Ministry of Information Technology

Government of Pakistan

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF

TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE AND

RESTORATION EFFORTS –

CURRENT FLOODS

As of 24th September 2010

1

Background

The recent catastrophic rains have caused havoc, resulting inthe most damaging floods in Pakistan’s History.

Not only it is having devastating effect on livelihoods allinfrastructure has been severely impacted in the affectedareas including roads and telecommunication.

2

Damage AssessmentDamages Categories as reported by Operators

Erosion of boundary walls and tower bases.

Equipment damage due to water accumulation inside the site.(BSS ,Trx, Power etc)

Feeder cables damage due to settlement of cable bridgefoundation support.

In rare cases tower foundation settlement issues have occurred.

Fiber cable Cuts on backbone and local fibers cables.

Microwave Backhaul disruption

Short circuits and power system damage including Generatordamage

3

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Sr. No

Type of Break down

Route/Section Restoration Status

Remarks

1

Fibre Optic Cut

Banda Dawood Shah (Kohat-Bannu Section)

Restored Bridge Collapsed

2 Lawrencepur – Mardan(Lawrencepur Section

Restored Flood

3 D-I Khan (NTR-II) 85% Restored Flood

PTCL

Source: PTA

(as of 18th August 2010)

4

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Sr. No

Type of Break down

Route/Section Restoration Status

Remarks

1

Fibre Optic Cut

• Taxila – Nowshehra

•Nowshehra - Mardan

• Taxila is directly connected with Mardan

•Nowshehra ADM is still idle

Flood waterentered into

ADM

2 Peshawar – Kohat Restored Flood

3 Bannu - Karak Restored Flood

4 DIK - Shbazkhail Restored Flood

5 Taxila - Nowshehra Restored Flood

6 Peshawar Metro Restored Flood

WATEEN Telecom

Source: PTA

(as of 18th August 2010)

5

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Sr. No

Type of Break down

Route/Section Restoration Status

Remarks

7

Fibre Optic Cut

Taxila - Abbottabad Restored Flood

8 DIK – Shabaz Khail Restored Flood

9 Peshawar - Mardan Restored Flood

10 Qchowk - Kotaddu Restored Flood

11 DIK – Shabaz Khail Restored Flood

WATEEN Telecom

Source: PTA

(as of 18th August 2010)

6

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

RegionSites

DamagedRestoration

Status Extent of Damage

(Est. Rs.)

Punjab 06

71 have been restored,

02 are down in Sindh and 01 in

Balochistan

59.765 Million

Sindh 17

KPK 17

KPK-Punjab 33

Balochistan 01

Total 74

7

WATEEN TELECOM

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

RegionSites -

Currently Down

TelecomEquipments/BTS damaged

DG Damaged

InfrastructureDamaged

Total in

Million Rs.

NTR-I 418 772.78 Million 26.91 Million 46.15 Million 654.84

HTR 45 0.39 Million 1.3 Million 6.86 Million 8.55

NTR-II 44 18 Million 3.95 Million 48.1 Million 52.05

PTCLProvince: Khyber Pukhtunkhwa

8

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

RegionSites -

Currently Down

TelecomEquipments/BTS damaged

DG Damaged

InfrastructureDamaged

Total in

Million Rs.

MTR 29 605.475 Million 26.91 Million 0.39 Million 605.475

RTR 03 4.314 Million 0.325 Million 21.151 Million(plus 2.47 Million

of OSP)

28.08

FTR 10 2.366 Million 0.0065 Million

0.429 Million 2.80

GTR None Nil Nil 1.521 Million 1.521

PTCLProvince: Punjab

9

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

RegionSites -

Currently Down

TelecomEquipments/BTS damaged

DG Damaged

InfrastructureDamaged

Total in

Million Rs.

Sukkur 22 22.26 Million Could not be estimated due to accessiblity issue.

22.26

TXNSouth

04 Could not be estimated due to accessibility issue.

18.95 Million 18.95

STR-1 04 1.95 Million Nil 5.148 Million 7.098

ITR None Nil Nil 17.96 17.96

PTCLProvince: Sindh

10

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

RegionSites -

Currently Down

TelecomEquipments/BTS damaged

DG Damaged

InfrastructureDamaged

Total in

Million Rs.

TXN North

11 26 Million Nil 49.2869 Million 75.29

PTCLProvince: Khyber Pukhtunkhwa/ Punjab

11

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

RegionTotal in

Million Rs.

WTR 150

PTCLProvince: Balochistan

12

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Regions ReportedTotal in

Million (Rupees)

14 1636.26

PTCLTotal (to date)

Does not include complete data from Sindh and Balochistandue to accessibility issue.

13

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Operator Telecom Infrastructure

Number of Equipment Damaged

(along with Allied Stores Damages)

Extent of Damage

(Rs.)

SCO (AJK Sector)

Aerial Optical Fiber Cable

27x Km of Aerial OFC 9.47 Million

Aerial OSP Cable Network

39 x KM of 50 Pair Cables

19 x Km of 20 Pair Cables

19x Km of 10 pair Cables

37.385 Million

Permanent Line Route Cable Network

101x Km 42.278 Million

Total (AJK Sector)

89.14 Million

14

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Operator Telecom Infrastructure

Number of Equipment Damaged

(along with Allied Stores Damages)

Extent of Damage

(Rs.)

SCO (Gilgit- BaltistanSector)

Under ground OFC Network

32 x Km of Aerial OFC 24.128 Million

Aerial Optical Fiber Cable

25x Km of Aerial OFC 12.285 Million

Aerial OSP Cable Network

12 x KM of 50 Pair Cables7 x Km of 20 Pair Cables3x Km of 10 pair Cables

10.811 Million

Permanent Line Route Cable Network

110x Km 46.046 Million

Total (G-B Sector)

93.270Million

15

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

• SCO’s Infrastructure Damage in AJ&K and

Gilgit-Baltistan is Rs. 3.338 Million

SCO Grand Total: Rs. 185.75 Million

16

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Province Telecom Equipments

Civil Infrastructure

Punjab Rs. 450,000 Nil

Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Rs. 374,000 360,000

Sindh Rs. 4,000,000 Rs. 545,000

Balochistan Rs. 800,000 Nil

Total Rs. 5,624,000 Rs. 905,000

Grand Total 6,529,000

17

NTC

Damage Assessment

Landline Operators

Operator Telecom Infrastructure

Sections AffectedExtent of Damage

(Rs.)

Multinet

•350 Km of OFC

•Over ~200 km at different places starting impact started from Koh-e-Suleman starting from Attock Bridge spanning these sections

•Islamabad – Jehlum•Attock – Mardan•Peshawar – Darra Adamkhel•Bannu – Shehbazkhel•D.I. Khan – Retra•D.G.Khan – Muzaffargarh – Multan•Rahim Yar Khan – Dherki – Sukkur at different places

800 Million (upto 1 Billion)

•Sargodha – Faisalabad (near Chenab River)•Kandhkot and Fazilpur till Shikarpurand Larkana along Indus Highway•Dadu – Kalari till Jamshoro•20 km Shikarpur – Kandhkhot(Karampur, Ghauspur)•25 km between Dadu and Larkana at different places – (KhairpurNathanshah, Mahar)•5 km Dadu – Morro•22 km between Dadu, Sehwan – Kalari

18

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

RegionNumber of

Sites Currently

Down

BTS/ DC Power

Equipment Damaged

DG Damaged

Civil Infrastructure

DamageExtent

of Damage

(Rs.)

Punjab 44 1 Location 2 Locations 6 Locations 16.508 Million

KPK & AJK

10 3 Locations 3 Locations 9 Locations 71.467 Million

Sindh 35 1 Location 1 Location 1 Location 25.093 Million

Total 89 5 Locations

6 Locations

16 Locations 113.069 Million

19

UFONE

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

RegionNumber of

Sites Affected

Number of Sites

Damaged

Number of Sites Currently

Down

Extent of Damage

(Est. Rs.)

North(KPK/ GB)

165 10 30 Not Specified

Central (Punjab)

50 9 22 Not Specified

South (Province

not specified, may include Sindh & Balochistan)

14 4 44 Not Specified

Total 229 23 96 236.3 Million

20

ZONG

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

RegionBTS

DamagedRestoration

Status Extent of Damage

(Est. Rs.)

Punjab 34

332 BTS Restored 135.87 Million

Sindh 30

KPK 21

Gilgit-Baltistan 01

Balochistan 02

Total 88

21

WARID

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

RegionBTS

DamagedRestoration

Status Extent of Damage

(Est. Rs.)

Punjab 38 78 193.8 Million

Sindh 12 4 61.2 Million

KPK 36 480 183.6 Million

Total 86 562 438.6 Million

22

TELENOR

Damage Assessment

Cellular Operators

23

MOBILINK

RegionCurrently

Down SitesSites at Risk of

facing/faced outage/damag

Extent of Damage

(Est. Rs.)

KPK (North) 10 130 Not Specified

Punjab/Central-II None 22 Not Specified

Punjab/Central-III

4 109 Not Specified

Sindh/South 91 163 Not Specified

Total 105 424 535.5 Million

Damage Assessment

Glimpses

Images by Telenor

24

Damage Assessment

The current Damage Assessment estimates a loss ofApproximately Rs. 4147.643 Million from Landline andCellular Operators Only. This figure represents the sites which aretotally damaged and are un-operational.

However, the cost incurred to repair/recover the damaged siteshave not been included. It may be around Rs. 10 t0 15 Lac per site.

This is only a snapshot of damage incurred till September 2010.

Therefore, the total cost estimate is likely to increase significantly.

25