In the name of Allah, the most Gracious and Merciful

RELIEF DEPARTMENT The Relief Department was established in 1975 functions

under the Punjab National Calamities (Prevention and Relief) Act, 1958 with the mission to reach the most distressed.

Relief Commissioner, also Chairman of the Punjab Flood Commission, is ex-officio Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Relief Department, assisted by a Director General.

Role is to plan for preventive and protective measures against damages caused by natural calamities.

FUNCTIONS• Coordination with the concerned departments for policy

formulation, and monitoring of relief and rehabilitation work in calamity affected areas.

• Planning for preventive and protective measures againstdamage caused due to natural calamities.

• Purchase of stores and relief goods.

• Maintenance and distribution of Relief Fund.

• General Administration of the Relief Department.

ADVANCE PLANNINGThe Relief Department reviews each year before start of the rainy season:

• Up-dating of Flood Fighting Plans relating to the 34 Districts and concerned Departments.

• Functioning of Flood Forecasting Center - manned round the clock by representatives of Relief, Irrigation, Information, and Highways Departments, and Police Tele-communications, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, and WAPDA etc.

• Arrangements to convey flood warning and forecasts through the Flood Warning Center to the District Coordination Officers in the Districts and other concerned authorities.

• The District Coordination Officers will communicate Information regarding damages daily to the Flood Emergency and Relief Cell established in the Board of Revenue Punjab, Lahore.

• State of flood protection works.

• Arrangements for operation of pre-determined breaching sections, storage of explosives and breaching equipment.

FLOOD

WARNING

SYSTEM

FLOOD FORECASTING / WARNING

Established every year in first week of June at 46 Jail Road Lahore working round the clock.

Functions

River discharge low and medium floods: 6 hourly Flood Forecast: Daily River discharge high and very high floods: Hourly

Dissemination

By updating www.met.gov.pk websiteThrough FAX, Radio, Phone

INFORMATION ON FLOODS FROM INDIA

Advance information about flood flows at

Rupar belowHarike below Ferozpur belowBhakra Dam on SutlejMadhopur on Ravi and Pong Dam Reservoir on Beas

Timely Flood Information from Radio Jammu at

Chenab main at AkhnoorJammu Tawi at JammuRavi main below Madhopur

TIME OF TRAVEL (FLOOD WAVE)RIVER RAVIMadhopur to Jassar 18 HrsJassar to Shahdara 36 HrsShahdara to Balloki 36 HrsBalloki to Sidhnai 72 Hrs

RIVER CHENABAkhnur to Marala 6 HrsMarala to Khanki 12 HrsKhanki to Qadirabad 06 HrsQadirabad to Trimmu 48 HrsTrimmu to Panjnad 48 HrsPanjnad to Mithankot 24 Hrs

TIME OF TRAVEL (FLOOD WAVE)RIVER SUTLEJRupper to Gandasinghwala 65 HrsHurike to Gandasinghwala 24 HrsG.S.wala to Sulemanki 42 HrsSulemanki to Islam 48 HrsIslam to Panjnad 72 HrsRIVER JHELUMKohala to Mangla 6 HrsMangla to Rasul 12 HrsRasul to Trimmu 72 HrsRIVER INDUSMandori to Kalabagh 24 HrsKalabagh to Cheshma 24 HrsCheshma to Taunsa 72 HrsTaunsa to Mithankot+Guddu 48+24Hrs

LESSONS LEARNED FROM YEAR 1997

Relief Camps to be established close to the disaster area

Availability of POL to be ensured during floods

All equipment to be thoroughly checked in advance

Breach sections to be revisited from time to time

PRE-FLOOD ARRANGEMENTSPREPAREDNESS / COORDINATION

Instructions issued for updating Flood Fighting Plans to:

DCOs 2nd week April Concerned Departments/Agencies 3rd week April

Pre-Flood Meeting 4th week Mayby the SMBR/RC

Pre-Flood Meeting 3rd week June by the Chief Secretary Pre-Flood Meeting 4th week June

by the Governer

INSPECTION OF PROTECTION BUNDS, BREACHING SECTIONS AND EXPLOSIVE STORES

Joint inspection carried out Breaching Sections identified 17 ? Shifting of explosives to the

Breaching sections immediately before the onset of floods

MEASURES DURING FLOODS Implementation of Flood Fighting Plans

District Flood Relief Committee (Disaster Management Committee)

Setting up of Relief Camps at pre-determined places

Supply of food, drinking water and dry ration in the Relief Camps

Mobile Medical Teams

Vaccination and inoculation (people and cattle)

RELIEF EQUIPMENT1)BOATS

Placed with The Pakistan Army 731 ??Ordinary Boats 380Fiber Glass Boats 336Rubber Boats 15

Case for procurement of 85 fiber glass boats and 10 ordinary boats under process

2)OBMsPlaced at the disposal of Army 89299 OBMs are being procured afterstandardization shortly

3) LIFE JACKETS 7608 Placed at the disposal of Army

4) TENTS 4920

5) BLANKETS 7400Placed at the disposal of D.C.Os

6) DE-WATERING SETS

Provided to Army and Distt Govts 65 With City Govt Lahore 150 With WASA, Lahore 220

ROLE OF KEY DEPARTMENTS

LAHORE CITY DISTRICT GOVERNMNENT

De-watering pumping sets will be placed at the specified points when required: 150

Removal of encroachments especially at

Mahmood Booti Bund In progress

Survey of dangerous houses In Progress

WASAUp keep of Sewage and Drainage Pumping Stations

Availability of Standby Generators Operation of the Double Feeders of WAPDA

at Pump Stations Tested Pumps & Motors Tested Repair of Standby Motors completed Desilting / Cleaning of Drains & Sewers

Undertaken Continuous activity due to constant ingress of

Solid Waste into Drains and Sewers

Deployment of Dewatering sets in Low Lying Areas Ravi Town, Shalimar Town & Aziz Bhatti Town

assigned to SWM

Gunj Buksh Town, Iqbal Town & Nishter Town assigned to WASA

55 locations in all identified for deployment of Dewatering sets

Round the clock drainage emergency centers

Lakshmi Chowk

Upper Mall Reservoir

Sharanwala Gate at Circular Road

Rasool Park at Cantonment Drain (Mian Meer

Drain)

Lytton Road Lift Station

Complaint Monitoring Center (CMC) at WASA Head

Quarters

Equipped with Wireless System and Telephones, connected with 11 Sub Base Wireless Stations located all over the city

Communication and feed back to and from field formations

SOP for Disposal of rain water issued for compliance Similar arrangements by WASA in other big Cities

Sr.No.

Location Efforts made to reduceponding time

Before 2000 Current

1 Lakshmi Chowk

12 6 Enhancement of pumping capacity at main out fall. Periodical Desilting of Trunk Sewer at McLeod Road

2 Thronton Road

12 8 Cleaning of Drain and connections with the Lytton Road Lift Station

3 Mall Road Op Bashir Sons

6-8 4 Cleaning of Drain and Bashir Sons. Connections with the Lytton Road Lift Station and Deployment of Sucker machines during rain

4 Old AnarkalNaba Road

8 4 Pumping Capacity at Lytton Rd.Naba Road Increased

5 Cooper Road 10 6 Enhancement of Pumping capacity at main out fall. Periodical Desilting of Trunk Sewer at McLeod Road

6 Empress Road

8 2-3 Drainage of the area improved through piped Drain

Time Taken (Intensity of rain 1”/ hr for 2 hour duration)

EVACUATION TIME FOR DRAINAGE OF RAIN WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS

Sr.No.

Location Efforts made to reduceponding timeBefore 2000 Current

7 Rehman Galian

12-16 4-6 Laying of new Drainage System through Lift Station at Circular

Garden

8 Bhogiwal Road 8 2-4 Laying of new Drainage System

9 Imtiaz Road 10-20 4-8 Laying of secondary and tertiaryDrainage System

10 Scheme Mor 8-10 3-5 Imp. Of Drainage through piped Drain

11 Pir Ghazi Road

10 4 Replacement of Sewer System

12 Park Lane Road

10 3-4 Imp. Of pumping through laying of additional force main at Centre Point Lift Station Gulberg

13 Guru Mangat 10 3-4 Imp. Of Drainage system through Road. laying of Piped Drain with construction of Lift Station

Time Taken (Intensity of rain 1”/ hr for 2 hour duration )

POST FLOOD ARRANGEMENTS

Rehabilitation works including repair of roads, restoration of electricity, telephones, repair of irrigation channels etc

Survey of losses / damages after floods

Monetary grants to the calamity affected families

SCALE OF MONETRY GRANTS

Loss of Bread-earner Rs 100,000/- Loss of Non-Bread-earner Rs 65,000/- House completely destroyed Rs 10,000/- Cattle head perished Rs. 6,000/- Critical serious injuries Rs. 50,000/-

(permanent disability or loss of limbs)

FLOOD RELIEF MEASURES TAKEN SO FAR

Rs. 47 lac has been provided to all DCOs in the Punjab for flood relief operations.

Rs. 17 lac was provided to DCO Okara for payment of compensation to the affectees of BS-I Link Canal Depalpur.

Rs. 2 lac and 100 tents were provided to DCO Muzaffargarh for the affectees of river erosion in Jatoi.

Rs. 1.50 lac was given to DCO Lahore for payment of compensation Mst. Rani whose five children died due to collapse of roof of her house.

THE PAKISTAN ARMYFocal officers nominated

Flood Warning Centre established at HQ Engrs. 4 Corps

Necessary flood relief equipment - OBMs, boats, life jackets dispatched to the focal points

Liaison with Relief Department and District Governments

Units assigned areas of responsibility

HEALTH DEPARTMENTFLOOD CONTROL CENTRES

Provincial DGHS OfficeDistrict EDOH OFFICERescue Teams

Mobile 892 (Total Staff3568) Static 777 (Total Staff

2394)

Description Quantity

Ambulances (Districts) 431

Ambulances (Provincial) 78

ORS Packets Distributed in districts 500,000 (NIH)

Chlorine Tablets in districts 200,000 (WHO/UNICEF)

Availability of Essential Drugs 41 (items)

LOGISTICS ARRANGEMENTS

LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Flood Sector / Center 554Veterinary Officers 332Veterinary Assistants 1187Animal Vaccinated 2.5 millionTotal animal treated 1.5 millionTarget for vaccination during 9.6 million

(from 15-06-2002 to 31-10-2002)

Description Quantity

Likely Flood Affected Districts 7

Storage Points 17

Quantity Shifted By 30-6-2002 1,29,805 mt

FOOD DEPARTMENT

HOME DEPARTMENT

POLICE TELECOMMUNICATIONSNecessary equipment installed on 105 flood warning posts and Head-works and the flood warning control centre as under:

HF Sets 21VHF Base Sets 105VHF Mobile Sets 137Electric Generators 31

POLICEArrangements made to maintain order and ensure security during floods

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKS DEPARTMENT

Control Room established and Focal Officer nominated

Supervision and control of damages to roads and structures due to floods

Provision of alternate routes on suspension of normal traffic during floods

Alternate routes are publicized through media

PAKISTAN RAILWAYSPreventive measures to avoid or to diminish damages to infrastructure, machinery, and equipment and to plan for alternate routing of rail traffic during flood emergency.

W A P D A Restoration of supply of power in flood affected areas after break down

Wireless communication center set up at Sunny View