District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 1 INDEX Sr No Items Page No. 1 Index 1 2 Member of Flood Management Plan 2 3 Introduction 3-8 3.1 Profile 3-4 3.2 History 4 3.3 Location 5 3.4 Bus Terminal Transport 5 3.5 Railway Station 5-6 3.6 Airport 7 3.7 Distance of Major destinations from Pathankot 7 (Table 4.1) 3.8 Area Administrative Setup (Table 4.2) 8 3.9 The following table shows the average annual rainfall of Pathankot 8 District (Table 4.3) 4. District Mangement Cycle 9 5 Flood Management 9-22 5.1 State Flood Control Room 9 5.2 District Pathankot Flood Control Room 10 5.3 List of District Nodel Officer 10-12 5.4 District Adminstration Officer 12-22 6 Standard Operating procedure 23 23-41 6.1 Department of Revenue and Disaster Management 23-25 6.2 Police Department 26-27 6.3 Health Department 27-28 6.4 Water Supply Department 28-29 6.5 Irrigation Department 29-30 6.6 Agriculture Department 30-32 6.7 Public Works Department 32-33 6.8 Telephone Department 33-34 6.9 Animal Husbandry 35-36 6.10 District Transport Authority 36-38 6.11 Forest Department 38-39 6.12 Chief Army/BSF Commanders in the District 39-40 6.13 Punjab State Power Corp. Limited 40-41 7 Floods in District 42-45 42-51 7.1 Evacution/Relief Camp 46-46 7.2 Agriculture and Cropping Pattern Agricultural Land 47-47 7.3 Population in District Pathankot 47-47 7.3.1 Household in District Pathankot 47-47 7.4 Zone's of the District 48-48 7.5 Flood Equipment available 49-50 7.6 Flood Equipment Demand 50-51 8 8.0 Home Guard Personnel Who Took training of Flood Relief. 51-51 51-53 8.1 List of Disaster Relief Guard 52-52 8.2 List of Teams-Vet-Personnel during Flood 52-52 8.3 Non-Government Orgznizations 53-53 8.4 Engagement of Ex-Serviceman in the Event of Natural Disaster 53-53 9 Flood Season 2019 Medical Teams/ Civil Hospital Pathankot 54-54 54-65 9.1 List of Doctor/Response team & Their duties in flood 54-57 9.2 Medicine Available in District Pathankot for Flood 57-61 9.3 Govt. Ambulances 62-62 9.4 List of Private Hospital in District Pathankot for Floods 62-64 9.5 List of Private Ambulance in Pathankot 64-65 10 10.0 Name and mobile no. of kangos, patwari,Namberdar, 65-69 65-69 Sarpanch, Boat operator, Divers. 11 11.0 Petrol pumps 69-72 69-72 12 12.0 Detail of Helipad in District Pathankot 72-72 72-72 District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 2 2. Members of Flood Management Plan 1 Deputy Commissioner, Pathankot Chairperson 2 Chairman Zila Parishad Co-Chairperson 3 Persident of Mayor of the ULB at District Co-Chairperson Headquarter 4 Senior Superintendent of Police Member 5 Civil Surgeon Member 6 XEN. PWD Member 7 District Food Supply Officer Member 8 Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) CEO cum Member District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 3 3. INTRODUCTION 3.1. Profile : Pathankot was officially declared as District of Punjab state on 27 July 2011 (Previously it was a Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab). Pathankot district is at the meeting point of the three northern states of India Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Pathankot district is a border district which shares international border with Pakistan on its West. Due to its location, Pathankot serves as a travel hub for those three northerly states. Pathankot is the 9th most populous city in the state of Punjab. After Ludhiana, Amritsar & Jalandhar, Patiala, Bhatinda, Pathankot is 6th Largest and populous if SUB-URBAN areas like Sarna (5 km from ISBT), Mamun(5 km from ISBT), Jugial(9 km from ISBT) are included.Pathankot along with its nearby twin city of Kathua in J&K constitute the Kathua-Pathankot urban area. Situated in the picturesque foothills of Kangra and Dalhousie, with the river Chakki flowing close by, the city is often used as a rest-stop before heading into the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, Dalhousie,Chamba, Kangra, Dharamshala,Mcleodganj, Jwala ji, Chintpurni and deep into the Himalayas. Pathankot also serves as education hub for the nearby District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 4 areas of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Many students basically from rural areas of these states come to study here. Pathankot is a District of Punjab at Latitude 32° 16' 40" N (southern limit) to 32° 21' 21" N (northern limit) and Longitude 75° 31' 15" E (western limit) to 75° 46' 56" E (eastern limit)., officially declared as district on 27 July, 2011 by Government of Punjab. In past, it was a Tehsil of the District Gurdaspur. It is a meeting point of the three northern states Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Due to its ideal location, Pathankot serves as a travel hub for the three northerly states. It is the last city in Punjab on the national highway that connects Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India. Situated in the picturesque foothills of Kangra and Dalhousie, with the river Chakki flowing close by, the city is often used as a rest-stop before heading into the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, Dalhousie, Chamba, Kangra, Dharamshala, Mcleodganj, Jwala ji, Chintpurni and deep into the Himalayas. Pathankot also serves as education hub for the nearby areas of Jammu & Kshmir and Himachal. Many students basically from rural areas of these states come to study here. 3.2 History Pathankot and its surrounding areas once formed part of the territories of Nurpur (now in Himachal Pradesh). The dynasty of Nurpur was established by Jatpal alias Rana Bhet, a Taur Rajput from Delhi, who settled at Pathankot and took possession of all the country in the foot of the hills. Rajputs shifted their capital to the modern town of Nurpur (renamed after Begum Nur jahan) towards the end of seventeenth century. A Muslim descendant of the Rajas of Nurpur Sayed Khan ruled over this territory till 1781. Pathankot also figures in Ain-i-Akbari as the Pargana Headquarter. Some believe it was a settlement of Pathans during the medieval times. The famous historian Cunningham says that name of Pathankot came into vogue from the word Pathan. In the past, Pathankot had the largest timber market of Asia. District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 5 3.3 Location Pathankot has an average elevation of 332 metres (1,089 ft). It is a green town with the Ravi and Chakki River on either side. Shiwalik foothills kissing on the south and east and snow capped Himalayas in the back drop in north, Pathankot is last but not the least city of Punjab. 3.4 Bus Terminal (Transport) Pathankot is well connected by rail and road with the rest of the country. It has direct train links with Delhi, Jammu and other Indian cities. All trains going to Jammu pass through Pathankot Cantt Station. The important trains include Rajdhani, Swaraj Express, Pooja Express, Shri Shakti Express, and Andaman Express. Super fast trains do not enter Pathankot Station in City. The distance from Pathankot Junction & Pathankot Cant Railway station is just 4 km. Pathankot is also connected by a vast network of private and public-sector bus services to other cities in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir. Important destinations include Delhi, Manali Chandigarh, Jammu, Dharamshala, Dalhousie and Amritsar. Pathankot is also used as a gateway for Chamba and Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh and for various locations in Jammu and Kashmir like Jammu City Mansar Lake, Srinagar, Udhampur, and Holy Cave at Amarnath, Patni Top and Holy Cave of Mata Vashno Devi (Katra) 155 km away from Pathankot. 3.5 Railway Station District Pathankot Pathankot Railway Station Pathankot Cantt Railway Station Bharoli Junction Sarna Railway Station Dalhousie Road Station District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 6 Pathankot Railway Station under A-category. Pathankot is a major railroad junction. Lines from Amritsar (2 hrs) and Delhi (8 hrs) merge here, and all services to Jammu (2 hrs) pass through. In addition to Pathankot station itself, there is a second station called Chakki Bank renamed Pathankot Cantt just 4 km away, which serves some express trains that do not stop in Pathankot station. Nowadays the majority of the Jammu trains stop only at Pathankot Cantt Railway Station and not at Pathankot Railway Station. In addition, Pathankot is also served by the narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway (Kangra Toy Train) built by the British, which crawls 128 km through stunning scenery to Joginder Nagar via Palampur and Kangra (near Dharamshala). However, the luxury Kangra Queen Services were terminated back in 2003, leaving about 6 departures daily of slow, often packed second class trains, taking over six hours. Bookings for these can only be done locally at Pathankot station. Some of these trains run to Baijnath Paprola and a few to Joginder Nagar. The main stations on this line include Kangra and Palampur, although Dalhousie and Dharamshala are not on the line. The town is the lower terminus of the Kangra Valley Railway, thereby connecting the mountainous regions of western Himachal Pradesh to the network of Indian Railways. 3.6 Airport District Disaster Management Plan, Pathankot 2020-21 Page | 7 Pathankot Airport is a domestic airport serving Pathankot with sheduled flight operations to/from New Delhi by Alliance Air under Udaan scheme.The nearest International Airport ,however is located in Amritsar.