District Disaster Management Plan District Rajanpur
(July 2018 - June 2023) Published by: District Administration, District Rajanpur, under the supervision of Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Punjab.
Funding Support: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding support of UK-DFID under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan (BDRP) Programme”, the UN Organizations namely FAO, UNDP and WFP are engaged to build the institutional capacities of the District Government in four target Districts i.e. Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh Districts in Punjab Province and Ghotki and Kashmore Districts in Sindh Province.
Authors: Mr. Falak Nawaz and Mohammad Asif; Network of Disaster Management Practitioners (NDMP), Pvt. Ltd. Islamabad.
Supervised by: Mr. Naeem Iqbal, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Islamabad.
Reviewed by: NDMA, PDMA Punjab and BDRP Members (FAO, WFP, UNDP and Concern Worldwide led Consortium).
District Focal Persons: Mr. Ishfaq Ahmed Chaudhry, Deputy Commissioner, District Rajanpur.
First Edition: July 2018.
This Publication is available at: National Disaster Management Authority, Islamabad (www.ndma.gov.pk). Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Punjab (www.pdma.gop.pk). District Disaster Management Authority, District Administration Rajanpur. United Nations Development Programme, Islamabad (www.undp.org.pk).
Copyright 2018, Government of Punjab: Material in this publication can be freely quoted or reprinted, but acknowledgment is requested. Contents
Message from Director General, Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Punjab 5 Message from the Deputy Commissioner, District Rajanpur 6 List of Acronyms 7
Chapter 1: Pro le of District Rajanpur 9 1.1. Punjab Province at a Glance 10 1.2. District Rajanpur at a Glance 11 1.2.1. Introduction 11 1.2.2. Geography 11 1.2.3. Climate and Weather 13 1.3. Socio-Economic Pro le 15 1.3.1. Population of the District 15 1.3.2. Household Distribution 15 1.3.3. Agriculture and Irrigation 16 1.3.4. Industry and Trade 16 1.3.5. Health 17 1.3.6. Education 17
Chapter 2: Risk Pro le of District Rajanpur 19
2.1. Situation Analysis 20 2.2. Hazards Pro le 20 2.2.1. Floods 20 2.2.2. Droughts 22 2.2.3. Epidemics 22 2.3. Vulnerability and Exposure Pro le 22 2.3.1. Population Exposure 23 2.3.2. Crops Exposure 24 2.3.3. Livestock Exposure 25 2.3.4. Essential Facilities Exposure 25 2.3.5. Buildings Exposure 25 2.4. Capacity/Resources Pro le 26 2.5. Risk Analysis 26
Chapter 3: Disaster Risk Management Institutional Set Up and Framework 27
3.1. Disaster Risk Management Organizations at District Level 28 3.1.1. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) 28 3.1.2. Tehsil Disaster Management Committee (TDMC) 30 3.1.3. Union Council Disaster Management Committee (UCDMC) 31 3.1.4. Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) 32 3.2. Roles and Responsibilities for Line Departments 33 3.2.1. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) 33 3.2.2. Municipal Committees (MCs) 36 3.2.3. Forest Department 37 3.2.4. Livestock Department 38 3.2.5. Agriculture Department 38 3.2.6. Irrigation Department 40 3.2.7. Revenue Department 41 3.2.8. District Health Authority 42 3.2.9. District Education Authority 43 3.2.10. Police Department 44 3.2.11. Rescue 1122 Services 45 3.2.12. Civil Defence Department 46 3.2.13. Social Welfare Department 47 3.2.14. Works & Services Department 47 3.2.15. Public Health Engineering 48 3.2.16. Media 49 3.2.17. Pakistan Army 50 3.2.18. Private Sector (NGOs and PRCS etc.) 51
Chapter 4: Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in District Rajanpur 53
4.1. Ongoing Investment Areas for Disaster Risk Management 54 4.1.1. Community Based Disaster Risk Management 54 4.1.2. Early Warning System 55 4.1.3. Multi-Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (MHVRA) 55 4.1.4. Planning for Disaster Risk Management at All Level 56 4.1.5. Asset Management Plan 57 4.2. Mitigation Planning 58 4.2.1. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Education Sector 58 4.2.2. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Health Sector 60 4.2.3. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Public Health Engineering Sector 62 4.2.4. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Civil Defence Sector 63 4.2.5. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Rescue 1122 63 4.2.6. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Agriculture Sector 64 4.2.7. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Livestock Sector 65 4.2.8. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Municipal Committee 66 4.2.9. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Irrigation Sector 66 4.2.10. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Communication & Work Sector 67 4.2.11. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Revenue Sector 68 4.1.12. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Social Welfare Sector 69 4.3. Modes of Financing for Mitigation Measures 69
Chapter 5: Strategies for Emergency Response 71
5.1. Need for Establishing the District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC) 72 5.1.1. Status of District Emergency Operation Center in District Rajanpur 72 5.1.2. Proposed Organizational Structure of DEOC 72 5.1.3. Functions of DEOC 72 5.2. Operationalization of DEOC 72 5.2.1. Standard Operating Procedure – Activation Procedure for DEOC to Deal 72 with the Emergencies 5.2.2. Warning & Information Dissemination 72 5.2.3. Reporting & Media Brie ng 75 5.2.4. Simulations and Drills 76 5.2.4.1. Responsibility for Organizing Drills 77 5.2.4.2. Schedules for Organizing Drills 78 5.2.4.3. Resources for Organizing Drills 79 5.3. Resources for Emergency Response 75 5.4. Transportation and Evacuation 76 5.5. Transportation and Evacuation 77 5.6. Recovery Operations 78 5.7. Women and other Vulnerable Groups Engagement as Cross Cutting Issues 79 List of Annexures 81
Annexure - i: List of Basic Terminologies Relevant to This Plan 82 Annexure - ii: National Disaster Management Plan 2012-2022 84 Annexure - iii: Machinery & Resources Available with the District Govt Line Department 86 Annexure - iv: Tehsil Wise List of Evacuation/Relief Sites Identi ed by the 87 District Government
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: District Wise Map of Punjab Province 10 Figure 1.2: Union Council Wise Map of District Rajanpur 12 Figure 1.3: Elevation Map of District Rajanpur 13 Figure 1.4: Rainfall Trend in Rajanpur at Three Different Stations 14 Figure 1.5: Annual Mean Maximum Temperature of Rajanpur 14 Figure 1.6: Tehsil-wise Population Distribution (2017) 15 Figure 1.7: Tehsil-wise Household Distribution in District Rajanpur (2017) 15 Figure 1.8: Irrigated Area of Rajanpur in (Thousand Hectares) by the Year 2014-15 16 Figure 2.1: Map Showing the Extent of the Flood 2010 and 2012 21
List of Tables 19
Table.1.1: District Administration of Rajanpur 12 Table.1.2: Distribution of Health Facilities of District Rajanpur (2017) 17 Table.1.3: Distribution of Education Facilities of District Rajanpur (2017) 17 Table 2.1: Tehsil-wise Rural/Urban Population Distribution (2017) 23 Table 2.2: Impacts of Various Hazards on Different Population group 24 Table 2.3: Impacts of Hazards on Different Crops Growing in the District 24 Table 2.4: Impacts of Various Hazards on Livestock in the District 25 Table 2.5: Name of Union Council Prone to Flooding 26 Table 3.1: Proposed List of Members for DDMA 28 Table 3.2: Proposed List of Members for the TDMC 31 Table 3.3: Proposed List of Members for UCDMC 32 Table 4.1: List of District to be Covered Under MHVRA Study in Punjab Province 56 Table 4.2: List of District to be Covered for Development of PDMP and DDMPs 57 Table 5.1: List of Warehouses in District Rajanpur 76 Table 5.2: Emergency Response Resources Available with Rescue 1122 76 Table 5.3: List of Evacuation/Relief Sites at District Rajanpur 78 DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN DISTRICT RAJANPUR (JULY 2018 - JUNE 2023)
Message
rovince of Punjab has continuously been impacted by both natural as well as man-made disasters. These disasters, which have their evidence available from history, resulted into severe economic losses by virtue Pof damage to agricultural and industrial productivity besides to the residential infrastructure. Riverine and flash floods, among various hazards risks, are the more commonly and frequently occurring hazards repeatedly and severely affecting the Province of Punjab since ages.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Punjab, since its establishment has been making all out efforts to being change in people's mindset towards disaster management from event triggered reactive mode to proactive preparedness based approach. One leap forward in this context is PDMA Punjab's efforts towards disaster risk reduction to bring into its fold the financial institutions, United Nations and I/NGOs to ultimately build culture of mitigation and preparedness besides building effective emergency response capacity of all related stakeholders.
It is quite heartening to know that Rajanpur District Disaster Management Plan has been prepared under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan (BDRP) programme with the financial assistance of UNDP. At this point, I would like to congratulate and appreciate the good efforts of District Government Rajanpur who has taken lead in developing much needed District Disaster Management Plan. I understand that this DDMP has been developed based on detailed and thorough consultations with both District and Tehsil level Government and Non-Government stakeholders. Credit needs to be given to all those who took part in Plan preparation process and gave away their very active and positive inputs. I would like to add here that the Government of Punjab is committed fully in the promotion of culture of resilience, safety and security of its citizens. I am certain that this Plan will surely contribute very effectively in the noble pursuit of achieving resilience at the level of District Rajanpur and shall always be taken as the first pioneering step towards District Rajanpur resilience building.
Mr. Muddasir Waheed Malik Director General Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Punjab
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Message
fter the promulgation of National Disaster Management Act (NDM Act 2010) in the country, as a follow up action, the Disaster Management Authority has also been established in District Rajanpur. As an Aimportant and mandatory requirement of a fully strengthened and functional DDMA and district disaster management system, a district level disaster management plan was the need of the hour to ensure provision of strategic direction to the Government Departments and all related stakeholders for judicious and prudent pooling of resources and to build their capacities for effective response to disaster threats.
With above perspective in view, the District Administration, Rajanpur, has the honor of presenting first ever District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP), prepared after deliberations of a period of more than 8 months based on detailed discussions, meetings and consultative sessions involving all related stakeholders at district and tehsil levels. Very healthy participation of all stakeholders is really encouraging and appreciable which makes this plan a very useful and productive document to be used for managing future disasters; God Forbid, if those strikes District Rajanpur. I fully acknowledge and appreciate the untiring endeavors of all those who were part of preparation of this DDMP of District Rajanpur.
In the end, I am thankful to UNDP who has extended technical as well as financial assistance through “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan” Programme to make preparation of this plan possible. I am confident and hopeful that all concerned Government Departments and stakeholders of District Rajanpur would follow this plan in letter and spirit for realizing its ultimate objective of making communities more resilient to future disasters to ultimately put Pakistan on the path of integrating disaster risk reduction into its all development plans that will result into sustainable development.
Ishfaq Ahmad Chaudhry Deputy Commissioner District Administration Rajanpur
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Acronyms
AC Assistant Commissioner ADC Additional Deputy Commissioner BHU Basic Health Unit BDRP Building Disaster Resilience Programme CBOs Community Based Organizations CBDRM Community Based Disaster Risk Management CHW Community Health Worker CSOs Civil Societies Organizations DC Deputy Commissioner DFID Department For International Development DDMA District Disaster Management DDMP District Disaster Management Plan Authority DDMO District Disaster Management DEOC District Emergency Operation Centre Officer DRM Disaster Risk Management DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EWS Early Warning System FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FGD Focus Group Discussion HBFC House Building Finance Corporation KII Key Informant Interview LSO Local Support Organization M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MHVRA Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment NDMA National Disaster Management NDM Act National Disaster management Act Authority NEOC National Emergency Operation NGOs Non-Government Organizations Centre NDRMF National Disaster Risk Management NLC National Logistic Cell Framework NDMP National Disaster Management Plan NDMP National Disaster Management Plan PDMA Provincial Disaster Management PDMC Provincial Disaster Management Authority Commission PPHI People’s Primary Healthcare PHED Public Health Engineering Department Initiative PMD Pakistan Meteorological PWD Person With Disabilities Department PEOC Provincial Emergency Operation PTC Parent Teacher Council/Committee Centre PRCS Pakistan Red Crescent Society SOPs Standard Operating Procedures TMC Tehsil Municipal Committees TDMC Tehsil Disaster Management Committee THQ Tehsil Health Quarter TMO Tehsil Municipal Officer TDMP Tehsil Disaster Management Plan UC Union Council UCDMC Union Council Disaster VDMC Village Disaster Management Management Committee Committee UNDP United Nations Development UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Programme Disaster Risk Reduction
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Chapter -1: Pro le of District Rajanpur DistricDISTRICt DisastT DISASTERer M anagementMANAGEMENT Plan PLAN Distric DISTRICt RTajanpur RAJANPUR (JULY 2018 - JUNE 2023)
1.1. Punjab Province at a Glance The Province has 36 districts, nine administrative divisions. It has its boundary with occupied Jammu & The land of five rivers, the Punjab, is population-wise, Kashmir to the North-east, the Indian states of Punjab the largest province of Pakistan, with around 52% to and Rajasthan to the East, Sindh to the South. In the 53% of Pakistan's population housed here. The West it is bordering with Balochistan and Khyber province spreads over 205,345 sq.km. area with over 17 Pakhtunkhwa with Islamabad and Azad Jammu & million households. 2017 Census un-published results Kashmir to the North. Punjab is also well known as put population of Punjab as 110.012 million (55.959 main food basket for Pakistan. Punjab's land is males & 54.047 million females, 6,709 transgender)1. generally fertile and arable due to the system of five
Figure 1.1: District Wise Map of Punjab Province
1. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics; “Population of Punjab Census 2017; available at http://www.pakinformation.com/ population/punjab.html (Accessed: 28 April 2018)
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rivers (Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Indus). Punjab comprises of three Tehsils namely Rajanpur in the is traversed by these rivers from North to South thus center, Tehsil Jampur in the North and Tehsil Rojhan in making its land most intensely irrigated and fertile. The the South2. well known Cholistan desert is situated towards South, having barren landscape, water scarcity issues with The district lies entirely towards the west bank of River heavy dependency on rain. Notable weather extremes Indus. The Rajanpur town is approximately 9 miles from indicate hot and barren South and cool and scenic hills the west bank of the river. The district has vital in the North. historical, cultural and geo-strategic position as it is a gateway to Sindh as well as Baluchistan Province. Until Punjab's climatic conditions, geographic location and 1862, it remained a small village located on the road population make it as one of the most exposed from Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab to Sukkur. It became a provinces to the risks of natural disasters. It is municipality and tehsil headquarter in 1873. It was evidenced by the fact that over the past 30 years, about given the status of independent District in 1982. 66.6% of all people affected by natural disasters in District Rajanpur is divided into three tehsils namely Pakistan were the residents of Punjab. Despite a history Rajanpur, Jampur, and Rojhan with a total of 69 union of other disasters like earthquake, tornadoes and councils (Figure 1.2 and Table 1.1). droughts, floods remain the most dominant hazards with 1992, 1994, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 1.2.2. Geography floods leading to loss of precious human lives and significant damages to public and private property. District Rajanpur was formed in 1982 by separating 2014 floods resulted in 286 deaths, damage to some two tehsils Rajanpur & Jampur, of the then district D.G. 100,000 houses, directly affecting 2.47 million people Khan. Covering an area of 12,3182, the district is as a consequence of inundation, displacement etc. situated on the band between River Indus and hilly Like-wise as a result of 2013 floods some 800,000 territories of Baluchistan. To the North of it is located people were affected, 900,000 by virtue of 2012 floods. Dera Ghazi Khan District. In the South, it touches Economic activity and service delivery due to above Jacobabad district of Sindh Province. Districts Sibi of flood events remained disrupted besides severe Baluchistan is located towards West of Rajanpur. The impacts on public exchequer in the provision of relief, enormous Indus makes Eastern boundary of the 2 recovery and rehabilitation . district separating it from districts of Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan3. 1.2. District Rajanpur at a Glance The lndus is main river flowing on the eastern border of 1.2.1. Introduction the district begins to rise during the month of May when the melting of the snow on the Himalaya Previously a Tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur was commences and gradually swells till it fills its bed for as given the status of district in 1982 and lies in the much as a breadth of 14 kilometers in places, driving southwest of the Punjab Province at 29°06' N latitude flood waters down the depression in the Rajanpur and 70°19' E longitude. The district lies towards the tehsil and filling the inundation canals. It continues west bank of Indus River. The district was named after high till the end of August and then begins to subside headquarter town Rajanpur, which was founded by reaching cold weather at the end of September. Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan in 1772. The District
2. National Disaster Management Authority; “District Disaster Risk Management Plan, 2009”; available at http://www.ndma.gov.pk/plans/District%20DRM%20Plan%20%20Rajanpur.pdf; Page 18-19. (Accessed 20 Nov 2017) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority; “Provincial Disaster Response Plan, 2017”; available at https://pdma.punjab.gov.pk/system/ les/Punjab%20Disaster%20Response%20Plan%202017.pdf#overlay-context=documents, Page 06-12. (Accessed 20 Nov 2017) 3. District Police Office Rajanpur; available at http://www.dporjp.punjabpolice.gov.pk/history ; (Accessed: 28 April 2018)
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Figure 1.2: Union Council Wise Map of District Rajanpur
Table.1.1: District Administration of Rajanpur4 Tehsil Union Revenue Area No of Population Councils Estates/ (acres) Households (2017)5 Mouzas (2017)5 Jampur 32 183 5,73,789 107,607 849,086 Rajanpur 21 219 5,76,453 92,801 706,868 Rojhan 15 89 7,19,095 56,891 405,774 Tribal Area (De -excluded area of 01 43 9,88,421 5,191 34,230 Rajanpur) Total 69 534 28,57,758 262,490 1,995,958
4. Rajanpur District Administration; “Flood Contingency Plan District Rajanpur, 2017”; Page: 4 5. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad, 2017; “District and Tehsil level population summary with region breakup”; available at http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/ les/bwpsr/punjab/Rajanpur_Summary.pdf
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1.2.3. Climate and Weather weather is dry in general with low annual rainfall having uncertain and occasional characteristics. District Rajanpur's climate has extremes. It is very hot in District's rainfall history indicates floods almost every summer while it is very cold in winter in the vicinity of year and wreak mayhem in the district. District's vast Koh-e-Suleman range. Elevation map (Figure 1.3) population remained badly affected owing to 2006 below shows that north-eastern part of the district has monsoon floods and hill torrents during 2005, 2007, low mountainous regions while most of the area 2008, 2010 and 2011. The district is witnessing visible situated as plain area. At Rajanpur, there is no weather climate change impacts as its floods severity and forecasting station available. However, the weather frequency of occurrence has become unpredict-able. and climate data available for the nearby district i.e. Local people of the area term floods of 2006 and 2010 Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur have been taken as the worst floods in the recent past and emergency and considered for Rajanpur District. Figure 1.4 and 1.5 and red alert was issued by the government due to indicate the mean temperature and rainfall inundation of over 70% of area with crops completely distribution for these three stations. destroyed and soils remained under water for months after the floods passed. District Rajanpur's weather history indicates that its
Figure 1.3: Elevation Map of District Rajanpur
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700 600 500 400
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illimet 100 M 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year
Bahawalpur (mm) Faisalabad (mm) Multan (mm)
Figure 1.4: Rainfall Trend in Rajanpur at Three Different Stations in Surrounding Districts6
35 30 25 20 15 ers 10
illimet 5 M 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year
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Figure 1.5: Annual Mean Maximum Temperature of Rajanpur at Three Different Stations in Surrounding Districts
1.3. Socio-Economic Profile 1,995,958, out of which 337,202 (16.9%) population are living in urban areas, while rest of population of 1,658,756 (83.1%) are living in rural areas. Figure 1.6 1.3.1. Population of the District shows Tehsil-wise population distribution of District Rajanpur7. Tehsil Jampur and Rajanpur have majority of ]According to the recent provisional population census the population contributing 78% of the total of 2017, total population of Rajanpur District is population.
6. Bureau of Statistics, Planning and Development Department, Government of the Punjab; “Punjab Development Statistics, 2016: available at http://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/ les/publication/Punjab_Development_Statistics_2016.pdf; page 43-44; (Accessed: 28 April 2018) 7. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad, 2017; “District and Tehsil level population summary with region breakup”; available at http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/ les/bwpsr/punjab/Rajanpur_Summary.pdf
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800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN RURAL
JAMPUR TEHSIL RAJANPUR TEHSIL ROJHAN TEHSIL DE- EXCLUDED AREA RAJANPUR
Figure 1.6: Tehsil-wise Population Distribution (2017 Provisional Statistics)
1.3.2. Household Distribution Rajanpur are 262,490, with 107,607 households in Tehsil Jampur, 92,801 in Tehsil Rajanpur and 56,891 in According to 2017 population census provisional Tehsil Rojhan (Figure 1.7). statistics, the total number of households in District
5,191, 2%
56,891,22%
107,607 ,
92,801,35%
Jampur Tehsil Rajanpur Tehsil Rojhan Tehsil De-Excluded Area Rajanpur
Figure 1.7: Tehsil-wise Household Distribution in District Rajanpur (2017 Provisional Statistics)
1.3.3. Agriculture and Irrigation Rajanpur depends solely upon canal irrigation since rainfall is negligible in the region. The following are the Agriculture and livestock are main source of livelihood main canals in Rajanpur district: for rural population of the district. The district is famous for cotton and sugarcane crops, while wheat and rice (a). Link No. Ill are also cultivated. The geographical location and (b). Kadra Canal and climatic conditions makes the agriculture production (c). Dajal Branch more vulnerable to various hazards. Agriculture in
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According to the Punjab development statistics by the were 189,000 hectares, canals were 68,000 hectares, year 2014-2015, the total reported sown area was wells were 11,000 hectares while other sources used for 349,000 hectares, actual area sown was 319,000 irrigation purposes were 6,000 hectares (Figure 1.8)8. hectares, canal tube wells used for irrigation purposes
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Figure 1.8: Irrigated Area of Rajanpur by the Year 2014-15 (in 000 Hectares)
1.3.4. Industry and Trade well as the NGOs are working to improve the standards of livings of the local population. Small scale industries in District Rajanpur are carpet weaving, cotton ginning, pressing rice, husking, ice 1.3.5. Health factories, brick kilns and flour mills. Number of reported factories in the district are 319. Rajanpur is the The health care coverage of the district shows a big gap commercial and industrial epicentre for both Rajanpur between service providers and population they and Dera Ghazi Khan District. It has a good rail and road supposed to serve. On the face of the rapid population networks with the rest of the country. Industries growth, 1,995,958 heads has access to only one District include cotton production and processing, flour mills, Head Quarter (DHQ) hospital, 2 Tehsil Head Quarter sugar mills and oil mills. Mangoes and oranges are two (THQ) hospitals, 06 Rural Health Centre (RHC) and 33 main fruits of this city. The situation of the Basic Health Units (BHU). The following table 1.2 development in the district is very low due to the lack describes the existing health facilities in District of the resources and education but the Government as Rajanpur10.
8. Bureau of Statistics, Planning and Development Department, Govt of the Punjab; “Punjab Development Statistics, 2016: available at http://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/ les/publication/Punjab_Development_Statistics_2016.pdf; page 75, 163-165 and 308; (Accessed: 28 April 2018) 9 Bureau of Statistics, Planning and Development Department, Govt of the Punjab; “Punjab Development Statistics, 2016: available at http://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/ les/publication/Punjab_Development_Statistics_2016.pdf; Page: 163-165 and 308; (Accessed: 28 April 2018) 10. District Health Authority, Rajanpur; “Health Contingency Plan of Rajanpur, 2017”; Slide 04 Received October 2017
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Table.1.2: Distribution of Health Facilities in District Rajanpur (2017) Health Facilities Number Basic Health Units (BHU) 33 Rural Health Centers (RHC) 06 Tehsil Head Quarters (THQ) 02 DHQs/Tertiary Care Hospitals 01 40 -Bedded Civil Hospital Shahwali (CH) 01 Mother & Child Health Center (MCH) 01 Medical Officer 80 Male Paramedics 170 Female Paramedics 106 SH & NS. 25
1.3.6. Education female) in these Government schools are 155,751 students. The number of male and female teachers in Rajanpur has a total of 1,190 government schools out the government schools are 2541 and 2001 10 of which 41% (488 schools) are available for girl respectively (Table 1.3). students. The total number of enrolment (male and
Table.1.3: Education Facilities of District Rajanpur Level Wise School Enrollment Teachers Level Boys Girls Boys Girls Male Female Schools Schools Students Students Teachers Teachers Higher 7 4 6,527 3,102 213 113 Secondary High 40 19 18,964 11,431 672 375 Middle 88 52 14,639 6,995 442 350 Primary 567 413 57,029 37,064 1,214 1,163 Total 702 488 97,159 58,592 2,541 2,001
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Chapter -2: Risk Pro le of District Rajanpur DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN DISTRICT RAJANPUR (JULY 2018 - JUNE 2023)
2.1. Situation Analysis identification of most vulnerable union councils for DRR planning. District Rajanpur is situated close to the mighty river Indus which flows along its eastern side in North-east 2.2. Hazards Profile to South-west direction. Due to heavy monsoon rains during July to September every year and snowmelt As mentioned above that District Rajanpur is more from the Himalayas, the eastern part of the district prone to riverine and hill torrents and occurs almost known as Katcha Zone is frequently hit by the flooding. every year during monsoon season and caused heavy This normally results in riverine flooding of large part of damages. The other potential hazards like drought, hail low-lying areas along the river belt in all the three storm, heat wave, epidemics, water logging and tehsils. The western part of the district on the other salinity were also reported. The importance of hand is frequently affected by the flash floods conducting risk profile is to validate the hazard generated from the Suleiman Ranges. Both the eastern proneness and the exposure level of the locality to and western riverine and flash floods cause heavy potentials threats, and further the results of the studies losses in the two areas covering approximately 80% have been utilized for the disaster management population of eastern side and 60% of western side, planning. damaging katcha houses, lands, crops, livestock and properties11. Steeper land on the western side 2.2.1. Floods promotes flash flooding due to torrential rains from the Suleiman range especially during July and August and Due to intermittent spell of heavy raining during sometimes during winter rains in February/ March. monsoon season i.e. July to September and further Flash flooding in the district areas is being considered rapid snowmelt from the Himalayas glaciers, the indus as the most serious one compared to the riverine river always spells up in these months and cause flooding. This has also been highlighted by the district flooding especially in eastern part of the district known officials, I/NGOs as well as the communities at Katch zone. On other hands, the western part of the representatives during meetings and stakeholders district is frequently affecting by the flash floods consultations undertaken during the process of generated monsoon and localized cloud burst preparation of DDMP. Flash floods can be effectively originating in the Suleiman Ranges. Therefore, both harnessed if modest in their occurrence, however, the eastern and western riverine and flash floods cause communities face heavy losses of standing crops, heavy damages in the two areas covering livestock , mud houses and other physical approximately 80% population of eastern side and infrastructure in case of severe and frequent flash 60% of western side, damaging Katcha houses, lands, floods. Due to traditional and dominant event crops, livestock and properties12. Monsoon rains triggered approach focusing more on response and normally starts from June-July with torrential rains recovery, the district has always sustained damages as giving rise to heavy flash floods in the Suleiman Range a consequence of severe flooding. This has not let affected areas with maximum discharge of one lac development efforts to take roots in the area due to cusecs (100,000 cusecs) and taking course through continuous disturbances to infrastructure and mid- valleys like Kaha, Chachar, and Sori etc., hit major towns course damages to heavy investment projects. including Dajal, Hajipur, and Lalgarh in tehsils Jampur, Asni and Rajanpur as depicted in Figure 2.1. This hill An effort has been made in this plan using secondary torrent rainwater enters the settled area and causes sources through various consultation meetings and colossal damages to crops, lands, canal irrigation followed with the consultation and validations system and the local population. Local hill torrents workshops to develop a profile of hazards risks and cause major heavy flooding in the event of heavy
11. Help Foundation Rajanpur; “Flood 2015 Situation Report Rajanpur, Report 2” available at https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/ ood- 2015-situation-report-rajanpur-report-2; Page: 4, (Accessed: 30 April 2018) 12. Help Foundation Rajanpur; “Flood 2015 Situation Report Rajanpur, Report 2” available at https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/ ood- 2015-situation-report-rajanpur-report-2; Page: 4, (Accessed: 30 April 2018)
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downpour in the tribal areas thus impacting heavily 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 the district. Rains of 1973, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1989, were of high intensity and magnitude and hence were 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007, beyond the carrying capacity of torrent crossings
Figure 2.1: Map Showing the Extent of the Flood 2010 and 2012
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made to carry hill torrent flood flows13. 2.2.3. Epidemics
Likewise, along the river belt, the riverine flooding The riverine floods due to river Indus and hill torrents inundates a major part of low-lying areas in all three originating from the Suleiman Ranges has led to the tehsils (Jampur, Rajanpur and Rojhan). The western outbreak of host of diseases in the areas hit by dengue. part of the district locally named as Parched is quite Statistics indicate a total of 84,200 patients registered often and frequently affected by the flash floods in hospitals of five districts including 9,582 measles originating from the Suleiman ranges. Both the eastern cases. Risk of disease is also anticipated due to stagnant and western riverine and flash floods cause heavy water till the time it goes back within the river banks losses in the two areas covering approximately 80% and nullahs. Most affected districts include Layyah, population of eastern side) and 60% of western side, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan with over 21,000, 16,000 damaging katcha houses, lands, crops, livestock and and 25,000 patients being treated in these districts. properties. Jampur, Kotla Mughlan, Bait Sountra. Skin infections were observed in 17,563 patients of five Mehraywala, Kotla Androon, Noshehra, Kot Mithan, districts16. Umer Kot and Rojhan and the major towns exposed to river Indus besides Qadra Canal & Dajal Branch which 2.3. Vulnerability and Exposure Profile are affected both by the riverine as well as the flash floods in addition to the Qadra Canal & Dajal Branch. As mentioned above that main source of livelihood in Union Councils which were severely affected by the District Rajanpur is Agriculture. Local irrigation and hill- 14 2010 and 2012 floods are listed in Figure 2.1 . torrent irrigation system is used in the area which is commonly called Rod-Kohi. The major constraint of the 2.2.2. Droughts district is the use of flood water which is highly uncertain in quantity and distribution. The Drought-like situation exits over a large belt of mismanagement of the flood water flows often takes Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan Districts. As a over the placed in the area. Poverty is another issue of consequence, this is leading to large population the area because of the few options of generating migration, in search of food, fodder and work, to canal- income and improving livelihood. During monsoon irrigated areas. Although exact figures are not season, heavy rainfalls in the catchment area result in traceable, a long belt of over 400 km initiating from KPK very excessive water in the River Indus. Similarly, hill border in the North to the border of Sindh in the South torrents emerge from Koh-i-Suleman from the west is experiencing drought situation intermittently. Due and their excessive water enter the plain areas of to the migration of large population to other rural areas Jampur, Rajanpur and Rojhan Tehsils causing heavy in search of work as well as drinking water, the drought- flooding in these areas. The vulnerabilities of these struck areas are now presenting a deserted look. Areas areas caused due to the geographical location, poor facing worst drought-like situation include seven communication infrastructure and harsh climatic tummans namely Qaisrani, Buzdar, Khosa, Lound, conditions. For knowing the vulnerabilities of Leghari, Gorchani and Mazari. The belt stretching identified hazard prone union councils, different PRA along the foothills of the Suleiman Ranges over an area tools i.e. focus group discussion, key informant of 30-40 km in the west has no exception. The rainwater interview and group work were carried out during the or hill torrents due to heavy rains on the mountainous consultation meetings and workshops. In the study, regions15. the elements at risk are considered in four dimensions:
13. National Disaster Management Authority; “District Disaster Risk Management Plan, 2009”; available at http://www.ndma.gov.pk/plans/District%20DRM%20Plan%20%20Rajanpur.pdf; Page 23. (Accessed 20 Nov 2017) 14. Rajanpur District Administration; “Flood Contingency Plan District Rajanpur, 2017”; Page: 4 15. The News; “Drought triggers huge migration in Rajanpur-2015”; available at https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/18352-drought- triggers-huge-migration-in-rajanpur-dg-khan 16. Floods entail epidemics in Punjab- 2015
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¤ Population of which 337,202 population are living in urban areas ¤ Crops (16.9%), while rest of population of 1,658,756 are living ¤ Livestock in rural areas (83.1%). With poverty, lack of awareness, ¤ Essential facilities housing condition and other socio-economic ¤ Buildings condition exposed the population more at risk especially in the katcha areas of the district. Hundred 2.3.1. Population Exposure percent of population living in De-excluded areas of Rajanpur is consisted of all rural population. Table 2.1 According to the 2017 population census provisional further elaborates the tehsil wise urban/rural 17 statistics, the district total population is 1,995,958, out population and household .
Table 2.1: Tehsil-wise Rural/Urban Population Distribution (2017) District/ Tehsil Region Population No. of HH Population Per HH District Rajanpur 1,995,958 262,490 7.6 Rural 1,658,756 215,883 7.68 Urban 337,202 46,607 7.24 De-Excluded Area 34,230 5,191 6.59 Rajanpur Rural 34,230 5,191 6.59 Jampur Tehsil 849,086 107,607 7.89 Rural 738,984 91,965 8.04 Urban 110,102 15,642 7.04 Rajanpur Tehsil 706,868 92,801 7.62 Rural 494,262 63,769 7.75 Urban 212,606 29,032 7.32 Rojhan Tehsil 405,774 56,891 7.13 Rural 391,280 54,958 7.12 Urban 14,494 1,933 7.5
Table 2.2 below shows the level of vulnerabilities and under 15 years, children, aged and women with exposure against some of the prominent hazards disabilities and population above than 60+ years are available in the district. It indicates that population highly exposed to flood, drought and epidemic.
17. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad, 2017; “District and Tehsil level population summary with region breakup”; available at http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/ les/bwpsr/punjab/Rajanpur_Summary.pdf
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Table 2.2: Impacts of Various Hazards on Different Population Group18 Population Group Impact of Hazards on Different Population
Floods Hill Drought Epidemics Torrents Population under 15 years High High High High Population between 40 years Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Population between 41-60 years High High Moderate Moderate Population above than 60+ years High High Moderate Moderate Children with disability High High High High Aged with disability High High High High Women with disability High High High High People with physical disability Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate People with mental disability Moderate High Moderate Moderate People with hearing disability Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
2.3.2. Crops Exposure damaging hazards to the crops in the area. The impact was assessed during consultation workshop through Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for more Focus Group Discussions against the major wheat, than 60% of the population of District Rajanpur. The cotton, vegetables, grains, fruits, tobacco, fodder and geographical location and climatic conditions makes other crops are shown in the table 2.3. The table the agriculture production more vulnerable to various indicates that Wheat, Cotton, Rice and Vegetables are hazard. During the assessment of vulnerabilities of highly exposed to floods, drought and water logging crops, the hazards like flood, drought, hill torrent, water and salinity. logging and salinity were considered as the most
Table 2.3: Impacts of Hazards on Different Crop Growing in the District Crop type Impact of Hazards on Different Crops Flood Drought Hill Torrents Water Logging and Salinity Wheat High Moderate High Moderate Cotton High Moderate High High Rice High High High Low Maize High Moderate Low Moderate Fodders High Moderate Low Low Sugarcane Low High Low High Pulses High Low Low Moderate Fruits Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Vegetables High High High High
18. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics; “Population of Punjab Census 2017; available at http://www.pakinformation.com/ population/punjab.html (Accessed: 28 April 2018)
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2.3.3. Livestock Exposure the livestock department of the district was exposed. The limited resources of livestock department also Livestock is considered another very important source remained an issue to ensure that the animals need to of income for the people of District Rajanpur by be vaccinated and tagging in the area likely to be fulfilling household food and nutrition needs. affected by the floods before the commencement of Significant losses in the livestock sector were observed flood season. Table 2.4 shows that all types of livestock due to the drought condition during 2001-2003 and especially buffaloes, cows and sheep and goats are 2012-2014 and during flood 2010 and 2015. For the exposed to flood, drought and various diseases. livestock, affected by flood, the resource limitation of
Table 2.4: Impacts of Various Hazards on Livestock in the District19 Livestock Impact of Different Hazards on Livestock Type Flood Drought Hill Torrents Diseases Buffaloes Moderate High Low High Cows Moderate High Low High Sheep Moderate High Low High Goats Moderate High Low Moderate Camels Low Moderate Low Moderate Horses Low Moderate Low Moderate Donkeys Low Moderate Low Moderate Oxen Low High Low Moderate Commercial High Low Low High Poultry
2.3.4. Essential Facilities Exposure (katcha/semi pacca) cannot absorb the moderate shocks of earthquake, flood or hill torrents. The essential facilities include transportation, electricity, water and sanitation, communication 2.4. Capacity/Resources Profile channels, academic institution, health facilities, police and public administration services. The vulnerabilities A detail description of capacities and resources of the essential/critical facilities were exposed by the available with the district government has been 2010 and 2015 devastating flooding. mentioned under chapter 5, section 5.3 at page 75 to 78 of this plan. These resources are available in the form 2.3.5. Buildings Exposure of human resources and heavy and technical equipment with various government and non- Although District Rajanpur falls away from the fault line government stakeholders. However, there is intense and is unlikely to be affected by massive earthquake need for effective and strong coordination to use these but the existing weak buildings infrastructure resources in wise ways and to further enhance and
19. Derived from the Focus Group Discussions carried out during stakeholder's consultation workshop, 2018 with the District and Tehsil level government and non-government stakeholders
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built capacities by avoiding duplication and wastage of compiled from hazard, exposure and vulnerability data resources. Based on previous disasters experience, we and from the inventory of elements at risk. Different have seen that government were fully equipped with risk analysis tools including Focus Group Discussion, all types of resources but we couldn't utilize it properly Key Informant Interview and Questionnaire Forms due to lack of coordination and mismanagement. used during the group exercises were used to rank the expected impact of the prevailing hazards occurrence 2.5. Risk Analysis probability across the district shows the location of settlements likely to suffer heavy losses. By studying The qualitative and quantitative level of risk analysis is various department level contingency plans and data an essential aspect for planning risk reduction collection results, the following union councils were measures. The disaster risk at District Rajanpur is observed prone to riverine and flash flooding.
Table 2.5: Name of Union Council Prone to Flooding20 Prone to Riverine Flooding Tatar Wala Wang Soon Miani Kot Tahir Shahwali Umer Kot Mithan Kotla Mughlan Rojhan City Kot Mithan Kotla Dewan Rojhan Sharqi Bangla Icha Sikhani wala Allah Abad Prone to Flash Flooding Tibbi Lundan Bhukhara Sharief Noshra Gharbi Harrand Wah Lishari Noor Pur Umer Kot Tal Shumali Rojhan City Jahanpur Kotla Easin Rojhan Sharqi Shahwal Wang Fateh Pur
20. District Administration; “Flood Contingency Plan, District Rajanpur, 2017” and data derived from the Focus Group Discussions carried out during stakeholder's consultation workshop, 2018 with the District and Tehsil level government and non-government stakeholders
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3 . 1 . D i s a s te r R i s k M a n a g e m e nt conduct and implementation of plans and actions on Organizations at District Level disaster management. The Act has proposed the following organizational structure for all district level DDMAs21; 3.1.1. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) ¤ Head of the local council at the district level (by whatever name called who shall be Chairperson, With the promulgation of the National Disaster ex-officio); Management Act 2010, the National Disaster ¤ The Deputy Commissioner/District Coordination Management Authority in Pakistan is striving hard to Officer; establish a robust Disaster Management System in the ¤ The District Police Officer, ex-officio; country with more focus on establishing and ¤ The Executive District Officer Health; and strengthening the Disaster Management Authorities ¤ Such other district level officers, to be appointed at the District level, which play a key role in reducing by the District Government hazard's risk and in responding to emergencies at local level. Although the pace is slow due to various reasons, In exercise the powers conferred under section 18(1) of the system is shaping up day by day although National Disaster Management Act, 2010 (Act No XXIV depending upon province to province and district to of 2010), the District Government Rajanpur constitute district that how much the disaster management the following structure of DDMA formed under a system is gearing up. notification number 149-2017/186/Admn-I, dated 22nd June 2017 from office of the SMBR/Relief As per NDM Act 2010, the DDMA will work as a Commissioner, Board of Revenue, Punjab Disaster coordinating body of all government agencies and Management Department/PDMA adopted to meet non-government organizations operating in the any disaster situation22; district and be responsible as a focal authority in the
Table 3.1: Composition of DDMA at District level Sr.# Name of Department Designation 1 Deputy Commissioner Chairperson 2 District Emergency Officer, Rescue 1122 Secretary 3 Mayors of Metropolitan/ Municipal Corporations Member 4 Chairman District Councils Member 5 District Police Officer Members 6 Two elected representatives to be nominated by the Chief Minister to Member each DDMA 7 Two representatives of NGOs/ Civil Society to be nominated by the Members Chair 8 CEO District Health Authority Member 9 CEO District Education Authority Member 10 Additional Director Livestock Member 11 Deputy Director Agriculture (Extension) Member 12 District Food Controller Member
21. National Disaster Management Authority 2018, “National Disaster Management Act 2010”; Chapter IV; Section 18; Page: 740-741. 22. Office of the SMBR/Relief Commissioner, Board of Revenue, Punjab Disaster Management Department/PDMA; Noti cation number 149- 2017/186/Admn-I, dated 22nd June 2017.
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Sr.# Name of Department Designation 13 SP/ DSP Special Branch Member 14 Executive Engineer, Irrigation Member 15 Executive Engineer, Public Health Member 16 Executive Engineer Highways Member 17 Executive Engineer, Buildings Member 18 Disaster Management Officer, Pakistan Red Crescent Society Member 19 All Chief Officers of Municipal Corporation/ Municipal Committees/ Member District Councils 20 Federal Government Officers which the DDMAs decide to co-opt as per Member power delegated under section 20 & 22 of NDM Act 2010
Under the direction of the Deputy Commissioner, the the National and Provincial DRR Policies, National, DDMO will be deputed to accomplish their duties at Provincial and District Disaster Management secretariat for the DDMA. According to NDM Act 2010, Plans; the secretariat will be composed of the Deputy ¤ Ensure that the areas in the district vulnerable to Commissioner, who will serve as chairperson, whereas disasters are identi ed and measures for the a DDMO as executive officer and a minimum of three prevention of disasters and the mitigation of their staff members who will be in charge of their tasks, effects are undertaken by the departments of the namely Technical Support (Training and Education), government at the district level as well as by the Operation Group and Finance and Admin support. The local authorities; number of staff, procedures and TORs of the secretariat ¤ Ensure that the guidelines for prevention, will be developed by the DDMA. The secretary DDMA mitigation, preparedness and response measures will be appointed as District Disaster Management as laid down by the National Authority and the Officer (DDMO) who will provide administrative Provincial Authority are followed by all support to the DDMA and will work directly under the departments of the government at the district supervision of Deputy Commissioner of the district level and the local authorities in the district; Rajanpur. ¤ Give directions to different authorities at the district level and local authorities to take such Proposed Functions of District Disaster other measures for the prevention or mitigation of Management Authority disasters as may be necessary; ¤ Lay down guidelines for preparation of disaster management plans by the departments of the Refer to the NDM Act 2010, the District Disaster government at the district level and local Management Authority will be a district planning, authorities in the district; coordinating and implementing body for disaster ¤ Monitor the implementation of disaster management and will guarantee to take all management plans prepared by the departments conceivable measures for the purposes of disaster of the government at the district level; management in the district in accordance with the ¤ Lay down guidelines to be followed by the guidelines laid down by the NDMA and the PDMA departments of the government at the district Punjab. level; ¤ Organize and coordinate specialized training Following powers and functions of DDMA have been programs for different levels of officers, employees defined in the National Disaster Management Plan and voluntary rescue workers in the district; 2012-2022: ¤ Facilitate community training and awareness programs for prevention of disaster or mitigation ¤ Prepare a disaster management plan including w i t h t h e s u p p o r t o f l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s, district response plan for the district; g o v e r n m e n t a l a n d n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a l ¤ Coordinate and monitor the implementation of Organizations;
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¤ Set up, maintain, review and upgrade the district for disaster management; mechanisms for early warnings and dissemination ¤ Ensure communication systems are in order and of proper information to the public; disaster management drills are carried out ¤ Prepare, review and update district level response periodically; plans and guidelines; ¤ Perform such other functions as the provincial ¤ Coordinate with, and give guidelines to, local government or provincial authority may assign to authorities in the district to ensure that pre- it or deem necessary for disaster management in disaster, during disaster and post-disaster the district; management activities are carried out promptly and effectively; For knowing detail function, roles and responsi-bilities ¤ Review development plans prepared by the of the DDMA, it is suggested to refer to National departments of the government at the district Disaster Management Act 2010”; Chapter IV; Section level, statutory authorities or local authorities with 18; Page: 741-745 available at NDMA website under a view to make necessary provisions therein for http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ plans/NDMA-Act.pdf. prevention or mitigation of disasters; ¤ Identify buildings and places that could, in the event of a disaster situation, be used as relief 3.1.2. Tehsil Disaster Management centers or camps and make arrangements for Committee (TDMC)23 water supply and sanitation in such buildings or places; Assistant Commissioner or Administrative head of ¤ Establish stockpiles of relief and rescue materials Tehsil shall be appointed as a Chairperson of TDMC and and ensure preparedness to make such materials the Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) shall be the available on short notice; secretary with consultation of DDMA, working directly ¤ Provide information to the Provincial Disaster under DDMO and will provide support and give Management Authority relating to the different information of the union councils of the concerned aspects of disaster management; Tehsil. TDMC will be a bridge between Government ¤ Encourage the involvement of non-governmental and the community in relation to disaster Organizations and voluntary social-welfare management. institutions working at the grassroots level in the
Table 3.2: Proposed List of Members for the TDMC Sr.# Name of Department Designation 1 Administrative Head of Tehsil Chairperson TDMC 2 Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Secretary TDMC 3 Revenue Department representative at Tehsil level Member 4 Representative from line department at Tehsil level Member/s 5 All elected members (Male and Female) Members 6 UCDMC representatives (President from each committee) Members 7 Representative of NGOs and LSOs Member
The member/s can be added in the Tehsil level Administration in consultation with District Disaster structure as per ground realities and need by the Tehsil Management Authority.
23. The list of committees and possible members have been proposed by the consultant based on reviewing different disaster management plans at national and international level also refer to National Disaster Management Act 2010”; Chapter V; Section 25; Page: 745 available at NDMA website under http://www.ndma.gov.pk/plans/NDMA-Act.pdf; (Accessed: 24 April 2018)
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Proposed Functions of TDMC ¤ Carryout relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the affected areas in accordance with The National Disaster Risk Management Framework the PDMA and DDMA plans; Page 54 clearly elaborates Taluka administrations as ¤ The TDMC may take such other measures as may the frontline of disaster management where disaster be necessary for the disaster management. activities are actually implemented. As per NDM Act 201024 and subject to the directions of the DDMA, the 3.1.3. U n i o n C o u n c i l D i s a s t e r TDMC shall; Management Committee (UCDMC)
¤ Ensure that its officers and employees are trained Union councils were considered as the lowermost level for disaster management; in the government structure having elected ¤ Ensure that resources relating to disaster representatives from the village and ward levels for management are so maintained as to be really these bodies. Union councils can play an important available for use in the event of any threatening role in advocating demands of communities to the disaster situations or disaster; District and Tehsil Disaster Management Committees. ¤ Ensure that all construction projects under its or The composition of the UCDMC is proposed to be as within its jurisdiction conform to the standard and follows. speci cations laid down for prevention of disasters and mitigation by the NDMA, PDMA and DDMA;
Table 3.3: Proposed List of Members for UCDMC25 Sr.# Name of Department Designation 1 Union council Chairperson or local Council Administrator Chairperson 2 Union Council Secretary Secretary 3 All elected UC members (Male and Female) Member 4 Halqa Patwari Member 5 SHO Police/Representative Member 6 Representative of RHC/BHU Member 7 Representative of schools (selected Principal) Member 8 Representative of local NGO Member 9 Religious leader (selected Pesh Iman) Member 10 Representative of VDMC (selected) Member
The member/s can be added to the UC level structure ¤ Preparing UC level disaster management plan, as per ground realities and need by the UC including disaster/emergency response plan; Administration in consultation with Tehsil and District ¤ Identi cation, mobilization and disposal of administration. required nancial, technical and logistical resources for disaster management opera-tions; Proposed Functions of UCDMC ¤ Mobilization of community for maintaining public ways, public streets, culverts, bridges and public ¤ Compiling VDMC level maps and preparing buildings, de-silting of canals and other MHVRA and social mapping at UC level; development activities;
24. Refer to National Disaster Management Act 2010”; Chapter V; Section 25; Page: 745 available at NDMA website under http://www.ndma.gov.pk/plans/NDMA-Act.pdf (Accessed: 24 April 2018) 25. The list of committees and possible members have been proposed by the consultant based on reviewing different disaster management plan at national and international level.
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¤ Coordination with the village in case of emergency responsibilities. These VDMCs will play a pivotal role as in order to get quick information about the the committee members are at the forefront against severity and extent of a disaster impact and report disasters. Therefore, the stronger and organized it to the TDMC and DDMA; committees are more effective the response would be. ¤ Committee will make arrangements for acquiring necessary equipment/emergency response kits Proposed Functions of VDMC for disaster/emergency response management; ¤ Committee will ensure and be actively involved in VDMC will analyze the disaster risk and make efforts to building the capacities of UCDMCs and VDMCs reduce the risk of these disasters on village level; members; VDMC will develop social, hazard and risk maps and will ¤ Conducting search and rescue operations in prepare a village disaster management plan; coordination with the Civil Defence, PRCS and The committee will conduct trainings for volunteers Police; through UCDMC. For this purpose, committee will ¤ Providing assistance to other government and prepare the list of volunteers on village level; non-government stakeholders for effective To make the people aware about the natural disasters, disaster risk reduction and emergency response; and their management and safety from disasters ¤ Monitoring NGO activities and provide necessary through these volunteers on village level; support to ensure community Participation by The committee will try for prevention of natural establishing coordination mechanisms among disasters through close coordination with UCDMC, NGOs and local council. TDMC and DDMA; The committee will arrange and provide volunteer to 3.1.4. Village Disaster Management cope with the disaster situation. They will also help Committee (VDMC) Government Departments during natural and man- made disasters; Subsequent to the UCDMC, the next lower tier of the The committee will establish a uniform system of early DM committee can be called as VDMC. As for as District warnings and disseminate the vertical flow of Rajanpur is concerned, various non-government information; organizations are involved these days to support The committee will identify safe evacuation routes and District Government in strengthening the disaster risk centers in the jurisdiction of concerned villages; management at grassroot level. Under Building Committee will closely coordinate and will arrange Disaster Resilience Programme (BDRP), the District regular meetings with UCDMC and will follow the Government has formed Village level Emergency instructions given by UCDMC and TDMC. Response Teams (VERTs) and Community Disaster Management Committees (CDMCs) in 75 villages with 3.2. Roles and Responsibilities for Line the technical support of Concern Worldwide and Help Departments Foundation. These 75 CDMCs and VERTs are existing in seven union councils namely Noorpur Manjh Wala, Following are the significant disaster management Noorpur Machhi Wala, Wang, Johanpur, Rakh Kot ac tivities that the line depar tment, local 26 Mithan, Murghai and Meeranpur . However there is administration, institution and other district need to mainstream these committees in the overall stakeholders are expected to execute at three different disaster management structure proposed here under stages known as pre, during and post disaster this Plan for the purpose of uniformity in name of the management. The list of functions given below is only a committees and standardize their roles and symptomatic one27.
26. Concern Worldwide led Consortium, Islamabad working in District Rajanpur under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan, programme 2017-18 27. National Disaster Management Authority; Extracted from the “National Disaster Management Plan”, available at http://www.ndma.gov.pk/plans/NDMP-Main%20Vol.pdf Appendix – II; Page: A-II-1 to 37 (Accessed: 24 April 2018)
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3.2.1. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Lay down guidelines for ¤ Activate the DEOC as ¤ Support PDMA Punjab preparation of disaster early as possible after a for carrying out detail management plans by the disaster occurs; damage and needs government departments at the ¤ Carryout rapid damage assessment and develop district level and local authorities; and needs assessment the detail report; ¤ Monitor and ensure and develop a ash ¤ Support PDMA Punjab implementation of the DDMP; report for assistance and for carrying out detail ¤ Organize and coordinate report to PDMA and damage and needs specialized DRR related training other relevant assessment and develop programs for all stakeholders and stakeholders; the detail report; volunteers; ¤ Close liaison with the ¤ Maintain close liaison ¤ Set up, maintain, review and Provincial Emergency with the PEOC Punjab upgrade the mechanism for multi- Operation Centre (PEOC) and UN clusters for hazard early warnings, and update with damage needs assessment and dissemination and education of and needs; effective response; proper information to public; ¤ Mobilize TDMC, UCDMCs, ¤ Continue and monitor ¤ Co-ordinate with, and give VDMCs, PRCS, non- early recovery and guidelines to, local authorities in government rehabilitation activities the district to ensure that post-DM organizations and with the support of activities are carried out promptly voluntary social-welfare I/NGOs, UN Clusters and and effectively; institutions for effective other stakeholders; ¤ Review development plans response. Take extreme ¤ Facilitate specialized and prepared by the government care to evacuate or take technical trainings of the departments, statutory or local care of the highly government authorities with a view that DRR vulnerable and socially stakeholders and I/NGOs has been integrated into the excluded groups; for reconstruction and development activities and ¤ Provide shelter, food, recovery process; projects of the plan; drinking water and ¤ Build the capacities by ¤ Identify buildings and places which essential provisions, providing trainings to could, in the event of a disaster healthcare and services, masons, carpenters etc. situation, be used as relief centers and establish emergency for the reconstruction or camps and make arrangements communication systems and recovery of the for water, sanitation and hygiene in in the affected area and physical infrastructures; such buildings or places; at evacuation/shelter ¤ Review and update ¤ Establish stockpiles of relief and places established by the development plans rescue materials or ensure Revenue Department; prepared by the preparedness to make such ¤ Control and restrict departments of the materials available at a short notice vehicular traffic to, from government at the during any emergency or disaster; and within, the district level, statutory ¤ Encourage the involvement of vulnerable or affected authorities or local Pakistan Red Crescent Societies, area; authorities with a view to non-government organizations and make necessary voluntary social welfare institutions provisions therein for working at the grassroots level for prevention or disaster management; mitigations of disasters;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Develop pool of Master Trainers at ¤ Remove debris, conduct ¤ Hire the services of Community and District search and carry out experts and consultants Government level; rescue operations. Make in the relevant elds of ¤ Take support of the Civil Defence, arrangements for the recovery and PRCS and non-government disposal of the unclaimed rehabilitation to advise organizations to establish UC and dead bodies; and assist as it may deem Village Level Disaster ¤ Direct any department of necessary; Management Committees and the Government of the ¤ Review the DDMP and ensure their sustainability; Province or any authority Contingency Plans in ¤ Develop a pool of volunteers and or body under that light of lessons learnt their database for effective government at the district and improve the emergency response at the level to take such response mechanism. grassroots level for disaster risk measures as are necessary reduction; in its opinion; ¤ Ensure communication systems ¤ Construct temporary are in order and disaster bridges or other necessary management drills are carried out structures and demolish periodically; structures which may be ¤ Give directions for the hazardous to the public or functionality and maintenance of aggravate the effects of the resources available to any the disaster; department of the Government ¤ Ensure that the non- and the local authority in the government organizations district; carry out their activities in ¤ Arrange commemoration days of an equitable and non- important past disaster events and discriminatory manner; use public gathering platforms; ¤ Take such other steps as ¤ Ensure that the non-government may be required or organizations carry out their warranted to be taken in activities in an equitable and non- such a situation. discriminatory manner.
3.2.2. Municipal Committees (MCs)
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster
¤ Give technical inputs and approve ¤ Coordinate with the ¤ Mobilize community bylaws related to disaster resilience UCDMCs/VDMCs for for maintaining practices in local context through effective emergency public ways, public Taluka councils; response; streets, culverts, ¤ Suggest, prioritize and approve ¤ Make arrangements for bridges and public budgetary requirements for disaster sanitation, cleanliness, buildings, de-silting mitigation practices; disposal of garbage and of canals and other carcasses, drainage and development sewerage system caused activities; and disrupted by a disastrous event;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Integrate DRR in short and long term ¤ Continue search and rescue ¤ Facilitate the development plans within the activities and removal of formation of co- municipality/Taluka with a focus on debris; operatives for embedding proper planning code and ¤ Ensure health facilities are improving economic suggesting DRR measures for the operationalized and roads returns and highly vulnerable and socially are open to have access to reduction of poverty excluded groups; health services during the and vulnerability; ¤ Ensure that the multi-hazard, disaster; ¤ Dispose of debris vulnerabilities and risk Assessments ¤ Facilitate formation of from street and have been done, and maps have been voluntary organizations for houses and promote developed and prioritized risk prone assistance and help of the cleanliness and areas in the municipality/Taluka are victims alongside the encourage identi ed; international and national plantation of trees in ¤ Strict compliance of the land use humanitarian agencies; public places; planning and zoning based on MHVRA ¤ Conduct rapid damages ¤ Support in providing conducted; and needs Assessment of accurate, detailed ¤ Ensure the implementation of bylaws the survivors in order to and useful related to encroachment at hazardous start relief activities information for places, building codes, land use accordingly. Prepare ashes preparing detailed planning and zonation etc.; appeal and report to DDMA damages and needs ¤ Identify evacuation/shelter places to and PDMA Punjab and Assessment reports face any disaster/emergency; other relevant higher level by the DDMA/PDMA ¤ Prepare contingency plans for the TMA authorities; Punjab etc. and organize regular drill/simulation ¤ Report cases of PWDs, exercises; destitute and socially ¤ Establish stockpiles of relief and excluded groups to district rescue materials or ensure government and higher preparedness to make such materials authorities in order to available at a short notice during any streamline their special emergency or disaster; needs in relief and response ¤ Identify the frequently disrupted sites operation. of sewerages, water supply and sanitation and hence highlight for durable solutions.
3.2.3. Forest Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Take care of the protection of ¤ Coordinate emergency ¤ Supply of drought forests, wildlife and the aquatic response activities resistant seeds of tree resources; through the PDMA and species to farmers and ¤ Training of staff in re ghting, make available all kinds of communities; handling of animals, conservation resources to PDMA if ¤ Ensure a pollution free of species and wildlife and rst aid required upon the receipt livable environment and etc.; of any disaster situation take measures for ¤ Develop disaster risk management report; rehabilitation of the plan with regards to the mandate species in the forest of the department; areas;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Coordinate with the PDMA and ¤ Constitute a Rescue ¤ Publications of materials other scienti c agencies to gather Unit/Disaster for communities and information about hazards and Management Unit to cope other stakeholders about risks prevalent in rangelands that with any disaster seasonality of hazards may lead to deserti cation; challenge like re, oods, and risks in areas of ¤ Build capacity of the staff of etc.; grazing for pasture of department on disaster risk ¤ The functional units of wildlife and forests; management in wildlife sector; Punjab Wildlife & Parks ¤ Develop recreational ¤ Supply of drought resistant seeds Department may be facilities in a disaster of tree species to farmers and divided into three regions resilient manner in the communities; i.e. Northern Zone, Central rangeland areas; ¤ Control grazing of animal in Zone, and Southern Zone; ¤ Technical advice for rangeland areas that have ¤ Equipment required for rangeland planting and endangered tree species; oods, storms, re and raising of tree nurseries ¤ Ensure a pollution free livable earthquake are motor for forestation and environment in the areas of boats, water lift pumps, reforestation programs. mandate; special vehicles to shift ¤ Publish materials for communities birds and animals, and other stakeholders about re ghting equipment, seasonality of hazards and risks in etc. areas of grazing for pasture & water.
3.2.4. Livestock Department
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Arrange fodder for livestock before ¤ Provide guidelines for ¤ Livestock disaster; evacuation and cattle vaccination; ¤ Capacity building of formers on management of relief ¤ Ensure foods and disaster preparedness and livestock camps; fodders availability; management; ¤ Vaccination and treatment ¤ Advocacy series for ¤ Ensure safe fodder storage for for livestock; rehabilitation; livestock in the area; ¤ Damage and needs ¤ Ensure availability ¤ Promotion/Adaptation of disaster Assessment of livestock; for fodders for post resilience measures; ¤ Close coordination and disaster ¤ Formation of value chain groups; management reporting; rehabilitation. ¤ Maintain emergency stock of ¤ Arrange feed and fodder for vaccination and fodder etc.; surviving livestock. ¤ Mass awareness regarding epidemics ¤ Dispose of the dead and diseases of livestock and poultry. carcasses to avoid any Regular vaccination is an effective tool epidemics outbreak. to prevent diseases; ¤ Provision of wanda, wheat ¤ Ensure pre ood vaccination of straw (bhoosa) and animals to increase their immunity nutritional supplements for against different diseases; animals. ¤ Identi cation of safe points before disaster to ensure safety for livestock.
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Mobile veterinary dispensary should be available for rst aid treatment. ¤ Availability of fresh green fodder / drinking water. ¤ Announcement through megaphone for public awareness about your departmental activities in the area. ¤ Ample quantity of snake bite vaccine should be available.
3.2.5. Agriculture Department
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Prepare Agricultural Disaster ¤ Immediately, start ¤ Prepare detail report of Management Plan and interacting with DDMA/DC agriculture sector contingency plan and organize office for coordinating damages/losses and regular drill/simulation exercises; emergency response needs and submit it to ¤ Maintain emergency stock of activities; DDMA/DC office for seeds; ¤ Make available all the onwards transmission ¤ Creating community seed banks at technical and material to PDMA/NDMA; the UC level to support the small resources to be made part of ¤ Repair and farmers with minimum seed the relief effort; rehabilitation of water requirements after any disaster to ¤ Carryout agriculture sector's sources to ensure that enable them to resume and damages/losses and needs agriculture activities regenerate agriculture based Assessment and prepare are resumed as early as livelihood activities; ash report for response; possible; ¤ Identi ed areas under disaster such ¤ Help other relevant ¤ Provision of seeds, as ood must be categorized departments in establishing fertilizers and other according to its damage and its relief camps in safe places; agro-inputs/ impact of disaster for those areas; implements to farmers ¤ Surveys and identi cation of crops, as disaster early agriculture inputs of most recovery support; vulnerable mouzas to disaster ¤ Document lessons before disasters; learned and revise the ¤ Set cropping pattern according to departmental the impact of ood or other contingency and disaster in that area; Disaster Management ¤ Forecast to reduce losses of plan accordingly. disaster i-e Climate change. ¤ Mass awareness regarding epidemics and diseases of crops; ¤ Regular surveillance of water sources, which may be damaged or cause ooding during monsoon;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Closely coordinating with Pakistan Meteorological Department and the media to ensure that early warning messages are appropriately relayed / disseminated to hazard prone communities. It will help people to plan for sowing/planting and harvesting crops accordingly; ¤ Arrange different trainings on impact of global warming and climate change and adopting of agriculture crops and enhance the productivity for the farmers; ¤ Promote adoption of ood and drought resilient crops through research and dissemination to farmers with the help of agricultural extension workers.
3.2.6. Irrigation Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Equip irrigation department to ¤ Ensure establishment and ¤ Do the stocktaking mitigate oods and droughts with operationalization of exercise of disaster technical & managerial capacity and ood control cell in affected areas and modern gadgetry and practices; proper order; examines all the ¤ Ensure development & maintenance ¤ Maintain liaison with eld existing ood of ood protection systems in the staff, Provincial Irrigation protection systems pre- ood season; Department and district like protection walls, ¤ Identify and mapping of the most authorities; spurs studs and head vulnerable points of irrigation canals ¤ Institutionalize regular works of the & headwork's in the district and patrolling of vulnerable irrigation canals; takes corrective measures; points/irrigation canals ¤ Estimate and collect ¤ Demonstrate/assist & train local and breach sites to warn damages data and communities facing localized or potential victims on time; do need Assessment regional droughts on cheaper ¤ Create and disseminate in terms of repair / rainwater harvesting and storage ood situation reports maintenance and techniques; among the stakeholders. disseminate the ¤ Establish a mechanism of early information to the warning transmission, up and relevant downstream across communities stakeholders for and establish special ood warning securing needed centers at UC level, with support of resources; district administration and CSOs; ¤ Coordinate the ¤ Develop and regularly review the repair work of district level plans on water damaged irrigation management; infrastructures;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Identify and discourage ¤ Prepare a sectoral encroachment(s) of various speci c recovery waterways, with the help of other plan. district authorities; ¤ Closely monitor discharge rates in the major water bodies, passing through the district and for this purpose optimize the functionality of the installed gauges; ¤ Arrange protection material such as sandbags, stones, machinery, human resources and other material to be used at the time of need especially before the onset of monsoon.
3.2.7. Revenue Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Being one of the key district ¤ Establish the shelter places in ¤ Start carrying out departments, Revenue has to do coordination with other line detailed damages and a lot with disaster mitigation, departments, NGOs and losses report and preparedness and response; philanthropists and evacuate support DDMA offices ¤ Support DDMA for carrying out the affected people; for detailed report; the MHVRA which will help in ¤ Keep track of in-coming relief ¤ Before the early identifying and prioritizing the support, develop a relief recovery and most vulnerable areas for distribution mechanism, and rehabilitation activities concerted efforts; start providing assistance to take place, identify ¤ Inform the office of the DC and the disaster affected and prioritize areas of DDMA about the available population; interventions by the nancial resources against the ¤ Coordinate with the District government, NGOs contingency/disaster Finance & Planning sector and CBOs. management plan and present a department to ensure timely ¤ Inform I/NGOs and the clear picture of gaps to be lled release of required funds UNO about the either by the district through the DC's office; district's priorities and government's own funds or by ¤ Collect, verify and facilitate their work; the provincial government's disseminate information ¤ Regularly monitor and funds through PDMA; about relief assistance being supervise early ¤ Prepare and regularly update provided by the government recovery and the contact list of Patwaris and non-governmental rehabilitation (revenue officials) to ensure that actors; activities; they are contacted and deployed in any looming emergency;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Capacity building of the revenue ¤ Assess relief needs on a daily ¤ Prepare and provide a official in DRR and formal basis and prioritize to meet progress update to the training on damages and needs the most urgent needs of the district administration Assessment would make them a affected people. It is of vital and other relevant very useful resource for accurate importance to prepare a stakeholders; data collection for the district; sheet of required assistance ¤ Prepare budgetary ¤ Regular liaison with the UC and on a weekly basis and estimates for village level disaster gradually make it a reconstruction management committees and fortnightly and then a activities if the volunteers in order to take their monthly exercise; damages are massive. help during any emergency. ¤ Assess the overall situation and determine the likely timeframe of the evacuation/shelter places' population return to their homes.
3.2.8. District Health Authority Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Undertake MHVRA for health ¤ Set-up medical camps and ¤ Carrying out detailed facilities and services; mobilize emergency health damages and loss ¤ Develop a health risk teams, including mobile Assessment in the management plan for the hospitals; health sector; whole district based on ¤ Mobilize all available health ¤ Regular and vigilant MHVRA; resources and possible assets health risks ¤ Integrate disaster for emergency interventions; monitoring to deal preparedness and response ¤ Provide daily update on with post-disaster capacities into all existing and health response and diseases /epidemics; future health programs at the highlight gaps/needs ¤ With available district level; accordingly; resources, start ¤ Devise strategies for ¤ Keep the disaster-hit repairing or community involvement in all communities posted about retro tting the aspects of emergency any likelihood of epidemics damaged health preparedness, response and and the precautionary infrastructure in order recovery with regard to the measures. CHWs can be to cater to the health health sector. A pool of mobilized to gather data and needs of the affected community health workers report. This is very important population during (CHWs) should be established to prevent a secondary wave early recovery and or strengthened and can be of deaths in affected areas; rehabilitation stages; linked to the UC and village ¤ Guide and facilitate the non- level DM committees; governmental organizations in addressing the priority health needs in the most vulnerable areas;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Health related data should be ¤ Conduct rapid damages/ ¤ It is important for the maintained and updated on losses and needs Assessment health officials to priority basis along with data of the health sector and make sure that the of at-risk communities and prepare ash reports. drinking water is not other elements that are contaminated. available digitally; Similarly, proper ¤ Identify safe evacuation places dumping of hospital in the health facilities and waste is necessary to conduct regular emergency be taken care of; response and evacuation drills ¤ Regularly monitor and with all health officials; supervise early ¤ With the support of DDMA, recovery and CHWs along with UCDMCs and rehabilitation activities VDMCs can be engaged to in the health sector. collect at-risk population data.
3.2.9. District Education Authority Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Conduct MHVRA for all ¤ Mobilize teacher and student ¤ Undertake a detailed educational facilities; volunteers to assist in the Assessment of ¤ During the construction of new search & rescue operations to damages in icted by school buildings or any other be followed by setting-up the disaster on the educational facilities, proper emergency evacuation and educational facilities. designing, keeping in view the relief camps at already On the basis of this need of PWDs, should be identi ed educational report, determine incorporated in the structure; facilities; short, medium and ¤ Prepare Emergency Response ¤ In case of ood, inform long-term needs of Plan and disaster management teachers of those schools the education sector plan for educational facilities and where the water can in the district; arrange regular drills and probably hit the school ¤ Plan and provide exercises during non-disaster building and cause damages. provisional assistance phase; This information will help for education after a ¤ Gather information about I/NGOs teachers to take any disaster to ensure & CBOs working in the district in emergency preparedness continuity of learning; the education sector and make measures with support from ¤ Rehabilitation and sure they mainstream DRR aspect local communities; restoration of into their project activities; ¤ Conduct preliminary damaged educational ¤ Identify schools that can be used damages and needs facilities should be as temporary evacuation centers Assessment and submit ash given high priority. for displaced population. It is reports to higher authorities, PTC can be an important that the identi ed DDMA and DC office; effective bridge or facilities have water, proper communication sanitation and latrine facilities; channel for long term rehabilitation and reconstruction activities;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Engage active students through ¤ Temporary shelters in the ¤ Nonstructural Girls Guide, Boy Scout Teams, and form of the school's buildings activities including Parent Teacher Committees can be provided for displaced preparedness, (PTCs) to conduct regular population during a disaster, trainings, drills, trainings on emergency response having water supply and awareness campaigns management for students, latrine facilities available and celebration of the teachers and parents; mostly in the buildings. commemoration day ¤ Identify safe evacuation places in Teachers can be used as a in the schools should the school and organize regular valuable working force for be continued. emergency response & smoothly running of the evacuation drills with students emergency operating centers and teachers; established at evacuation ¤ Promote the spirit of sites. volunteerism amongst students through awareness raising and training; ¤ Build capacities of teachers on school safety during emergencies and disasters; ¤ Educational facilities related data should be maintained and updated on a regular basis along with data on those who are more vulnerable, that include children under age of 10 and special persons; ¤ Mass awareness and capacity building of the vulnerable groups through education & trainings and can disseminate messages by using students as a medium.
3.2.10. Police Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Prepare details of ¤ Ensure law and order during any ¤ Keep order and inventory available at each disaster situation in the affected areas; prevent obstruction police station that may be ¤ Ensure security measures at on public places; used during any disaster or evacuation points, in evacuating ¤ Aid and cooperate emergency; areas, at relief centers and godowns; with other agencies ¤ Prepare contingency and ¤ Provide assistance in emergency for the prevention of DM plans for the warning, rescue, relief and evacuation destruction of public department; operation; property by violence, ¤ Ensure that over-loaded trucks are not re or natural coming/going to disaster affected calamities; areas;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Working with the Pakistan ¤ Divert traffic where necessary to keep ¤ Provide assistance to Meteorological the running of emergency relief victims of road Department and DC office, operations; accidents; support in dissemination ¤ Ensure security of humanitarian ¤ Protect life and of warning to the affected workers who perform duties during property of citizens; communities; disaster; ¤ Preserve and ¤ Support district ¤ Prevent harassment of women and promote public government authorities in children during any emergencies. peace. the process of evacuating affected population to safer places.
3.2.11. Rescue 1122 Services Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Prepare contingency plan ¤ Deploy re ghting teams; ¤ Support in data scenarios for the residential and and search and rescue teams; collection with commercial areas; ¤ Cordon off the area; activate response to ¤ Trained the community before cart for the affected area for damages/losses and occurrence of any calamity for quick response; needs effective response. ¤ Immediately send ¤ Building capacities of ¤ Allocate sufficient resources for ambulances and search and staff for better ambulances, re ghting rescue teams after receiving preparedness for equipment including Running phone call; emergency response costs and trained human ¤ Search and rescue disaster ¤ Carryout regular drills resources for rescue services; victims; and simulation ¤ Fully equip Rescue 1122 services ¤ Provide rst aid to affected exercises at District and Tehsil level; population; and provide ¤ Maintain regular ¤ Purchase more re ghting boats for shuttle service coordination equipment and ambulances during ood; mechanism with according to size and population ¤ Evacuate seriously injured DDMA and other of the each district in Pakistan; people to hospital for further disaster response ¤ Develop IEC material in assistance; organizations national/local languages on re ¤ Transport dead bodies and ¤ Enhance further prevention measures; transfer to the government capacities by ¤ Promote Rescue 1122 services authorities/hospitals; developing pool of through media and other sources ¤ Coordinate with master trainers on so that people get aware about PDMA/DDMA and District Community services and can bene t from it; administration for any further Emergency Response ¤ Develop re risk monitoring instruction; Team (CERT) and system in urban localities; ¤ To help the District develop volunteer ¤ Conduct re ghting and rescue Administration in database. drills on regular basis; establishment of the tent ¤ Keep all the ambulances and villages; rescue vehicles and re brigade vehicles in order to deploy them anytime and anywhere;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Organize training courses on ¤ Provision of drinking water at search and rescue, rst aid, traffic camp villages with the accidents, building collapse, coordination of Municipal explosions etc. for Pakistan Red Committees; Crescent Society branches, ¤ Distribution of Dry Foods to volunteers, teachers, community the ood affectees through workers so that they can play boats; positive role in emergency; ¤ Develop cadre of volunteers in the form of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and equip them with emergency response kits; ¤ Maintain emergency response database and share with Provincial head quarter and all other stakeholders.
3.2.12. Civil Defence Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Assist local ¤ Undertake search & rescue ¤ On the basis of the administration/armed forces in activities immediately after a response activities rescue, evacuation and relief disaster; that are performed, measures; ¤ Restoration of essential traffic so make a detailed ¤ Render rst aid, re safety and as to carry out rescue work Assessment of the rescue trainings to without any hindrance or capacities of the communities, individuals and obstruction; department and organizations during peacetime; ¤ Render rst aid to injured identify gaps and ¤ Develop an emergency persons and transport them to requirements; evacuation plan and conduct nearest hospitals facilities; ¤ Prepare a plan of regular drills and exercises; ¤ Ensure evacuation to avoid action for the ¤ Create community awareness further loss of life and property; department and on public safety; ¤ Search and defuse unexploded start resource ¤ Recruit/induct operational staff bombs in the affected areas; mobilization for search and rescue teams ¤ Work with the re brigade in accordingly. with required specialized skills rescue and rst aid operations and equipment; related to re and other rescue ¤ Ensure provision of trained incidents. rescue workers/Razakars and rst aid staff; ¤ Educate and train volunteers on DRR, emergency response management; ¤ Participate in emergency drills with other stakeholders.
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3.2.13. Social Welfare Department Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Develop disaster management and ¤ Facilitate participation of ¤ Support post- contingency plans with regards to the women and PWDs in the disaster mandate of the department; management of relief, rehabilitation of ¤ Raise awareness of staff of the rehabilitation and livelihoods of department about special reconstruction activities; women survivors, vulnerabilities and capacities of ¤ Activate and use the which is mostly in women and children in relation to emergency phone the informal sector disasters; numbers as helpline for and is usually ¤ Encourage involvement of women child protection during a ignored; and PWDs in disaster risk disaster; ¤ Support the district management activities; ¤ Provide shelter provision government and ¤ Promote awareness amongst women to affected women, PDMA Punjab for re- and PWDs in hazard-prone areas support in damages and uni cation of about disaster risks and disaster needs Assessment of the missing preparedness; affected area, service unaccompanied ¤ Develop capacities of women, PWDs provision through formal children, women, and children focused organizations on shelter provision to PWDs, rehabilitation disaster risk and emergency missing or unaccompanied of families and management; children. psychosocial support ¤ Ensure that needs of women survivors provision. are addressed in post disaster situations during the relief rehabilitation and reconstruction phases; ¤ Properly plan and provide shelter to the affected women, beggars, drug rehabilitation for addicts, special education, blind institute, registration of the disabled, child protective measures and rehabilitation of other socially excluded groups;
3.2.14. Works & Services Department
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Develop district guidelines for safer ¤ Send information to other ¤ Undertake a detailed construction in hazard-prone areas district departments on Assessment of damages through multi hazard approach; road conditions, especially of government buildings, ¤ Ensure DRR checklist of PC-1 has regarding blocked or roads infrastructure been seriously implemented in all impassable roads after a including bridges, new schemes; disaster; culverts, etc.; ¤ During the construction of any ¤ Ensure to drain the ood new buildings, proper designing water from roads and keeping in view the need of PWDs remove debris from under should be incorporated in the the bridges for smooth ow structure; of water;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Ensure environmental impact ¤ Monitor disaster situation ¤ Prepare a report of Assessment studies have been (in case of ood and damages to be conducted for all new schemes; landslide) with regard to shared with the ¤ Conduct training of builders, roads and coordinate with district and contractors and masons on safer other district departments provincial authorities construction methods and provide for transporting relief along with budget guidance on adopting inclusive DRR items to the affected areas. requirements for the measures during the construction; rehabilitation and ¤ Monitor construction of buildings and reconstruction of infrastructure to ensure that safer damaged/ destroyed construction techniques are followed; infrastructure. ¤ Incorporate disaster risk assessment in the planning process for construction of new roads and bridges; ¤ Construct, maintain & repair district and rural roads, bridges, tunnels, causeways etc.; ¤ Develop guidelines on conduct of damage and loss Assessment of infrastructure and government buildings in the event of a disaster, and conduct Assessments after disasters.
3.2.15. Public Health Engineering
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Repair and maintenance of the ¤ Collect damages data and ¤ Rehabilitation of the structure in command areas; prepare reports for onward damaged infrastructure, ¤ Preparation of contingency plan submission; including protection highlighting resources available ¤ Community Development walls, retaining walls, to the organization; Organization unit along with check dams, water ¤ All the rural water supply engineering staff of should visit ponds, surface water schemes functioning in different the affected areas and report tanks, land leveling, eld areas should be properly visited, the damaged structures of the terracing, small dams, if there is gap regarding pump water supply schemes; spurs etc; house, tube wells pumping ¤ Aqua safe tablets should be ¤ All the water supply machinery and water supply distributed in the ood effected structures such as pump lines, they should be reported in areas and tell the community house, pumping written to higher authorities and about the uses of aqua safe machinery, pipelines and should take appropriate actions; tablets; ltration plants should ¤ Public health engineering ¤ Fresh water or puri ed water be properly rehabilitated department has a water testing should be supplied to the and functioned; laboratory at district level. The affected areas to prevent the ¤ All the damaged laboratory should be well people from water borne pipelines should be equipped for testing the water diseases. replaced / repaired. samples.
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3.2.16. Media Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster
¤ Develop understanding with ¤ Monitor emergency relief ¤ After any disaster, the subject of DRM; activities and identify gaps and the most signi cant ¤ Look into DRM capacities of the the required needs of the most part that a media district departments and NGOs vulnerable people (elderly, person can play is to operating in the district. It will women, children, religious gather as much be very helpful to identify gaps minorities, etc.); information as (preparedness & response) and ¤ Keep track of the in-coming possible about inform the concerned external relief assistance and damages and losses authorities and hazard prone play a role of a watchdog so that and the response communities about them; the aid is spent judiciously on efforts. It helps the ¤ Keep a close eye on disaster victims; government development schemes and ¤ Compile success stories of authorities and other assess with help from technical disaster survivors & share their stakeholders to experts as to what extent such courageous efforts through prepare more schemes are going to be electronic & print media; informed action bene cial for hazard prone ¤ Besides, identifying gaps and plans for early communities; objectively criticizing the recovery and ¤ Inform communities about any response efforts, it is always rehabilitation; impending hazard on the basis useful to acknowledge and ¤ Continue monitoring of information that you may appreciate the good work of early recovery and have received from the Met government and non- rehabilitation Department. This is called early governmental actors involved in activities. warning dissemination. Correct emergency response. early warning and its timely dissemination can save lives and property of the hazard prone communities.
3.2.17. Pakistan Army
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ In consultation with NDMA, ¤ Provide search and rescue ¤ Supplement early PDMA Punjab and other line services where needed; recovery efforts of department, identify areas that ¤ Evacuate people to safer areas civilian are most likely to be impacted and evacuation centers and administration and in case of a disaster; focus on giving priority to the humanitarian ¤ Prepare a disaster response plan women, children and PWDs; community; and conduct regular drills and ¤ Maintain close liaison with the ¤ Reconstruct / repair exercises; District Government and DDMA roads and bridges at ¤ Accordingly, prepare and and if required, establish important locations. upgrade necessary equipment, emergency relief centers and manpower and other necessary provide disaster victims with material to be used/deployed lifesaving food, shelter and immediately after a disaster; health facilities;
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Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Conduct regular capacity ¤ Install temporary bridges where building programs for soldiers appropriate to ensure mobility of so that they are able to carry out affected populations and smooth emergency relief activities transportation of relief items; effectively; ¤ Provide logistic back-up in terms ¤ Evacuate people to safer areas of trucks, boats, helicopters etc. and designated evacuation to the civil administration, if centers before and after a need be. disaster.
3.2.18. Private Sector (NGOs and PRCS etc.)
Before Disaster During Disaster After Disaster ¤ Support in developing disaster ¤ Facilitate local authorities in ¤ Mobilize disaster management plans at all levels emergency relief operations affected communities and help DDMA for its (search& rescue, for early recovery and implementation; establishment of rehabilitation efforts; ¤ Mobilize communities and evacuation/relief camps, food ¤ With the support of develop local level capacities on distribution to displaced, DMCs assess disaster risk reduction; provision of health services, damages/losses and ¤ Help and provide technical etc.); needs and contribute support in conducting MHVRA ¤ Establish information it to the district under the supervision of and management centers at government's data; with close coordination with the evacuation/relief camps with ¤ Prepare village level DDMA; close coordination of the DC early recovery and ¤ Provide all necessary trainings, office and the DDMA. rehabilitation plans conduct drills/exercises and and mobilize provide necessary equipment to resources for their the DRR committees with the implementation; close coordination of the DDMA; ¤ Provide emergency ¤ Support DDMA in establishing livelihood support to the Taluka/UC/Village level communities in terms disaster management of providing committees according to the set agriculture inputs, criteria of the PDMA Punjab; conditional cash ¤ Participate in DRM activities grants, etc.; such as training, public ¤ Work on promoting education, damage assessment, community based rehabilitation and construction disaster risk projects; management. ¤ Implement programs on disaster risk reduction through structural interventions; ¤ The PRCS is to assist the district government in crises, emergencies and disasters.
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4.1. Ongoing Investment Areas for ¤ Develop standard training toolkit including Disaster Risk Management Trainer guidebook and participant's workbook) on CBDRM ¤ Conduct Training and Trainers (TOT) and develop a After frequent disasters happened at the advent of the pool of master trainers initially in ve selected recent century, influx of resources came to country in districts but can be extended to other districts the form of human, technical and financial resources later on. There will be two tiers master trainers (a). especially in the areas of CBDRM, MHVRA, DRM At government department level (b). At planning, early warning system strengthening and community level institutional capacity assessment. For this purpose, International community extends their support in the Besides, with funding support of UK-DFID, a form of involvement of United Nations Organizations, consortium of various INGOs are implementing a two INGOs, Banks and other donor agencies like DEPICHO years (Sep 2016 to August 2018) project under title and USAID etc. Some of the key areas where works have “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan (BDRP)”. The been done are as follows; project is implementing in District Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh District. Under the BRDP, the Concern 4.1.1. Community Based Disaster Risk Worldwide (an International NGO) and Help Management Foundation (Local NGO) together with the District Administration are implementing CBDRM related CBDRM is one of very important area where the project in 75 revenue villages of seven selected Union National and Provincial Disaster Management Councils of District Rajanpur namely Noorpur Manjh Authorities are giving very high priority. Different Wala, Noorpur Machhi Wala, Wang, Johanpur, Rakh Kot programmes were initiated by different organizations Mithan, Murghai and Meeranpur29. The project is in in Pakistan including NDMA, NIDM, PDMA KP, ERRA, completion stage and there is hope that such DEPICHO and some other organizations especially initiatives will help government stakeholders, I/NGOs after the devastating earthquake 2005 and flood 2010. and CSOs to adopt it to other districts and Union As for as CBDRM programme in Punjab is concerned, Councils to develop a disaster resilient communities in these models were adopted time to time by different Punjab Province. stakeholders, however, until now we can't present a successful model which can be adopted and replicated Further to work with the communities and grass root in rest of the districts to develop disaster resilient level stakeholders, the NDMA model of developing communities. Therefore, there is intense need to pool of trained volunteers as emergency responders in develop and strategize a standard CBDRM model for the form of GOERE at government department level unifying of efforts and avoid duplications. In this and MOVERE at community level for effective regard, the Government of Punjab has received emergency response can be adopted. At the financial support from the World Bank under the government department level, a workforce of project titled “Disaster and Climate Resilience “Government Officials Emergency Response Exercise Improvement Project (DCRIP)”. As part of this project, (GOERE)” while at community level, a cadre of boys the PDMA Punjab is trying the standardize to scout and girls guide to be trained as “Mobilization of strengthen the emergency response capacities of the Volunteers Emergency Response Exercise (MOVERE)”, communities through developing the following which can be closely linked with the DDMA for deliverables28; effective emergency response management. In a pre- disaster situation, DDMA will plan and carry out ¤ Develop Community Based Disaster Risk emergency preparedness and response exercises or Management Programme for Punjab Province for drills with GOERE and MOVERE team to ensure that coming ve years disaster response drills are conducted in the disaster-
28. Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Punjab Province; “Project Implementation Unit for DCRIP”; 2018 29. Concern Worldwide led Consortium, Islamabad working in District Rajanpur under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan, programme 2017-18
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prone areas to maintain the readiness of communities into such a simple and affective language where and departments, with regards to operational communities could easily understand and act upon. procedures, personnel, equipment and orderly response. 4.1.3. Multi-Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (MHVRA) 4.1.2. Early Warning System Multi-hazard, Vulnerability and Risk assessment is one Without any doubt, floods remain the most of key areas of the DRR as it provides tools, models and devastating natural disasters in Province of Punjab techniques to assess the past damages and forecast since time immemorial. With the advent of this century, future potential damages due to different types of the trend in flood damages has been growing hazards like flood, earthquake and drought etc. The exponentially and has been observed at various exposure is defined as the degree to which the occasion. This is a consequence of the increasing elements at risk are exposed to a particular hazard. The frequency of heavy rains due to many factors but more vulnerability is described as the conditions obtained because of the global warming and climate change by physical, social, economic and environmental implications, heavy and erratic rains are more common factors, which increase the vulnerability of a with high frequency and magnitude, changes in community to the impact of hazards. The risk is the upstream land-use and a continuously increasing possibility of anticipated losses due to interactions concentration of population and assets in flood prone between hazards and vulnerable conditions in a given areas. Flood Forecasting forms an important tool in area during specific time period. MHVRA is the initial reducing vulnerabilities and flood risk and form an but one of a major phase in planning for disaster risk important ingredient of the strategy to "live with reduction activities. It specifies an evidence-based floods", thereby contributing to national sustainable assessment of the risk so that effective risk reduction development. measures can be taken.
Pakistan Meteorological Department is key At Punjab level, there were different efforts for instrumental to disseminate the early warning to the conducting MHVRA but all were carried out for certain target areas and communities. In this regard, the Flood areas within the domain of specific projects by 30 Forecasting Division (FFD) is serving the nation to different donors. However, we can't find a complete improve the capacity of meteorological and database of MHVRA in digital or in hard form with the hydrological services to jointly deliver timely and more PDMA or any other relevant organizations. accurate products and services required in flood forecasting and warning and in collaborating with In the wake of 2014 countrywide flooding, disaster managers, active in flood emergency Government of Pakistan conducted meeting with preparedness and response. Pakistan Meteorological international donors including Asian Development Department is also issuing early warning in case of Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB). Responding to other hazards including earthquake, drought, cyclones the request for support to enhance resilience against and tornadoes. Media is very effective tools playing natural catastrophes, by mid of 2015, ADB Assisted important role in disseminating of early warning to Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience remote communities in the province. project (FERRP) and WB assisted “Disaster and Climate Resilience Improvement Project (DCRIP) was launched However, there is dire need that at risk communities in the Province of Punjab. Both banks are involved in should get maximum benefit of such early warnings different activities to develop capacities of the PDMA which is now with the aggressive use of media, is Punjab, some other important sectors and district disseminating affectively. Still there is lack of public government organizations. awareness and need for translating flood information
30. Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad available at http://www.pmd.gov.pk/FFD/index_ les/objectives.html
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With funding support of the ADB, PDMA continues to districts of Punjab Province in three different phases. develop a database of MHVRA in 20 disaster prone These districts have been mentioned in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1: List of District to be Covered Under MHVRA Study in Punjab Province Phase -I Phase-II Phase-III 1. Ha zabad 6. Khushab 13. Narowal 2. Sialkot 7. Mianwali 14. Jhelum 3. Layyah 8. Bhakkar 15. Gujrat 4. Jhang 9. Rajanpur 16. Gujranwala 5. Muzaffargarh 10. Multan 17. Kasur 11. Rahim Yar Khan 18. Mandi Bahuddin 12. Dera Ghazi Khan 19. Chiniot 20. Sargodha
District Rajanpur is among those district where detail management plan is one of an important document to MHVRA is going to be conducted under the above be prepared by the district authorities. project. It is worth to mention that under the UK-DFID funding support for “Building Disaster Resilience in The Disaster Management Plan provides strategic Pakistan (BDRP)”, detail risk and resilience profiling of guidance and help the Provincial and District level 75 villages in 7 target Union Councils namely Noorpur Government Department in unifying the efforts of all Manjh Wala, Noorpur Machhi Wala, Wang, Johanpur, partners working in various sectors and further Rakh Kot Mithan, Murghai and Meeranpur have establish a clear direction and provide coordinated already been completed and are available with the basis for all partners in bringing a paradigm shift in the Concern Worldwide led Consortium31. The data or district from a response and recovery to mitigation and required information can also be used or referred for preparedness approach. the PDMA MHVRA initiatives. Like other Provinces, different initiatives started in 4 . 1 . 4 . P l a n n i n g fo r D i s a s te r R i s k Punjab Province also where United Nations, I/NGOs Management at all Level and financial institutions and donors help the Provincial and District Government in developing the disaster management plans. Under the one UN DRM After the promulgation of National Disaster Joint Programme, a provincial disaster management Management Act 2010, MHVRA and Disaster plan and various district level disaster management management planning at various levels became one of plans developed during 2008-2010, however as plan is crucial required and most essential document to be always a dynamic document and need to be revised available with the relevant stakeholders to focus on especially after facing frequent disasters. Realizing the reducing the vulnerabilities and increasing the local importance, World Bank under DCRIP project is going capacities to combat the disasters. In this regards, to develop District Disaster Management Plans for 18 National Disaster Management Authority has Districts and one Provincial Disaster Management approved standard guidelines to develop the Plan. The name of these districts have been mentioned Provincial and District Disaster Management Plans all below in table 4.2. over the countries. Preparation of disaster
31. PConcern Worldwide led Consortium, Islamabad working in District Rajanpur under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan, programme 2017-18
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Table 4.2: List of District to be Covered for Development of PDMP and DDMPs32 Mianwali Bhakkar Chiniot Gujranwala Gujrat Khushab D .G . Khan Jhelum Narowal Ha zabad Mandi Rahimyar Khan Jhang Kasur Bahauddin Sargodha Multan Layyah Sialkot
Similarly UNDP under the Building Disaster Resilience developments wherein plenty of examples can be in Pakistan (BDRP) is developing DDMP for District quoted from the recent years indicating increased Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh, while Concern worldwide vulnerabilities of communities in the country due to with local partners Help Foundation have developed unplanned and hap-hazard development work. As we UC and village level DRM Plans in seven union councils know during the recent decade various incidents of namely Noorpur Manjh Wala, Noorpur Machhi Wala, disasters have disrupted the development activities Wang, Johanpur, Rakh Kot Mithan, Murghai and and despite the fact that many precious lives were lost Meeranpur33. Although it is encouraging to see the and proper ties damaged, impor tant heavy availability of such crucial documents with the infrastructure was damaged severely with fraction of Government stakeholders and down at the time. Sustaining these damages taught a lesson to take community level, there is, however, need for proactive steps focusing more on mitigation measures mobilizing technical, human and financial resources by adopting properly the building codes to build for the Provincial and District Government to ensure disaster resilient infrastructure besides to impart the implementation of these plans34. necessary trainings including awareness raising sessions for capacity enhancement of all those 4.1.5. Asset Management Plan responsible for infrastructure development and to the disaster prone area communities. There is intense need for assessing the institutional capacities of different government organizations in The mitigation measures proposed below are the terms of disaster risk management. It will help the DRM results of series of consultation meetings, consultation stakeholders including NDMA and PDMA Punjab to workshops at District and Tehsil level followed by a engage different government organizations to validation workshop in Rajanpur to take government develop a strong coordination mechanism and and non-government stakeholders on board to enhance capacities by mutual learning for swift propose DRR measures that are designed purely on emergency response and disaster management. World local wisdom and chosen by the concerned Bank under DCRIP project has already developed stakeholders who are frequently affecting by the institutional capacity assessment of Punjab Province in episodes of disaster events. It is worth to mention that order to know the grey areas for implementation of the the suggested mitigation measures in this DDMP are DRM programme on long term. aligned with the National Disaster Management Plan 2012-2022 priority areas No.7& 8 (Annexure II); 4.2. Mitigation Planning35 National DRR Policy 2012 section 4.6; and SFDRR 2015- 2030 priority area No. 3. Vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards does For the intensive consultations, the following sectors not necessarily reduced by the development process. It were taken into consideration; is nothing but true when we analyze unplanned
32. Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Punjab Province; “Project Implementation Unit for DCRIP”; 2018 33. Concern Worldwide led Consortium, Islamabad working in District Rajanpur under “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan, programme 2017-18 34. United Nation Development Programme Islamabad, “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan”; 2017 35. Guidelines for mainstreaming DRR, National Disaster Management Authority and United Nation Development Programme 2010
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Education Municipal Committee Public Health Engineering Department Irrigation Civil Defence Health Rescue 1122 Communication & Work Agriculture Revenue Livestock Social Welfare
As a result of the series of consultations, the following above stakeholders; mitigation measures have been proposed by the
4.2.1. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Education Sector Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.1.1. Repairing and retro tting of existing schools based on proper MHVRA of X X X schools.
4.2.1.2. Provision of emergency response kits in schools and arrange trainings. X
4.2.1.3. Install early warning alert system at school and link with the nearby police X X X station and DDMA.
4.2.1.4. Provision of proper sanitation, solar system, generator and ensure clean X X drinking water by keeping in mind that schools been used as evacuation center.
4.2.1.5. Identify safe evacuation routes and evacuation sites inside and outside the schools and conduct regular drills and X mock drills on evacuation.
Development of organizational level X 4.2.1.6. DRM operational plan.
Building capacities of students, teachers 4.2.1.7. and parent teacher council through X X X various trainings on DRM and Emergency Response.
4.2.1.8. Development of IEC material on disaster management and emergency response for wide dissemination and public X X X awareness among schools.
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years)
4.2.1.9. Arrange awareness raising sessions and organize rallies by involving students and teachers on National and international X X X DRR day.
Involvement of parent teacher council 4.2.1.10. and school administration on conducting X X X MHVRA and develop school safety plans.
4.2.1.11. Integrate DRR trainings into the formal X X X and non-formal education.
4.2.1.12. Construction of ramps for students and teachers with disabilities. X
4.2.2. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Health Sector Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.2.1. Arrange training courses for senior health practitioners and relevant district X government and non-government officers to understand them “how to mainstream DRR into health sector”.
4.2.2.2. Conduct capacity assessment and resource mapping of health facilities with X reference to emergency response management.
4.2.2.3. Develop/strengthen health cluster at district level and conduct regular meetings for effective coordination and X X X data sharing. Maintain minutes of meeting and its proper dissemination.
4.2.2.4. Provision of antenatal, natal and postnatal care during emergencies. X X X
4.2.2.5. Stockpiling of emergency medicines for health facilitators to provide basic health X X X care especially in vulnerable areas during emergencies.
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years)
4.2.2.6. Timely deployment of health preventive teams at each union council during X X X emergencies.
4.2.2.7. Arrange proper spray to control over X X X spread of epidemics and viral diseases.
4.2.2.8. Keep close coordination with PHED for the provision of clean drinking water and X X X latrines at camps.
4.2.2.9. Building capacities of hospitals by arranging Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies training on the NDMA X standard guidelines.
4.2.2.10 Noti cation of District Health Coordination Team and conduct regular X X X meetings with focus on how to respond during natural disasters and MCI.
4.2.2.11 Pre-positioning of reserve stocks at designated points/health facilities. X X X
4.2.2.12. Arrange trainings on health focused DRM for LHVs, LHWs, LHSs, other para medical X staff and CHWs. 4.2.2.13. Identify evacuation sites, construction and maintenance of emergency exists X X X and conduct regular mock exercises and drills.
4.2.2.14. Conduct MHVRA for health facilities and mapping of critical facilities located in X hazard prone areas.
4.2.2.15. Identify vulnerable hospitals/health facilities and ensure to repair and proper X retro tting of buildings. 4.2.2.16. Mapping of local NGOs/CBOs working in health sector that can be helpful during X X X any emergency.
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) Arrange and strengthen disease early warning system and maintain the X X X database.
4.2.3. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Public Health Engineering Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.3.1. Provision of water tanks before disasters for the storage of water especially ensure X X X at evacuation sites and relief camps.
4.2.3.2. Construction of deep wells and ponds and Installation of hand pumps at X X X identi ed vulnerable villages.
4.2.3.3. Establishment of ltration plants for the provision of clean drinking water. X X
4.2.3.4. Conversion of existing ltration plant from hydro-power to solar energy system X X as a backup during disaster situation.
4.2.3.5. Construction of embankments walls for safety of drinking water sources. X X X
4.2.3.6. Availability of shelter homes and rehabilitation center that can be used X during disasters.
4.2.3.7. Conducting training and contingency planning sessions. X X X
4.2.3.8. Conduct surveys of evacuation sites well before disaster strike in term of hygienic X suitability of the area.
4.2.3.9. Establishment of committees and their training at community level to safeguard X X X the facilities of provided by PHED.
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4.2.3. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Public Health Engineering Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.3.1. Provision of water tanks before disasters for the storage of water especially ensure X X X at evacuation sites and relief camps.
4.2.3.2. Construction of deep wells and ponds and Installation of hand pumps at X X X identi ed vulnerable villages.
4.2.3.3. Establishment of ltration plants for the provision of clean drinking water. X X
4.2.3.4. Conversion of existing ltration plant from hydro-power to solar energy system X X as a backup during disaster situation.
4.2.3.5. Construction of embankments walls for safety of drinking water sources. X X X
4.2.3.6. Availability of shelter homes and rehabilitation center that can be used X during disasters.
4.2.3.7. Conducting training and contingency planning sessions. X X X
4.2.3.8. Conduct surveys of evacuation sites well before disaster strike in term of hygienic X suitability of the area.
4.2.3.9. Establishment of committees and their training at community level to safeguard X X X the facilities of provided by PHED.
4.2.4. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Civil Defence Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.4.1. Carry on establishing warden post especially at vulnerable union councils. X X
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years)
4.2.4.2. Availability of vehicles for staff mobility to the duty station both in normal and X X emergency situation.
4.2.4.3. Equipping wardens with emergency response kits and arrange proper X X trainings for them.
Technical training of staff and volunteer 4.2.4.4. X X X at each warden post.
4.2.4.5. Allocation of budget for conducting mock drills of Govt. officers and X X X volunteers twice in year.
4.2.4.6. Develop pool of master trainers of volunteers and maintain database of X X X volunteers and warden.
4.2.4.7. Develop strong coordination mechanism of the trainers, volunteers and post X X X warden.
4.2.4.8. Provide proper equipment for the bomb disposal units and built their capacities X X X by providing them trainings.
4.2.5. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Rescue 1122 Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.5.1. Provision of emergency response equipment that includes boats, OBM sets, X X scuba sets, excavators, live rings and lifesaving jackets and tents. 4.2.5.2. Formation of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) at UC and Tehsil X X X levels. 4.2.5.3. Provide emergency response related trainings including First Aid, Search and Rescue, Fire Safety and Community X X X Action for Disaster Response (CADRE).
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years)
4.2.5.4. Fully equip the emergency response control room and maintain database of X X emergencies and causalities.
4.2.5.5. Expanding Moha z programme up to the X X village level. Establishment of Rescue eld school at 4.2.5.6. X X district level.
Conduct Search and Rescue trainings to 4.2.5.7. X X the rescuer at district and tehsil level.
4.2.5.8. Potential increase in trained women staff. X X X
4.2.6. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Agriculture Sector36
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years)
4.2.6.1. Conduct MHVRA for agriculture sector. X
4.2.6.2. Develop Organizational level DRM plan X and contingency plans based on MHVRA. X
4.2.6.3. Arrange trainings and DANA and conduct regular survey on damage and need X X assessment of crops after disaster.
4.2.6.4. Provision of pesticides, seeds, fertilizers and allied inputs to the farmers before X and during the emergencies.
4.2.6.5. Provision utensils or gallons for the storage X X X of dry food for any unusual situation. 4.2.6.6. Conduct awareness sessions and trainings to the farmers on DRM and how X X X to ensure sustainable livelihood.
36. With courtesy: Some of mitigation measures have been selected from the “Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Operational Plan 2018”; developed by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Page-41-52; Viewed on 4 May 2018
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.6.7. Conducting soil survey of the ood prone X areas in the district.
4.2.6.8. Ensure plantation and erect embankment walls to stabilize the slope and soil X X X erosion.
4.2.7. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Livestock Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.7.1. Database development and regularly X X X updates of the livestock population.
4.2.7.2. Arrangements for pre-vaccination of animals in ood season. X X
4.2.7.3. Conduct survey for safe evacuation site/ camping for animals and fodder depot. X X
Launch awareness campaign for early 4.2.7.4. X X X vaccination twice an year.
4.2.7.5. Conduct training for community facilitators to work with the mobile units X X X of Livestock department for awareness raising at each tehsil.
4.2.7.6. Arrangements for tagging of animals in pre- ood season. X X
4.2.7.7. Arrangements for animal health care planning, management and technical X X assistance before and after disasters. 4.2.7.8. Arrange trainings and DANA and conduct regular survey on damage and need X assessment of livestock during any disaster.
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4.2.8. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Municipal Committee
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.8.1. Provision of emergency machinery e.g. Dewater set, tractors with buckets, boats X etc.). 4.2.8.2. Provision of clean drinking water especially during emergencies. X
4.2.8.3. Ensure cleanliness of ood relief camps, rehabilitation centers and arrange tents, X mosquito nets etc.
4.2.8.4. Ensure availability of fogging sprays at the ood relief camps to ensure control X over further spread of diseases.
4.2.8.5. Provision utensils or gallons for the storage of dry food for any unusual X X X situation.
4.2.8.6. Construction of suitable place for plinth (level up to Indus highway). X
4.2.8.7. Develop contingency and DRM plans. X
4.2.8.8. Training of staff/workers on DRM and emergency response through capacity X building programs.
4.2.8.9. Capacity building of staff on the newly designed frameworks and guidelines. X
4.2.9. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Irrigation Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.9.1. Properly designed and construct ood carrying channels from Dajal Branch to X X River Indus edge.
4.2.9.2. MHVRA of all irrigation channels and identify vulnerable sites. X
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.9.3. Develop organization level DRM and contingency plans and coordinate with other line department for mobilizing X resources for ensuring its implementation.
4.2.9.4. The capacity of Bukhari drain should be increased from 900 cusec to 3000 cusecs. X X
4.2.9.5. Proposed new ood bund from tail of X X Fatehpur to tail of Sadiq Dasty.
Maintaining and repairing ood 4.2.9.6. X X embankment of Dajal Branch at right side.
4.2.9.7. Conduct awareness campaign through electronic and print media especially X X X during the monsoon season.
4.2.9.8. Construction of embankments structure and status should be monitored and X assessed time to time.
4.2.9.9. Install ood gauges at each sensitive location of the river. X
4.2.10. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Communication & Work Sector Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.10.1. Damage and need assessment of building structure whether repairable or X completely collapsed.
4.2.10.2. Retro tting/reconstruction of the affected buildings and communication X X means. 4.2.10.3. Ensure building by laws in general and X critical facilities in particular. 4.2.10.4. Conduct awareness campaign and training of masons on building codes and X safe construction.
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Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.10.5. Installation of sign boards or necessary caution boards in dangerous or affected X buildings and roads.
4.2.10.6. Monitoring and supervision of buildings structures in progress through civil X X X engineers. 4.2.10.7. Improved guidelines should be designed for building structure. X
4.2.11. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Revenue Sector
Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.11.1. Establishment of permanent facilities i.e. operation cell at district level while ware X X houses at tehsil level.
4.2.11.2. Conduct land use planning of rural and X urban areas prone to disasters.
4.2.11.3. Formulate sectoral DRR framework at X district level. 4.2.11.4. Development of standard damage and need assessment tools and conduct X regular exercises.
4.2.11.5. Conduct training to the government officers on standard damage and need X X X assessment tools.
4.2.11.6. Integration of DRR into mandatory roles and responsibilities of different line X X departments.
4.2.11.7. Capacity building of human resource through training and mock drills twice in X X X year.
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4.2.12. Mitigation Measures Proposed for Social Welfare Sector Sr. # Proposed Interventions Priority Short term Medium term Long term (1-2 Years) (2-3 Years) (4-5 Years) 4.2.12.1. Conduct mapping of active CBOs, I/NGOs and UN agencies working at District X X Rajanpur and their potential areas.
4.2.12.2. Conduct monthly coordination meetings of humanitarian agencies and invite 4W X X X matrix. 4.2.12.3. Develop a central dashboard where the work done by the humanitarian agencies X X can be accessed. 4.2.12.4. Establishment of resource/sahulat X X centers at Tehsil and union council level.
4.2.12.5. Collect data of vulnerable groups and facilitate them through government and X X X non-government incentives.
4.2.12.6. Registration of community volunteers to be available for response during X X X emergencies.
4.2.12.7. Conduct seminars and workshops on disaster management by encouraging X X X the women participation.
4.3. Modes of Financing for Mitigation Besides at Province level, Provincial Disaster Measures Management Fund need to be established regarding mobilizing of resources for emergency response as well as for disaster risk management. At District One of an encouraging initiatives by the Asian Government level, PC1 can be developed and Development Bank and Ministry of Finance at National submitted to Planning and Development Department level is recently formulated and it is in the process stage under Annual Development Plan. Besides fund where sooner the National Disaster Risk Management allocated for contingencies can also be used to Fund (NDRMF) will be established. The NDRMF is under mobilize financial resources. United Nation process of legalization and once approved the NDRMF Organizations, Various International Non-Government will be constituted under Security and Exchange Organizations are other alternate sources where the Commission of Pakistan public companies limited act. financing of the DDMP can be ensured. The NDRMF funding source will be an open source on 70/30 ratio to mobilize financial resources where Private sector can also play important role in NDRMF will provide 70% of funding and the requested mobilizing resources and support district government organization will contribute 30% financing to ensure for the implementation of mitigation measures. In this funding. Once operationalize, the NDRMF will be a regard public private partnership can be built up to unique opportunity to mobilize financial resources for jointly support each other in mobilizing financial and the DDMP. technical resources. 65
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5.1. Need for Establishing the District DDMA under the direct supervision of the Deputy Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC)37 Commissioner. During the non-disaster times, DEOC will be working during normal office hours and will focus on emergency preparedness and contingency 5.1.1. Status of District Emergency planning. Operation Center in District Rajanpur 5.1.2. Proposed Organizational Structure In order to strengthen the emergency response of DEOC mechanism of the district government, the PDMA Punjab with funding support of World Bank under the The DEOC will be located at Deputy Commissioner “Disaster and Climate Resilience Improvement Project (DC) Office in the district headquarter, equipped with (DCRIP)” initiated of revamping of 20 emergency all available communication facilities. The DEOC will be control rooms in highly vulnerable districts of Punjab. overall supervised and directed by the District District Rajanpur is among those districts where a new Chairperson/DC of the district. The DEOC will be a n d h i g h l y e q u i p p e d D E O C w i l l s o o n b e headed by the Coordinator and supported by the o p e rat i o n a l i ze d. B e s i d e s U n i te d N at i o n a l operations, communication, public information, Development Programme under the “Building Disaster administration and logistics support teams. DEOC will Resilience in Pakistan”, will further support to provide be working round the clock during the disaster time. In modern gadgets and technical suppor t to non-disaster times, DEOC will be working during operationalize the DEOC. normal office hours and will focus on emergency preparedness and contingency planning. The DEOC will be established at the vicinity of the District Administration Secretariat and will be e q u i p p e d w i t h a l l m o d e r n a n d h i g h te c h 5.1.3. Functions of DEOC communication facilities. The DEOC will serve as the hub for receiving early warnings and issuing The following function of DEOC has been mentioned in information to public at all levels in the district, taking the National Disaster Response Plan of the NDMA; measures to evacuate people, updating relevant departments and response agencies, and providing ¤ Monitor the situation and make everything ready up-to-date information to media etc. The DEOC will and functional in the DEOC; also take lead in the coordination and management of ¤ Receive early warnings, screen and issue disaster relief operations and early recovery in the affected alerts and warnings from nodal agencies and other areas in the district. All concerned departments and sources, and communi-cate the same to all humanitarian agencies will be coordinated through designated authorities and stakeholders; DEOC at district level. ¤ Issuance of early warnings to the concerned communities; In the event of a disaster, the DDMA shall activate the ¤ Coordinate with NEOC at NDMA, PEOC at PDMA DEOC and take operational lead for the district Karachi, concerned departments and other government response. The DEOC will act as a state of stakeholders; the art resource center specially designated ¤ Monitor emergency operations and make efforts centralized facility where officials meet twenty four for preventing secondary hazards; hours a day to respond to disaster and control the ¤ Conduct rapid assessment of the relief needs by recovery efforts in support of field operations. It will be collecting information from the affected area and physically located within the premises of the DC office circulate to PDMA Punjab and other concerned and will be looked after by the DDMO or Secretary departments and stakeholders;
37. National Disaster Response Plan 2010, page 99-101, NDMA Islamabad and District Disaster Management Plan of District Swat, 2016
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¤ Deploy evacuation, medical, search and rescue 5.2. Operationalization of DEOC teams in the affected area; ¤ Provide relief assistance in terms of relief camps, 5.2.1. Standard Operating Procedure – medical and sanitation facilities and temporary shelter to the affected population in the district; Activation Procedure for DEOC to Deal 39 ¤ Liaison with concerned departments and with the Emergencies stakeholders engaged in emergency response by anticipating resource inventory; In case of full activation of DEOC, Coordinator DEOC ¤ Forward urgent information to relevant agencies will be responsible to fully equip the DEOC and for immediate action and arrange daily brie ngs provides all facilities to the representatives of on disaster situations for general public and departments who will present in DEOC during disaster speci c groups; time. Stockpiling of emergency food, office supplies, ¤ Record keeping and preparation of consolidated satellite phone sets, generators, logs, status boards, reports and response plans and projects38. maps, and other material and necessary equipment must be available. Further to be ensured that briefing room is equipped with all maps, screens and multimedia projectors and other necessary material.
Standby Position Activation Procedure Stand down procedure Operationalization (Stage 1) (Stage 2) (Stage 3) of DEOC
In situation of any The next stage of the The Stand down Procedure On the full activation of well-known disaster, DEOC process is called the is the third stage of the District Emergency the DEOC activation stage. In this DEOC. At the stand down Operation Center, the Coordinator will stage, a notification for full procedure, the overall DEOC Coordinator will gather authentic and activation will be issued situation is reviewed. After be responsible to fully up-to-date and the DEOC will remain reviewing the situation equip the DEOC and information from fully operational at 24/7 and consulting with provide all facilities to respective basis. The DEOC Taluka/town the representatives of organizations and Coordinator will inform all administration, departments who will he/she will advise concerned departments, Coordinator DEOC will be present in DEOC DC/DDMA and will PRCS, Pakistan Army, advise chairperson DDMA during a disaster seek alert/activation Media, PEOC and NEOC. for stand down. situation. approval. Approval of Consequently, getting the For the full and Alert phase is notified approval of PDMC, effective activation of to the key Chairperson DDMA will DEOC, it is important departments at approve the stand down of that stocks of district and below the DEOC. DEOC/DDMA emergency food, office district level, PEOC will notify the key supplies, satellite and NEOC departments at all levels, phone sets, generators, PDMA Punjab and NDMA logs, status boards, etc. At the end, the final maps, screens and report will be circulated to multimedia projectors key stakeholders. and other necessary equipment must be available.
38. National Disaster Management Authority; “National Disaster Risk Management Framework 2007; and “National Disaster Response Plan 2010” 39. National Disaster Response Plan 2010, page 46-48, NDMA Islamabad
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5 . 2 . 2 . W a r n i n g & I n f o r m a t i o n MOVERE at community level for effective emergency Dissemination response can be adopted. At the government department level, a workforce of “Government Officials
Emergency Response Exercise (GOERE)” while at DDMA will guarantee all public warnings and community level, a cadre of boys scout and girls guide information dissemination through the secretariat to be trained as “Mobilization of Volunteers Emergency upon recommendation of the chairperson of the Response Exercise (MOVERE)”, which can be closely DDMA. Dissemination of warnings and information in linked with the DDMA for effective emergency disaster situation is the core responsibilities of response management. In a pre-disaster situation, DDMA/DEOC. DDMA will ensure that all public DDMA will plan and carr y out emergenc y warnings will be distributed through the secretariat. preparedness and response exercises or drills with The information which is conceded on to the public GOERE and MOVERE team to ensure that disaster during pre, during, and post disaster, including, early response drills are conducted in the disaster-prone warnings, directions for evacuations and service access areas to maintain the readiness of communities and to affected populations is also part of the DDMA's departments, with regards to operational procedures, responsibilities. For the information dissemination, personnel, equipment and orderly response. electronic and print media will be used to distribute the warning to the general public and concerned authorities for appropriate standby preparedness and 5.2.4.1. Responsibility for Organizing response measures. Drills
5.2.3. Reporting & Media Briefing Periodically the DDMA will plan exercises or drills on various scenarios to assess the procedures in this Altogether accountable depar tments and document and those from contingency plans for organizations are to submit regular updated situation districts and departments. Agencies and departments reports to the DEOC, while the role of the DEOC shall also conduct drills based on the hazard scenarios, coordinator will be responsible to analyze the received sectoral response plans. reports and circulate regular updates and situation reports among all concerned stakeholders. DEOC will The following are proposed table top exercises that can be the hub for providing up-to-date information and be undertaken in drills; will arrange media briefings and interviews with key personnel and media channels for proper ¤ A major ooding caused by monsoon depression dissemination of the information concerning disaster ¤ A re incident situation in order to reduce the risks. ¤ Mass Casualty Incidents
5.2.4. Simulations and Drills 5.2.4.2. Schedules for Organizing Drills
The DDMA along with PRCS, Civil Defence, Social The training and education officer of DDMA will Welfare and other government and non-government develop an annual calendar for conducting the drills stakeholders will plan emergency response exercises on a regular basis. The DDMA will make arrangements and drills on various scenarios to assess and build the for organizing the emergency drills at the district and capacities of the resource persons supposed to be below levels by following the scheduled plan in the involved in emergency management. To reduce the document. Each department and DM committee may impact of the imminent disaster in the district, organize their sectoral drills at realistic and convenient agencies and departments shall always be ready and schedule. conduct regular drills/exercises based on the hazard scenarios and sectorial response plans. 5.2.4.3. Resources for Organizing Drills
In this regard, NDMA model of developing pool of As for as financial and logistics resources are trained volunteers as emergency responders in the concerned, the DDMA is to contribute partly to the form of GOERE at government department level and exercises or drills. However, each participating agency
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is advised to set aside funds for sectoral or contingency materials available at a short notice. For this purpose, exercises both for coordinated DDMA drills and I/NGOs and United Nation Organizations under various individual departmental drills. The humanitarian programme distribute emergency response kits which agency will also be encouraged to set aside funds for can be approached and such kits can be maintained contingent both DDMA coordinated drills and together with the local Disaster Management individual organizational drills. For providing technical Committees. support, the Rescue 1122, Civil Defence, Social Welfare Department and PRCS can play very important role. Although District Government Rajanpur has the following warehouses with provision of necessary 5.3. Resources for Emergency Response equipment. Still it needs to be fully operationalized and equipped with all necessary food and non-food As mentioned that there are various financial sources items to meet the challenges during any disaster from where the resources can be mobilized. For threats (Table 5.1). In this regard, World Food stockpiling of food and non-food items, normally Programme can also be an effective organization for warehouse established at District level where enough equipping these warehouses and can procure emergenc y response items rationed. After necessary food and non-food items. Proper strengthening of the DDMA, the DDMO/Secretary of procurement policies can be maintained for procuring, the DDMA should maintain stockpiling of relief and maintenance and enhancing further capacities. rescue materials and ensure readiness of such
Table 5.1: List of Warehouses in District Rajanpur40 Name of Tehsil Location Rajanpur Rajanpur Stadium (Flospan/Warehouse) DC Complex Agriculture Office Jampur Municipal Committee Office Tehsil Complex Rojhan Municipal Committee Office Tehsil Complex
5.4. Search and Rescue Operations type of emergencies in the district. District Rajanpur Rescue1122 is very instrumental in emergency Pakistan Army has the sole responsibility of emergency response and actively involved in building the response especially when emergency is of high capacities of all organizations and individuals for magnitude. A well-coordinated mechanism is already emergency response at village and household level. in place for involvement of Pakistan Army in They have also established Community Emergency emergency response. However, there is need of much Response Teams (CERT) at Tehsil level which provide a closer coordination mechanism to ensure involvement database of community level volunteers that can be of all stakeholders for swift emergency response. utilized for any emergency response. There is need to provide emergency response kits to these teams to Rescue 1122 is one of an organized organization in further built their capacities. Punjab Province having the capabilities to handle any
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Table 5.2: Emergency Response Resources Available with the Rescue 1122 District Rajanpur41 B In B Rubber B OBM Lif Lif SCUBA SCBA A F V Rescue 4x4 GD W ir ehicle o oa mbulanc a e J e R e w t V a ts er V V ser table ack ehicles ehicle ings ets oa e ts 19ft 24ft
22 5 3 30 304 75 4 4 20+7 3 2 1 1 1
Besides the Rescue 1122 boats, there are other boats all types of available resources have also been available in the districts are as follows; mentioned in Annexure III.
¤ Police: 04 with 4 heads per boat 5.5. Transportation and Evacuation ¤ HELP Foundation: 03 with 20-50 heads per boat ¤ Private Boats/Launches/Berras: 12 with 50 heads The aim of designing operational mechanism for safe per boat evacuation is to protect the vulnerable population well in advance and to evacuate them to safer locations, in Civil Defence and Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) order to save lives and further losses that might be are other important organizations who have affected by the floods threats. Therefore, a variety of community level trained volunteers and emergency preparedness measures need to be taken in advance responder's network. There is intense need for working against the prevailing hazards that can potentially hit in more close coordination and especially to Rajanpur. The DDMA needs to collect disaster risk strengthen and revive the Ward level volunteers and information in collaboration with nodal agencies. If any workforce establish under the Civil Defence, which emergency risks are recognized, DDMA shall provide aren't that much active due to financial and human information on evacuation preparedness, evacuation resources constraints. There are around 515 trained directives and evacuation orders to residents in the volunteers available with the following department disaster prone areas and arrange swift transportation who can be effectively mobilized during any sort of especially for PWDs in order to secure their lives and 42 emergencies . properties. Following are the measures to be adopted for safe evacuation which can be implemented and ¤ Rescue 1122: 418 monitored by the local decision makers to make ¤ Civil Defence: 42 evacuation efficient and safer. ¤ Social Welfare Department: 55 5.5.1. Leading Evacuation At community level, there are various efforts to establish village, union council level disaster After the occurrence of disaster, DDMA shall lead management committees, which time to time remain evacuation of residents with the close coordination of active or inactive. DDMA can develop database of such concerned departments/DM committees and target volunteers and can revitalize these community level communities, taking into account that securing lives of disaster management committees in order to develop the residents is the first priority. When leading pool of volunteers to train them and effectively used as evacuation, local governments shall need to put effort emergency responders at community level. It is of into disseminating various information on evacuation immense importance that DDMA should give high sites, evacuation routes and high risk areas from priority to strengthen their capacities and maintain disasters, outline of damage and other related matters regular coordination mechanism. A detail inventory of that help smooth evacuation.
41. District Administration Rajanpur; Office of the Rescue1122; 2018 42. District Administration; “Flood Contingency Plan District Rajanpur, 2017”; Page: 14 and 27
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5.5.2. Arrangement for Transportation safe and secure evacuation and swift response for early evacuation. Such committees can be part of village DDMA together with local DMCs should maintain data level DMCs in the form of sub committees. Both male of government, private owned vehicle and and female can be volunteers to ensure safe ambulances along with database of owners and drivers evacuation of all gender. Such committee should work of the vehicle to ensure that during any emergencies, very closely with the early warning sub-committee or these vehicles can be available for safe evacuation. with the district government to for acquiring quick and Besides road transportation, DDMA should also reliable information. maintain database of the number of boats available in the districts. The data should be updated regularly 5.5.4. Establishing and Managing especially before the monsoon season to ensure the Evacuation/Relief Sites availability of transportation during any disaster threats. DDMA should ensure to enlist evacuation sites and pick up points well in advance at various localities 5.5.3. Establishing Local Level Evacuation during peace time. The District Government has Committees identified the following evacuation/relief sites for handling any emergencies (Table 5.3). Annexure IV has It is advisable to establish the organizational as well as further tehsil-wise detail of each evacuation/relief community level evacuation committees to ensure sites.
Table 5.3: List of Evacuation/Relief Sites at District Rajanpur43 Sr. Tehsil No. of Relief Camps Total Hill Torrent Area Riverine Area 1. Jampur 06 05 11 2. Rajanpur 07 05 12 3. Rojhan 03 06 09 Total 16 16 32
With the coordination of local government authorities, DDMA will request cooperation from other I/NGOs, CSOs and disaster management committees, government authorities if needed. the DDMA shall also need to put effort into developing necessary facilities at these evacuation sites, such as 5.6. Recovery Operations water tanks, wells, temporary toilets, blankets and telecommunication equipment. In addition, local After the onset of the disaster, the first task is to get real government shall pay special attention to the people in time, up-to-date and realistic data about the damages vulnerable groups such as the elderly, handicapped, and needs in order to respond to emergencies in infants and women at evacuation sites. DDMA will quicker manner. For this purpose, National Disaster properly manage each evacuation site and will need to Management Authority has standardized assessment put effort into distributing information, food, water, tools and developed guidelines for the enumerators cleaning supplies, and other non-food items in called as Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA44). cooperation with evacuees, residents and community MIRA is designed and adopted by the Government of level disaster management committees. In light of this,
43. District Administration; “Flood Contingency Plan District Rajanpur, 2017”; Page: 18 44. National Disaster Management Authority, Islamabad; “MIRA Guidelines for enumerators”, 2016
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Pakistan, United Nations and other relevant MIRA standardized information found very useful for humanitarian organizations to collect required response, rehabilitation and over all recovery information in a limited time-frame. Objective of MIRA operations as it helps is providing accurate and quick is to identify the key humanitarian priorities including: decision making to ease lives of the suffered population. ¤ The scale and extent of the disaster ¤ Gaps in relief and response 5.7. Women and other Vulnerable Groups ¤ The priority needs to assist in the planning and Engagement as Cross Cutting Issues deployment of resources Women, children, people of old age and PWDs are MIRA is based on the coordinated approach, under the always considered as the most vulnerable elements overall coordination and supervision of the and normally suffer more than others during any kind Government of Pakistan and technical support of the of disaster. Their involvement is vital for effective United Nations Agencies, I/NGOs and all other relevant disaster risk management. In a disaster situation, there humanitarian partners. An executive body called is need to particularly focus on gender equality and the Assessment Working Group (AWG), co-lead by NDMA specific needs of female, children, people of old age and UNOCHA leads the process while PDMAs, DDMAs and PWDs before, during and after the disaster events. and other stakeholders play critical role in the The DDMA will ensure to encourage all stakeholders to execution of field level assessment at the provincial include women and PWDs for their active participation levels. Similarly to facilitate the AWG on the technical and will ensure that they have been mainstreamed in matters, an Assessment Technical Team (ATT) has also the planning, implementation and M&E process of all been constituted. Technical staff from the concerned DRM related interventions. Government department, UN Agencies and other I/NGOs are part of ATT.
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Annexure - i: List of Basic Terminologies Relevant to this Plan
Term De nition
Building code A set of ordinances or regulations and associated standards intended to control aspects of the design, construction, materials, alteration and occupancy of structures that are necessary to ensure human safety and welfare, including resistance to collapse and damage.
Capacity The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals.
Contingency A management process that analyses speci c potential events or emerging planning situations that might threaten society or the environment and establishes arrangements in advance to enable timely, effective and appropriate responses to such events and situations.
Disaster A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
Disaster risk The systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and management operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
Disaster risk The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic reduction efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.
Disaster risk A document prepared by an authority, sector, organization or enterprise that reduction plan sets out goals and speci c objectives for reducing disaster risks together with related actions to accomplish these objectives.
Early warning The set of capacities needed to generate and disseminate timely and system meaningful warning information to enable individuals, communities and organizations threatened by a hazard to prepare and to act appropriately and in sufficient time to reduce the possibility of harm or loss.
Emergency The organization and management of resources and responsibilities for management addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps.
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Term De nition
Exposure People, property, systems, or other elements present in hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential losses.
Hazard A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
Mitigation The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.
Natural hazard Natural process or phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
Preparedness The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions.
Prevention The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.
Public The extent of common knowledge about disaster risks, the factors that lead awareness to disasters and the actions that can be taken individually and collectively to reduce exposure and vulnerability to hazards.
Recovery The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors.
Resilience The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions.
Response The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
Risk The combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences.
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Term De nition
Risk A methodology to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing assessment potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.
Risk The systematic approach and practice of managing uncertainty to minimize management potential harm and loss.
Vulnerability The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.
Annexure - ii: National Disaster Management Plan 2012-2022 4.1. Establish the Institutional and Legal System for Disaster Management 4.1.1 Establish and function disaster management organizations at national, provincial and district levels 4.1.2 Formulate disaster management operation plans for relevant organizations 4.1.3 Implement periodic meetings among the disaster management organizations to monitor the situations 4.1.4 Implement drills and trainings of disaster management activities in the organizations to improve their capacities 4.2: Prepare Disaster Management Plans at Various Level 4.2.1 Formulate and update disaster management plans at national, provincial, district and community or TMA levels 4.2.2 Develop hazard speci c contingency plans 4.2.3 Develop sectoral disaster risk management operation in federal ministries, departments and authorities 4.3: Establish national hazard and vulnerability assessment 4.3.1 Conduct detailed multi –hazard vulnerability and risk analysis/assessments at national level 4.3.2 Conduct detailed multi –hazard vulnerability and risk analysis/assessments at local level
4.3.3 Conduct research and studies on impact of climate change on glaciers and ice cap 4.4: Establish multi-hazard early warning and evacuation systems 4.4.1 Strengthen, forecasting and early warning systems 4.4.2 Prepare hazard maps at local scale in targeted locations 4.4.3 Strengthen early warning dissemination systems 4.4.4 Develop capacity of early warning and evacuation systems 4.5: Promotion of training, education and awareness in relation to disaster management 4.5.1 Develop NIDM (National Institute of Disaster Management) to promote human resource development in the eld of disaster management
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4.5.2 Enhance the capacity of government agencies in charge of disaster management 4.5.3 Promote mainstreaming DRR through capacity enhancement of governmental officers 4.5.4 Develop the capacity of communities to cope with disasters 4.5.5 Raise people's awareness of disaster management 4.6: Strengthen awareness program on disaster risk reduction at local level 4.6.1 Enhance knowledge on disasters management in the general public 4.6.2 Establish safe evacuation places in the case of disaster situation 4.6.3 Implement and disseminate CBDRM activities 4.6.4 Disseminate self -help and mutual help efforts in disaster management 4.6.5 Establish disaster mitigation measures incorporated with existing development program 4.7: Infrastructure development for disaster risk reduction 4.7.1 Develop safer schools, hospitals and other important public facilities against disasters 4.7.2 Protect important coastal facilities against disasters taking into account climate change 4.7.3 Enforce the building code in construction of buildings 4.7.4 Implement appropriate structural measures in ood prone areas taking into account comprehensive and integrated ood management plans 4.7.5 Enhance disaster risk management capacity in urban areas 4.8: Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development 4.8.1 Establish disaster risk reduction policies in National Development Plan and National Poverty Reduction Strategy 4.8.2 Set up sectoral guidelines on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction 4.8.3 Establish criteria to assess development projects from a risk reduction perspective 4.8.4 Improve technical capacity of federal and provincial governments to integrate risk reduction into development plans and programs 4.9: Establish National emergency response system 4.9.1 Establish and strengthen warehouse or stockpiling system for storing food, medicine, relief supplies and rescue equipment at strategic locations 4.9.2 Enhance emergency response capacities, such as emergency operation centers, Civil Defence and urban search and rescue teams in major cities 4.9.3 Establish a robust communication system and efficient transport and logistics mechanism to be used during emergency situations 4.9.4 Develop and implement emergency response plans in relevant ministries and departments at federal, provincial and district levels 4.9.5 Establish an National Disaster Management Fund to able the federal government to organize emergency response effectively 4.10: Capacity development for post disaster recovery 4.10.1 Prepare guidelines for post disaster recovery programs and activities 4.10.2 Develop capacity of stakeholders in post disaster recovery 4.10.3 Develop system and methodology for recovery needs assessment
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Annexure - iii: Machinery & Resources Available with the District Government Line Department45
Equipment Description Total Functional Non- Functional
Boats 38 38 0 OBM 26 26 0 Peter Engine for Private Boats/ Launches 12 12 0 Life Jacketes 218+20 218+20 0 Life Rings 25 25 0 Life Lines 0 0 0 Scuba Diving Suit with accessories 4 4 0 First Aid Kits 0 0 0 Rescue Bags 25 25 0 Safety Harnesses 10 10 0 Ambulances 27 27 0 Fire Brigades 3+2 3+2 0 Water Bouzer/ Tankers 11+1 10+1 1 Extend Able Ladders 5 5 0 Hydraulic Cutters 1 1 0 Sonar Rader 0 0 0 Jumping Sheets 9 9 0 Pick Ups / Jeeps/ 4x4 Vehicles/ Mini Trucks 1 1 0 College Busses 6 6 0 Searchlights 19 19 0 Tractors 32 20 12 Trolleys 15 15 0 Fog Machines 16 16 0 Jacot Machines 2 2 0 Sucker Machines 3 2 1
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Non- Equipment Description Total Functional Functional Dewatering Sets 43 35 8 Manual Hand Pump Sprayers 24 23 1 Sewer Safety 1 1 0 Tents 1447 1447 0 Mosquito Net 0 0 Plastic Mats 1000 1000 0 Blankets 0 0 0 Single Plate Solar 0 0 0 Motor Cycles 2 2 0 Mega Phones 10+1 10+1 0 Generator 10 KVA 1 1 0 Generator 3 KVA 1 1 0 Busses of Colleges 6 6 0 Cardiac Monitors 9 8 1 Empty Sacks/ Bags 10,000 10,000 0 Tractors 32 20 12 Trolleys 15 15 0 Fog Machines 16 16 0
Annexure - iv: Tehsil Wise List of Evacuation/Relief Sites Identi ed by the District Government46 Availability of Sr. Name of Evacuation/Relief Sites Rooms Wash Rooms
Tehsil Jampur 1. Government Boys High School Jampur 30 04 2. Government Boys Primary School Sahoo Wala 03 06 3. Government Boys High School Saleem Abad 11 02 4. Government Boys Primary School Thull Hairo 02 02 5. Cyphan Pul Dajal Canal Open place 6. Union Council Office Hajipur 1 Room & Open Place 7. Government Boys Primary School, Bakhirpur 08 06
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Availability of Sr. Name of Evacuation/Relief Sites Rooms Wash Rooms
8. Petrol Pump, Govt Elementary School Thul Meeranpur Shumali 10 04
9. Government Boys Primary School, Eesran 03 02 10. Government Boys Primary School Dukarr 03 02 11. Government Girls School Qabool Chowk Mouza Khan Wah 06 05 Tehsil Rajanpur 1. Hamoon Wala 02 02 2. Pul Qutab Haji Pur- Fazilpur Road 02 02 3. Government High School Kot Mithan 24 06 4. Government Primary School, Basti Miani Jatta 05 02 5. Government High School Wong 11 04 6. Union Council Office Bait Sountra 1 Room & Open Place 7. Government High School Mehrewala 12 02 8. Government High School, Kotla Androon 12 02 Government Primary School Iqbal Nagar Pul Dhundi Chak 10. 04 04 Shaheed Government Primary School Darkhast Haji Muhammad 11. 02 02 consolidated Pul Sadiq Fatehpur Road 12. Pul Sadiq Muhammad pur Gum Wala Road 02 02 Tehsil Rojhan 1. Government High School, Rojhan 16 04 2. Government High School Umar Kot 12 06 3. Government High School Bangla Ichha 10 02 4. Government High School Shahwali 11 10 5. Government High School Son Miani 11 02 6. Government High School Bhagsar 12 05 Government Primary School Habib Ullah No 2 Tower Chowk 8. 01 01 Rojhan 9. Government Primary School Kot Khewali, Goth Mazari 01 01
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