Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood situation across the country – July 31, 2010 at 9:30 pm

Daily Update of Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan

July 31, 2010

Overview:

Country-wide torrential rains caused unprecedented and outrageous floods throughout Pakistan except in Sindh where minor damages are reported. The current spate of torrential rains and flash floods started on 21st July 2010. Initially it played havoc in eastern parts of Baluchistan which includes: Barkhan, Kohlu, Sibi, Jafferabad and Naseerabad districts. The relief operations in the affected areas of Baluchistan were not over yet, when floods struck district Rajanpur, Layya and Gujranwala in Punjab. Subsequently, the torrential rains and tides of floods turned towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Azad Jammu & Kashmir and engulfed various small and large towns in these areas. The most affected areas in KPK are: Shangla, Swat, Minghora, Mansehra, Charsadda, Noshehra towns, where routine life has come to a complete halt and affected communities in most parts of KPK are still waiting for rescue and relief.

Initial reports reveals that around 1 million people have been affected by worst floods in the country and more than 600 people are reported to have died mainly due to either being washed away, collapsing of their houses or electrocution caused due to flooding of ground surface. The government authorities and armed forces, supported by the humanitarian organizations and NGOs, have started a major rescue effort to reach out to stranded communities that have been cut off by raging torrents of water.

The severity of the flooding has caused enormous damage to the country’s infrastructure in both rural and urban areas. Entire settlements of mud-brick houses are reported to have been swept away, major bridges have collapsed, and some major provincial cities have been totally cut off after road and rail links were severed. The widespread disruption to the country’s communications network meant that reaching the worst-hit areas of the country has become extremely difficult.

In order to facilitate coordinated humanitarian response in the affected areas and enable humanitarian organizations to have substantial planning for their humanitarian activities, SPO, with the support of its partner organizations, initiated rapid assessments in the affected areas and share it with relevant stakeholders in the form of daily update. Date-wise situational update and rapid assessments of damages caused by torrential rains and flood are available on SPO website and can be accessed on URL http://www.spopk.org.

1) LIST OF THE AFFECTED PEOPLES IN JAFFERABAD (SHARQI)

S#	NAME OF AFFECTED AREA/VILLAGE	TEHSIL	UNION COUNCIL	HOUSE HOLD	POPULATION
1	Ali Dost	Gandar	Sohbatpur	15	92
2	Imam Ud Din Barohi	Gandar	Sohbatpur	25	130
3	Abdul Wahid	Gandar	Sohbatpur	17	92
4	Muhammad Saleh Dhar	Gandar	Sohbatpur	30	138
5	Shams Ul Haq KHan Khosa	Gandar	Sohbatpur	22	107
6	Muhammad Nawaz Khan	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	15	82
7	Dr. Muhammad Akbar Khosa	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	32	145
8	Bahar Ud Din	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	40	218
9	Muhammad HAnif Langove	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	13	175
10	Musharraf Khan Khosa	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	60	325
11	Haji Marhan	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	21	110
12	Mehwaldar	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	120	725
13	Doran Khan KHosa	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	28	175
14	Qambar Wahi (Sohrab Khan Khosa)	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	25	137
15	Khadim Hussain Khan Khoosa	Khudaidad	Sohbatpur	11	98
16	Baboo Hashim	Gandar	Sohbatpur	9	72
17	Muhammad Musa	Gandar	Sohbatpur	11	62
18	Mushtaq Ahmed	Gandar	Sohbatpur	7	70
19	Goth Abdul Malik	Gandar	Sohbatpur	18	71
20	Abdul Majeed	Gandar	Sohbatpur	7	97
21	Manji Pur	Gandar	Sohbatpur	50	338
22	Naseeb Ullah Khan	Gandar	Sohbatpur	17	175

2) LIST OF THE AFFECTED PEOPLES IN JAFFERABAD (Gharbi)

S#	NAME OF AFFECTED AREA/VILLAGE	TEHSIL	UNION COUNCIL	HOUSE HOLD	POPULATION
1	Ahmed Khan Umerani	Usta Muhammad	Khanpur	6	48
2	Mir Muhammad Bleedi	Usta Muhammad	Saimbi	4	28
3	Ahmed Khan Umerani	Usta Muhammad	Saimbi	8	78
4	Bhagia Khan Umerani	Usta Muhammad	Faizabad	7	72
5	Hazoor Bakhsh	Usta Muhammad	Qabola	10	88
6	Samandar Khan Dasti	Usta Muhammad	Qabola	6	40
7	Muhammad Ibrahim Umerani	Usta Muhammad	Qabola	8	45
8	Yaqoob Muhala	Usta Muhammad	Union C#3	14	94
9	Muhammad Hayat	Usta Muhammad	Hadsairo	8	48
10	Jaan Qalooni	Usta Muhammad	Union C#3	9	88
11	Ali Jan Umerani	Usta Muhammad	Hadsairo	6	39
12	Muhammad Ali	Usta Muhammad	Khanpur	11	77

3) LIST OF THE AFFECTED PEOPLES IN NASEERABAD

S#	NAME OF AFFECTED AREA/VILLAGE	TEHSIL	UNION COUNCIL	HOUSE HOLD	POPULATION
1	Ghulam Sarwar	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	10	93
2	Sajan KHan Shanwani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	18	167
3	Haji Abdul Sattar	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	6	53
4	Arz Muhamad Umrani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	5	48
5	Naiq Muhammad Umrani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	12	109
6	Basheer Ahmed	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	8	73
7	Khair Muhammad	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	22	206
8	Rajab Ali Umrani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	4	43
9	Master Abdul Ghafar	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	5	34
10	Haji Amanullah	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	7	59
11	Allah Bakhsh	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	5	48
12	Rais Adam KHani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	3	19
13	Sahib Dad Subhani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	3	37
14	Ghulam Rasool Subhani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	5	44
15	Tallo Khan Subhani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	10	103
16	Haji Umer Subhani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	4	35
17	Zahid Hussain Umerani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	15	142
18	Fazal Muhammad Umerani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	5	46
19	Mihammad Ehsan Umerani	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	6	57
20	Mahkoom Ud Din	Tumbo	Manjo Shura	4	33

Punjab Province:
Mianwali:

Flood on 30th July 2010 in Mianwali has hit various parts of the districts and Mari Indus, Tabiser, Kala Bagh, Kot Chanana, Qamar Mushani Kacha, Qamar Mushani Paka, Mala Khel, Essa Khel, are the severely affected area. The details of damages are yet come as currently the focus of humanitarian assistance is towards rescuing of the stranded communities.

As per initial assessments it has been reported that various part of the affected area are heavly flooded which is evident from the fact that in Vanda Kukran Wala, water level has reached 12 feet. More than 2000 people have been stranded and awaiting for rescue while sitting on their roof tops or hill tops in the area.

Until recently, only 25 tents were provided by relevant authorities to the affected communities in the UC and helicopter services for rescuing of the stranded people is reported to be operational but insufficient for huge number of stranded people.

Similarly, 150 families belonging from Mari Indus have been displaced. Displaced families are being cooked meal by Imam Khumaini Trust but still their are various hazards being faced by displaced communities, which include; shortage of washrooms, spread of diseases like diarrhoea, skin infection etc. Until now, 5-6 snake bite incidents have been reported from the area.

District Rajanpur:

District Rajanpur is the most affected district of South Punjab as 22,000 families are affected. Out of severely affected families, 400 families have taken shelter in schools and 4000 families have been taken shelter in their relatives’ homes. Major infrastructure damages include washing away of 15 bridges and 16 schools besides collapse of various houses. The most affected Tehsils are: Jam Pur, Rajanpur and Rojan. Today, 7000 cusec water will hit the Tehsil Rojhan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

The process of area-wise rapid assessments yet to be initiated in PKP, as currently, all humanitarian efforts are focussed towards rescuing of the stranded communities and as thousands of people are yet to be rescued from most affected areas of Noshehra, Charsadda, Swat, Mansehra etc.

A partial assessment of damages have been completed in D.I. Khan and Tank and same is reproduced below for substantial planning of relief humanitarian organizations for carrying out relief activities in the area:

District D I Khan:

The District Government has established relief camps in two Government Schools, Wensum School and Middle School No 4 where District Administration will distribute cooked meal among the flood affected. Total affected families are 13550 and many areas are not accessible.

S#	DISTRICT	TEHSIL	UNION COUNCIL	DEATH(s)	CRITICAL LOSES	AFFECTED POPULATION
1	D I Khan	D I Khan	Kech	Nil	Houses:732 B.Walls:1852	Families:2000
2	D I Khan	D I Khan	Hassam	Nil	Houses:51 B.Walls:18	Families:73
3	D I Khan	D I Khan	Manderan	Nil	Houses:566 B.Walls:275	Families:800
4	D I Khan	D I Khan	Shor Kot	Nil	Houses:1450 B.Walls:113	Families:1516
5	D I Khan	D I Khan	Yarak	Nil	Houses:872 B.Walls:348	Families:1670
6	D I Khan	D I Khan	Himat	Nil	Houses:83 B.Walls:173	Families:252
7	D I Khan	D I Khan	Korai	Nil	Houses:157 B.Walls:352	Families:201
8	D I Khan	D I Khan	Kotla Saidan	Nil	Houses:42 B.Walls:59	Families:89
9	D I Khan	D I Khan	Mallana	Nil	Houses:32 B.Walls:88	Families:481
10	D I Khan	D I Khan	Zindani	Nil	Houses:18 B.Walls:76	Families:510
11	D I Khan	Daraban	Daraban	3	Houses:371 B.Walls:119	Families:211
12	D I Khan	Daraban	Chodwan	Nil	Houses:247 B.Walls:381	Families:456
13	D I Khan	Daraban	Musa Zai	Nil	Houses:276 B.Walls:297	Families:513
14	D I Khan	Daraban	Gandi Ashiq/Omar Khan	Nil	Houses:218 B.Walls:162	Families:412
15	D I Khan	Kulachi	Looni	Nil	Houses:531 B.Walls:278	Families:618
16	D I Khan	Kulachi	Kulachi	2	Houses:218 B.Walls:162	Families:513
17	D I Khan	Kulachi	Hathala	1	Houses:531 B.Walls:278	Families:412
18	D I Khan	Pharpur	Laar	Nil	Houses:732 B.Walls:1852	Families:618
19	D I Khan	Pharpur	Kot Jai	Nil	Houses:156 B.Walls:46	Families:191
20	D I Khan	Pharpur	Dhap Shumali	Nil	Houses:113 B.Walls:51	Families:147
21	D I Khan	Pharpur	Bund Korai	Nil	Houses:259 B.Walls:358	Families:310
22	D I Khan	Pharpur	Bilot Sharif	Nil	Houses:269 B.Walls:619	Families:345
23	D I Khan	Pharpur	Kat Ghar	Nil	Houses:167 B.Walls:232	Families:302
24	D I Khan	Pharpur	Karri Khasur	Nil	Houses:23 B.Walls:25	Families:41
25	D I Khan	Pharpur	Pharpur	Nil	Houses:154 B.Walls:251	Families:301
26	D I Khan	Pharpur	pinwala	Nil	Houses:81 B.Walls:101	Families:172
27	D I Khan	Pharpur	Abdul Khail	Nil	Houses:59 B.Walls:3`	Families:41
28	D I Khan	Pharpur	Dhap Junubi	Nil	Houses:178 B.Walls:289	Families:318

Focal Persons for SPO Humanitarian Response:

SPO Regional teams are working with relevant stakeholders at regional level for relief and mitigation of miseries of the affected communities and coordinating relief operation in the areas. For further details or any other relevant information, you may contact SPO staff at following locations:

Islamabad:

1. Malick Shahbaz Malik 0300-5556324, 051-2298892, 8316890

2. Syed Shahan Abbas 0321-9696177, 051-2298892, 8316890

3 Azhar Ghumro 0300-9712236

4. Noor Baloch 0321-2290286

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

1. Qamar Zaman (Muzaffrabad) 0300-5179530, 05822-434432, 05822-434432

2. Attique-ur-Rehman (Neelum) 05821-456574

3. Tabraiz Shamsi (Bagh) 0331-8210911, 05823-445290

4. Tabassam Shahzad (Bagh) 0345-2603015, 05823-445290

Quetta:

1. Mukhtiar Chalgari 03458300130

2. Fouzia Khajjaz 03337931296

3. Farooq Magsi 03013719957

Lahore:

1. Jam Jamshaid 0300-6360162

2. Shams Nazir 0300-6105885

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