan Rural 47,200 Muha nunad Pur Rural 41,354 Bokhara Rural 35,874 Damaged 1 Jampur Noorpu r Munju Wala Rural 30,563 Damaged Hajipur Rural 34,626 Damaged Wah Leashari Rural 33,993 Damaged Harrand Rural 35,477 Damaged Tibbi Lundan Rural 32,576 Damaged Tul Shtunali Rural 30,453 Damaged Noshahera Rural 33,704 Damaged Dajal (Partly) Rural 13,207 Damaged BureyWala Rural 38,608 Damaged Allahabad Rural 34,888 Sub Total 698,398 Kot Mithan (Partly) Urban 19,129 Rajan pur Sharqi Urban 29,252 Rajanpur Gharbi Urban 31,894 Fazil Pur Urban 33,648 Damaged Bakhsh Sherqi Rural 40,329 Sikhani Wala Rural 35,983 ShaJJan Wala Rural 37,882 SbikarPur Rural 30,321 2 Rajan pur Noor Pur Rural 42,293 Wang Rural 35,134 Mithan Kot (Partly) Rural 19,005 Murgbai Rural 32,734 Kotla Naseer Rural 38,379 FatehPur Rural 33,250 Damaged Jahanpur Rural 43,528 Damaged KotlaEasan Rural 32,807 Rakh Fazi1 Pur Rural 34,542 Damaged Sub Total 570,110 Rojhan Urban 16,538 Subzani Rural 29,899 potential threat UmerKot Rural 36,923 Damaged MiranPur Rural 31,964 Damaged Rojhan (Partly) Rural 24,055 3 Rojhan Bangia Uchha Rural 36,834 potential threat Rojhan Sharqi (Partly) Rural 34,274 Damaged SoanMaini Rural 46,844 potential threat Shah Wali Rural 42,966 potential threat Sub Total 300,298

Tribal Area Tribal Area Rural 20,231

Total 1,589,037

** UC population estimated using growth rate obtained from Development Statistics 2011 Indus River Flood: During this Monsoon season, the Indus River also carried excessive flood water which results inundation. It causes huge loss to the crops; livestock and local population in the adjoining area of River Indus. Major UCs exposed to the river Indus are Rojhan Sharqi, Umar Kot and Meranpur of Rojhan Tehsil.

As per below warning issued by Pakistan Met department on 15th August 2013 flash flood and riverine flood is also expected in few days in Rajanpur (next 5 days) .Weather updates predicts further heavy rain falls in the catchment area of flash flood from 12th August to 17th August 2013 which may add to the miseries of already severely affected population.

Picture gallery Rojhan Tehsil

Picture gallery Jampur Tehsil

A hand pump raised by Partner Aid in Wah Machka near petrol pump which is now only source of sweet water for the people of Rojhan.

Needs

No reliable estimates are currently available from the Government, but initial assessments indicate that more than 195 Mozas in 17 UCs (till now) were reported affected with total 386005 acres affected area in which 191711 acres is cropped land. In this crucial situation the utmost need is to evacuate people from affected locations and provide them

 Food (cooked),  Safe drinking water,  Non-food items,  Tents/shelter items,  Health services,  Vaccination for animals  Fodder for animals,  Mosquito nets,  Transitional shelters

For more information please contact:

Ishtiaq Ahmad – Program Manager Ashar Dean – Country Representative Field Office: 0604-688 877 Country Office: +92 – 51 – 221 2917 Cell: 0300-5622899 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Email: [email protected]