Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO)
Daily Assessment Updates on Torrential Rain and Flood Situation in Pakistan
August 4th, 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 2.5 million people have been affected by worst floods in the country and death toll have rose to 1600 people. It is feared that the number of death will soar further once the communication links are re-established. The government authorities, armed forces and humanitarian organizations, particularly NGOs, have started a major rescue effort to reach out to affected communities to provide them humanitarian assistance during their distress movements.
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.
Daily update for 4th August 2010, providing details of SPO’s response to the emergency situation and relief activities being carried out for mitigation of the miseries of affected communities across the country, is provided below:
Gilgit Baltistan:
Hither to access to the affected areas of Gilgit Baltistan has been very limited thus there was not coming enough assessment reports, providing details of damages caused by torrential rains and flooding in the area but now it seems that rapid assessments are trickling down. We have received assessment reports for a few villages of Chitral from our partner organizations and same are provided below:
Booni Union Council Charun Booni
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 4 | 32 |
| 2 | Extremely vulnerable houses | 61 | 488 |
| 3 | Cultivated Land | 3 Sq km | 914 |
| 4 | Forests | 4 Sq km | 1414 |
| 5 | Livestock | 40 | 212 |
| 6 | Shop | 6 | 54 |
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Public Properties
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| 1 | Jamat Khanas | 1 | 500 |
| 2 | Mosque | 1 | 140 |
| 3 | Pipe Line | 3 km | 11,415 |
| 4 | Jeep able Bridge | 2 | 4460 |
| 5 | Pedestrian Bridge | 3 | 6000 |
| 6 | Link Road | 4 km | 6147 |
| 7 | Micro Hydro Power Station | 1 | 2934 |
| 8 | Electric Pole | 6 | 2934 |
| 9 | Water Mills | 6 | 3212 |
| 10 | Graves | 11 | 2924 |
Chunj Village Mastuj, Union Council Mastuj
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 35 | 280 |
| 2 | Partially damaged house hold | 56 | 504 |
| 3 | Extremely vurnerable houses | 25 | 175 |
| 4 | Cultivated Land | 4 Sq km | 1200 |
| 5 | Forest | 3 Sq km | 1000 |
| 6 | Livestock | 15 | 120 |
| 7 | Shop | 2 | 16 |
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Public Properties
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| 1 | Pipe Line | 80 feet | 1050 |
Laspure Village Mastuj, Union Council
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 4 | 36 |
| 2 | Extremely vulnerable houses | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Cultivated Land | 1 Sq km | 500 |
| 4 | Forests | 1 Sq km | 700 |
| 5 | Livestock | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Shop | 2 | 18 |
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Public Properties
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| 1 | Irrigation Channel | 100 feet | 500 |
Broke Laspure, Union Council Laspure
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | Extremely vulnerable houses | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Shop | 2 | 18 |
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Public Properties
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| 1 | Irrigation Channel | 100 feet | 500 |
| 2 | Link Road | 1 km | 1200 |
Khuz Village, Union Council Mastuj
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | Extremely vulnerable houses | 2 | 20 |
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Public Properties
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| 1 | Irrigation Channel | 100 feet | 500 |
Gazen Village Mastuj (120 km Away from Mastuj and 250 km away from Chitral Union Council Yarkhum
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Private Properties
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| S# | Infrastructure | Damages | Affected Population |
| 1 | Full damaged houses | 12 | 108 |
| 2 | Extremely vurnerable houses | 10 | 90 |
| 3 | Cultivated Land | 1.5 Sq km | 500 |
| 4 | Forest | 4 Sq km | 1200 |
| 5 | Livestock | 25 | 150 |
| 6 | Shop | 1 | 8 |
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| 1 | Irrigation Channels | 150 feet | 1500 |
| 2 | Link Road | 1 km | 1500 |
Punjab Province:
District Muzaffar Ghar:
Keeping in view the imminent threat of flooding in the area, around 300, 000 persons moved out from Kotudu to to safer places in Muzaffarghar city and Multan. The government agencies were trying to save KAPCO and Lal-Peer Thermal Power Stations. The safety bunds were broken from the side of populated areas and efforts were being made for the maximum safety of human and infrastructures.
As per the information office of the district government, water was entering from two sides into city Muzaffarghar, because two canals; Kaleri Canal and Daneshwa’s had breached at various places. The water was reported to be entering into city from Multan road side and from Bloach Nagar.
District government, today issued warnings to Oil refinery of Gujrat Kasba and KAPCO and asked the for taking precautionary measure for possible flooding of these areas.
Till the filling of this report, following damages were reported by SPO Partner organizations:
| No. of affected villages | More than 1500 |
| Deaths | 00 no reports yet |
| Injuries | More than 100 |
| Livestock | 100 |
| Houses (totally/partially) | 1500 / 500 = 2000 |
| Agricultures | More than 130,000 acres |
| Infrastructures | 18 km roads |
| 06 primary schools | |
| 01 dispensary | |
| Families displaced | 300,000 |
Disrrict Rajan Pur:
Keeping in view the eminent threat posed by 8,00,000 cusecs of floodwaters approaching towards Rajanpur, local administration issued warnings and directed the residents to move towards safer places. The mazar of sufi poet Hazrat Khawaja Fareed was closed and evacuation of local residents was in progress.
Rapid assessments carried out by SPO partner organizations for hither to sustained damages, caused due Torrential Rains and Flash Floods in the area, reveals following damages:
| No. of affected peoples | 100,000 |
| No. of families affected | 25,000 |
| Agricultural land spill | 262,000 acres |
| Acreage of Crops damaged | 90,000 acres |
| No. Union Council affected | 35 |
| Areas affected | 05 UCs of tehsil Rajan Pur |
| 20 UCs of tehsil Jampur and 10 UCs of Rojan |
District Layyah:
During rapid assessment by SPO team and its partner organization, hither to following damages have been reported:
| No. of UCs affected | 06 completely |
| No. of affected villages | 120 while 60 villages damaged badly |
| Deaths | 06 |
| Injuries | 100 |
| Livestock | 1000 |
| Houses (tatally / partially) | 1500 / 500 = 2000 estomated, the figure may increase, because access to villages is not available. |
| Agricultures | 22 x 16 km areas totally inundated |
| Infrastructures | 120 km roads |
| 50 small bridges constructed on road | |
| 06 high schools | |
| 100 primary school | |
| 03 BHU | |
| Families displaced | 36,000 |
District Rahim Yar Khan:
As per the information received from CSOs, the safety bund of tehsil Khanpur broken at 11:00 am today and now water is flowing towards the city area of tehsil Khanpur. Army and other departments were trying to control the situation, building dikes around the breached bunds. If these agencies do not succeed in overcome the situation, then water may reach in city of Khanpur or even in Rahim Yaar Khan.
As per reports, village chakrani is under 10 feet water for previous 24 hours, and 350 residents of the area are still awaiting rescue through boats. So far, their calls for rescuing them to safer places were not responded by the authorities.
Rapid Assessment are being carried out and until now following damages have been reported in the area of district Rahim Yar Khan
| No. of UCs affected | 20 completely |
| Affected villages | 500 villages damaged badly |
| Deaths | 00 |
| Injuries | 12 |
| Livestock | 500 |
| Houses (totally / partially) | 2000 / 500 = 2500 estimated, the figure may increase, because access to villages is not available |
| Agricultures | 12 x 100 km area totally under water |
| Infrastructure | 200 km road |
| 20 small bridges on road are under water | |
| More than 50 schools are under water | |
| Families displaced | 32000 |
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:
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Mr. Malick Shahbaz Ahmed |
0300-5556324, 051-2298892, 8316890 |
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Syed Shahan Abbas |
0321-9696177, 051-2298892, 8316890 |
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Mr. Azhar Ghumro |
0300-9712236, 051-2298892, 8316890 |
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Mr. Noor Baloch |
0321-2290286, 051-2298892, 8316890 |
Azad Jammu & Kashmir:
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Mr. Qamar Zaman (Muzaffarabad) |
0300-5179530, 05822-434432, 05822-434432 |
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Mr. Attique-ur-Rehman (Neelum) |
05821-456574 |
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Mr. Tabraiz Shamsi (Bagh) |
0331-8210911, 05823-445290 |
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Mr. Tabassam Shahzad (Bagh) |
0345-2603015, 05823-445290 |
Quetta:
| Mr. Mukhtiar Chalgari |
0345-8300130 |
| Ms. Fouzia Khajjaz | 0333-7931296 |
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Mr. Farooq Magsi |
0301-3719957 |
Multan:
| Mr. Jam Jamshaid |
0300-6360162 |
| Mr. Shams Nazir | 0300-6105885 |
D.I.Khan:
| Mr. Shaffiullah |
0966-713231, 0966-712231 |
| Mr. Asghar Ali | 0966-713231, 0966-712231 |
Peshawar:
| Mr. Arshad Haroon |
091-5810021 |
| Mr.Ijaz Durrani | 0332-9293101 |
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Mr.Jalal |
03465317559 |