Important Statistics:

Deaths/Injured/Houses

Public sector damages

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Rescue & Relief Operations:

World's biggest rescue and relief operations employing 50 helicopters which generated about 19,000 sorties, started within hours of the occurrence of the earthquake.

• People Initially migrated to Camps (Oct 8th 2005-ending March 2006): 116,512.


• No of Camps established: 220.
• The following commodities and relief were distributed:
  1. 855.2 tons of medicines.
  
  
  2. 1.91 million blankets and 76,962 tons of ration
  
  
  3. G.I sheets: 6.00 million Nos.
  
  
  4. About 0.400 million Tents were provided to the affectees.
  
  
  5. All primary and secondary roads were opened and communications was restored.
  
  
• Averted additional deaths from exposure to severe climatic condition, hunger and disease.
• The relief goods provided by the NGSs/ Civil Society are uncountable.
• Repatrized to their original locations: 93,575.

Livelihood Cash Grant Up to 21-12-2006

*Livelihood Cash Grant @ Rs.3, 000 month/family for a period of Six months

Project Implementation-Status

Muzaffarabad

• Bids for Two packages (9 Education Institutions) invited.
• Bids evaluated and work will be awarded within a week.

• Bids for Two packages (9 Education Institutions) invited.
• Bids opened, single tender received and under review.

• Bids for Education Institution Invited.
• Bids evaluated and under consideration of the Consultant.
• Tenders for two Projects of Roads (13 Km) invited and would be opened on 26th December 2006.

Compensation paid for Dead/Injured up to 21-12-2006

Annual Work Plan 2006-2007 Status

*Approved NHA Projects (i) Muzffarabad-Kohala Road 5 Km,
(ii) Muzaffarabad-Chankothi Road: 35 Km

Sponsored Projects

• All Health, Institutions of Muzaffarabad Dist, have been awarded to various sponsors except three Projects.
• All Health Institutions of Bagh Dist have been awarded to Various Sponsors except one Project.
• Two Health Institutions of Rawlakot have been awarded to Sponsors.

Housing Compensation Paid up to 21-12-20062nd Installment

*2,37,023 Beneficiaries have been paid 2nd installment.

Housing Compensation by PAF 2nd InstallmentUp to 21-12-2006

Housing Compensation by PAF 2nd InstallmentUp to 21-12-2006

*An overall amount of Rs. 28.2921 billion has been disbursed as housing compensation.

Winter Contingency Plan

• All medical facilities functional with sufficient medicines.
• Road machinery placed at strategic locations for quick response in case of road closures.
• Sufficient food commodities dumped at forward locations.
• Contingency plan prepared to shift affected population in case of any calamity.

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Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Status:

• Building Code promulgated and Building-By-laws notified.

Muzaffarabad City

• JICA prepared Land Use Plan.
• Demarcation work in progress.
• 149 sub-projects identified by JICA and conveyed to ERRA.
• Construction of West Bank Bypass and Naluchi Bridge handed over to JICA.
• Consultant's selection for Micro Planning being finalized.
• Ten private architects registered.
• House reconstruction along Primary/ Secondary Roads has been allowed.
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would build AJK University at Chattar Kalases and three Colleges.
• District Headquarters Complex - Const, by Turkey.

Bagh Town

ET prepared Land Use Plan - Comments furnished to ERRA.

Rawalakot Town

NESPAK preparing the Land Use Plan

Rural Housing - Status

• 90% affectees under Semi / Permanent shelters.
• 40% have started Reconstruction of permanent houses.
• Earthquake resistant building designs approved and disseminated.
• Construction of housed using NESPAK prepared wooden structure designs also disseminated.
• 70,000 persons trained in reconstruction skills.

Construction Material Hubs

• Prices of construction material kept under check.
• Construction Material quality test being conducted.
• About 500 Km Rural Roads of LG & RD would be upgraded/ improved for transportation of Construction Material for more Mini-Hubs.

Resettlement Required

Land would be required for the following categories of affectees.

Transitional Housing

• 5000 Transitional Housing Units committed by Saudi Arabia, for Muzaffarabad City.
• 1000 Units expected to arrive by 31-12-2006.
• Selection of beneficiaries and sites as per ERRA guidelines in progress - 200 sites conveyed.

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Issues and Challenges:

Issues and Challenges

• Development of Muzaffarabad and Bagh Towns would require highly competitive Management to complete the highly challenging task.
• Man Power Availability- Managers, Engineers, Skilled & Unskilled labor not available.
• NESPAK Capacity- required to be raised.
• Capacity of Engineering Department.
• Raising the capacity of all stakeholders/ Institutions.
• Quality of construction as per Selsmic Design/ Specifications to be ensured.
• Progress on construction of Houses to be accelerated.
• Activities related to Urban Housing to be expedited.
• Availability of construction material on affordable prices when Reconstruction work will accelerate.
• Process of preparation of PC-1 documents, their approval and implementation to be expedited.
• Technical sanction of engineering estimates expedited.
• Quality of construction of Public Sector's infrastructure would require efficient monitoring.
• Alternate joint M&E System.
• VRCs not fully institutionalized.
• The pressing demand from Muzaffarabad Urban dwellers to expedited preparatory work required for allowing the Construction of Private Houses.

Converting Earthquake into Opportunity

• Investment to the tune of Rs. 125.203 billions.
• Increase in economic activity industries flourished.
• Increase in employment opportunities about 1.00 million jobs annually.
• Improved standard of infrastructure of social sectors i.e.; Education and Health with latest facilities e.g. New Campus of AJK University, All Akbar Awan high school etc.
• Skill training (70,00 No Trained) increase in household incomes.
• Housing construction technology improvement.
• Effective planning/thinking.
• Urban Settlements with modern facilities wide roads, green areas, amenity buildings etc.
• Direct interaction with international community.
• Collaboration with international donors- Socio-economic change.
• Massive reconstruction- administration got activated.
• Disaster management capacity improved.

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