Preparedness & Response Plan 2013 and Punjab (Draft)

Background Overview
Punjab covers 205,344 square kilometers and is located at the northwestern edge of
the geologic Indian plate in South Asia. The province of Punjab is homeland of five
rivers: the Indus, Sutlej, Chenab, Jhelum, and Ravi. The province is mainly a fertile
region along the river valleys, while sparse deserts can also be found near the
border with India. The region contains Thal and Cholistan deserts. The Indus and
other rivers traverse the Punjab from north to south. Weather extremes are notable
from the hot and barren south to the cool hills of the north. The foothills of the
Himalayas are found in the extreme north as well.
Punjab is beset with abundant of natural and human made hazards that threaten to
affect the lives and livelihoods of its citizens - natural hazards including floods,
storms, earthquakes, heat-wave and drought to human induced disasters such as
fires, civil unrest, terrorism, industrial accidents, sectarian violence, rail, road and air
accidents, health epidemics and cross border conflicts.
Major parts of the Punjab, especially the eastern and southern regions are disaster
prone and continue to suffer from frequent hazards such as floods and droughts. In
1999-2002, a major drought affected 7,286 villages comprising millions of people in
the province. The agricultural crops, livestock and fruit orchards were severely
affected resulting in losses to economic assets, environment damage and
deterioration of health conditions of people in drought affected districts. During the
period 1988-2001, floods devastated more than 18,691 villages and killed 1,162
people. Over 10 million people were severely affected in the 2010 super floods and
2012 flash floods affected adversely two districts in Punjab. These floods also
destroyed agricultural crops, horticulture, livestock, livelihoods and infrastructures.
In upper to mid reaches of the Indus Basin, rivers like Jhelum and Chennab are the
cause of flooding. Major flooding is generally associated with the monsoon low
depression that develops in the Bay of Bengal and move across India in west/northwesterly direction to enter Pakistan. Apart from river floods that particularly affect
districts of Sialkot, Narowal, MandiBahuddin, Sargodha, Khushab, Shikhupura,
Layyah, Rajanpur, D.G. Khan, Jhang, Muzaffargarh and Jehlum, flash floods also hit
hilly and mountain areas of Punjab, which may cause landslides and road erosion. In
recent years, vulnerabilities of large cities to flooding have increased. Cities like
Lahore and Rawalpindi have experienced flooding due to inability of sewerage
system to cope with heavy rains. The confluence of river basins, the canal irrigation
network and interrupted drainage system are some of the major reasons for flooding
in Punjab.
Humanitarian Presence and Action in the province
Humanitarian community kept on responding to difficult situations upon request of
government of Pakistan in the province like 2010 super floods and flash floods in

2012. The activities have scaled down however enough number of international and
national organizations including UN agencies have been able to maintained their
presence since then in all affected areas like Rajanpur and DG Khan.
Coordination Arrangements in the Province
Provincial
OCHA established its presence at Lahore to establish liaison and coordination with
PDMA and government counterparts including NGOs, INGOs and UN agencies at
provincial level in Lahore.
No formal coordination structure is in place including cluster system, Inter Cluster
Coordination Mechanism.
Having basic presence at Lahore and an established relationship with agencies and
PDMA OCHA has the capacity and can deployed additional resources to establish a
coordination mechanism at provincial level for preparedness or emergency response
when/as advise by country office. However, this needs to be noted that based on
experiences southern districts of the province are more prone to monsoon flooding,
so mostly Multan is considered as suitable coordination hub for operational cluster
coordination.
Districts
OCHA established its satellite offices in DG Khan and Rajanpurin response to 2012
flood to support the coordination of localised response in light of the HCT's approved
humanitarian architecture. Coordination among the partners and response have
been significantly can be easily done once agreed at national and provincial level
and if needed in case of emergency scenario.
For internal business continuity planning OCHA has one primary location at Lahore
and another satellite office in DG Khan to cover south Punjab (the most vulnerable
districts). Whereas fully equipped Office in a box is also an alternate option to
immediately respond and to maintain flow of information during a sudden onset of
any emergency and later on to ensure an alternate place where coordination
mechanisms can meet the partners' needs.
Assessment Planning (MIRA, JAR presence, other capacity)
JAR is mainly based and limited to south part of the province,There are already
trained members who were trained as a part of MIRA's human resource
development in south Punjab in 2012. JAR needs to be kept in the system and their
expertise will be taken advantage ofin case of any emergency by refreshing and
reactivating their capacity in proposed MIRA training in Punjab.

In addition the Identification and training of members to cover central

Punjab( Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujratetc) deem also necessary to ensure timely
deployment in case of emergencies.
Preparedness Action Plans:
Stock piling is being done at national level andif need be the same can be facilitated
in consultation with the agencies at provincial level as currently clusters are not
activated in Punjab.
First round of the Capacity building training for government officials and local
humanitarian partners is planned from May 20- June 07, 2013 in Punjab. The
training aims to focus on enhance operational and strategic capacity of government
officials from most vulnerable districts on preparedness and response in case of any
emergencies.
Updated baseline data is being collected from the district to compile an emergency
folder comprising all relevant information for easy reference and for distribution to
partners to support response in case of any emergency.
Coordination mechanism for Punjab at provincial/regional level needs to be reflected
in the revised HCT's humanitarian coordination architecture for 2013 for a
predictable and coordinated response to potential emergencies in Punjab.
Assessment working group needs to initiate collection of common operational
data(COD) from Punjab to ensure the base line information are available during the
preparedness for analysis and comparison of the disaster impact in the area.

Annexes:
A: Contact details of relevant partners
OCHA in Punjab
Name
Muhammad
AmjadGhani
Sami UllahWali

Agency

Location
Lahore

Contact No.
0345 5003639

Email address
ghanim@un.org

DG Khan

0345 5003633

walis@un.org

Name

All UN Agencies Based in Punjab

Mobile
Ph. Office

Email

Cell.
03585876
5
03507582
5
03574486
4

WHO

Dr. Deborah Betteles

0300-8449124

99201723

dabettels@hotmail.com

WHO

Dr. Muhammad Baber

Alam
Dr.
KetsamayRajphangthon
g
Dr. Jamil Ahmad
Chaudhry
Dr. FatehAzmatullah
Mr. Shehzeda Rashid

0333-6021717

99200459

alamb@pak.emro.who.int

0300-8422025

353158078

krajphangthong@unicef.o
rg

0300-9519747

99232455

jameel.ahmad@un.org.pk

0300-8560332
0333-7804114

35863741
35422812

afateh@iom.int
shahzada.rashid@wfp.org

UNICEF

UNFPA
IOM
UNWFP

Organization
Muslim Aid
Pattan
Al-Eiman Dev.Org

Al-Asar.Dev.Org
Community support
concern

Contact List of Organizations in DG Khan

Address
Contact
person
Muslim Aid Pakistan near NADRA Office
Ameen Town Near KotChutha
Upper story Bumbi hotel chowkkuchehry DG
Khan
Al Eiman development organization block 58
taunsa road chungi number 1 dera ghazi
khan
Al asar development organization block S
dera ghazi khan
Community Support Concern house# 477
shakir town dera ghazi Khan

03757628
7
NIL
03592416
0

Contact
No.

Maliha

03345425038

RiazJazib
S.M.AsifNaqvi

0333-6464681 /
0345-9555426
0333-6482792

SajjadNaqvi

0333-6464683

Khalquzzaman

0331-4301600

COMMISSIONERS IN PUNJAB
Name

Hamid
YaqoobShaikh
MeharMaqsood

Division

Bahawalpur
(062)
D.G. Khan
(064)

Contact No.Office
Phone
9250061-2

Fax
9250073

9260467

9260469

Contact
No.Residence
Phone
Fax
9255601
925560
2
9260017
926001
6

Mobile No.

0322-8887857
0322-8887858

Mushtaq Ahmad
Anjum
Tariq NajeebNajmi
Naseem Nawaz
Syed Ali Murtaza
KhaildMasoodCho
udry
Muhammad
Abdullah Khan
Sumbal
IqbalChohan

Name

Faisalabad
(041)
Gujranwala
(055)
Lahore
(042)
Multan
(061)
Rawalpindi
(051)
Sahiwal
(040)

9201717-8

9201719

3734243

9201701
9200165

9214322-3

9214326

9200079

920004448
9270676-7

9200971

9200068

9270687

9270692

9200491

9200492

9200499

920170
2
920016
2

0300-7918002
0322-8887851
0322-8887850

920147
6

0322-8887855
0322-8887852

920048
2

0322-8887856

Sargodha
9230721
9230720
9230043
923002
(048)
4
DISTRICT COORDINATION OFFICERS IN PUNJAB

0322-8887853

District

Contact No.
Office
Phone
Fax
9316010
931601011

Contact No.
Residence
Phone
Fax
9316012

Contact No.
Mobile
0322-8887872

9240203

0322-8887884

Muhammad Iqbal

Attock
(057)

Usman Ahmad
Choudry
Imran Sikandar

Bahawalnagar
(063)
Bahawalpur
(062)

9240201-2

9316012

9250492-3

92504939250064

MumtazhussainZah
id

Bhakkar
(0453)
Chakwal
(0543)
D.G. Khan
(064)
Faisalabad
(041)

9200188

9200161

9200388

551198
550800
9260340

553763

552078

9260343

9200205-6

92001569200210

92603412
92002089

Gujranwala
(055)
Gujrat
(053)

9200051-2

9200043

9260010

92600099260100

Hafiz Abad
(054)

7521784

521075521784

7521075

0322-8887869

Jhang
(047)
Jhelum
(0544)
Kasur
(049)
Khanewal

9200081
9270081

9270086

9270082

0322-8887871

9250143
9250067
9200032

9250162

9250140

0322-8887862

9200033

9200031

Ali BahadurQazi
Najam Ahmad Shah

Tariq javed Malik

Asif Bilal lodhi

Cap(Rtd)
Muhammad
zaffariqbal

Maqbool Ahmad
Langa
Khalid
MehmoodShaikh
Mehmood Hassan

0322-8887883

92000245
9260011

0322-8887877

0322-8887878

920002
4

0322-8887864
0322-8887866

920003

0322-8887882

Amir ijazakbar
Syed
Rizwanmehboob
Ikramullah Khan
Tariq Mehmood
Imiaz Ahmad Khan
Niazi
Dr. Ahmed
JavedQazi
Syed
GulzarHussainr
Shah
QaziZaffarIqbal

GhulamFarid
Ahsaanbhutta

Rashid Kamal
Khalid Saleem
Ziaullah
Rashid Mehmood
Dr.
SajjadMehmoodCh
ohan
Waqas Ali
Mehboob
Cap(Rtd)
Muhammad Asif
Shakeel Ahmad
Dr. Farrah Masood
MehmoodJavedBh
atti

S#
1

(065)
Khushab
(454)
Lahore
(042)
Layyah
(060)
Lodhran
(0608)
M. B. Din
(0546)
Mianwali
(0459)
Multan
(061)

5
920202
9211003-4

9211006

6413703-4

920470

0322-8887875

92002012
6413705

0322-8887892

9200100

9200066

9200200

504220

504100

504200

234300

234895

232555

9200042-3

9200725

9200045
9200724

Muzaffargarh
(066)
Narowal
(0542)
Nankana
(056)
Okara
(044)

9200251-2

9200253

9200254

0322-8887891

412500
412940
2877118

412075

420300

0322-8887867

2877143

2877119

0322-8887859

9200025-6

28771222877143

92000278

0322-8887863

Pakpattan
(0457)
R.Y. Khan
(068)
Rajanpur
(0604)
Rawalpindi
(051)
Sahiwal
(040)

374198
371021
9230233
9230266
688750

371035

0322-8887887

9230267

0322-8887885

Sargodha
(048)
Sheikhpura
(056)
Sialkot
(052)
Toba T. Singh
(0462)
Vehari
(067)

9230025-6

Name
Mr. MujahidSherdil

688492

9270676-7
9200060-1

9200150-1

0322-8887799

0322-8887876
920004
6

688495

0322-8887881

0322-8887893

9270675
9200062

92000645

0322-8887886

9230046

0322-8887874
0322-8887861

2516040

92001534
92504545
2510659

3363688

3363477

9200152

9250451-2
2511522
2515922
3363488
3362122

689002

920008
8

PDMA PUNJAB
Designation
Contact # Office
DG PDMA
04299204404

0322-8887865
0322-8887879
336347
8

0322-8887784

Cell #
03228887789

Ms. Nadia Saquib

Director Oprations

04299203303

03214207465

3.

Mr.NisarSaani

AD Coord

04299204408

03439209201

DDMAS:

All DCOs are the heads of DDMAs at district level

S#
1.

Name
Dr. RizwanNaseer

2.
3.

Brigadier Arshad Zia

Fahim Ahmad Qureshi

RESCUE 1122 PUNJAB

Designation
Contact # office
Director General
042-37501122
042-37593441
Director Admin
042-37565980
Deputy Director P&D
042-37500897

Cell#