Flood Preparedness, Rescue and Relief activities conducted by the DRM team

The widespread devastation caused by high floods in Pakistan in a matter of less than a week presents horrid pictures of people, livestock and property being swept away by the surging waves fed by heavy downpour. Entire villages have been wiped out and infrastructure severely damaged in different parts of the country.




Rising water flow in rivers has broken the more than 100-year old records as the flood wave moves towards Sindh. The Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been worst affected, closely followed by the districts of Southern Punjab. In just five days, more than 1,300 people have lost their lives and the number is rapidly rising in view of the slow pace of the rescue and relief efforts and the meteorological department’s forecast of more rains. Pakistan is in the middle of the biggest flood disaster in its history.



A communiqué has been developed by UNDP to document the measures taken by the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) team based in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for preparedness, rescue and relief to mitigate the impacts of flood in Pakistan in the following districts. Most of the activities have been carried out by the PDMA, DDMA have been done through the support by UNDP.
 
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