NDMA orders assessment of damages

Islamabad

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in view of an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on Richter scale on Sunday has instructed the related disaster management authorities in the governments of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa besides other related bodies for carrying out assessment of damages caused, if any, in their jurisdictions.

According to the official spokesperson of NDMA, immediately after the tremors jolted several parts of the country alerts were issued to all Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs) to caution exercise in view of expected aftershocks.

As per instructions DMAs of provinces, AJ&K, Government of Balochistan and FATA have been asked to carryout damage assessment. Instructions were also issued to NHA, WAPDA, PTA and all other relevant departments also to assess damages.

Similarly, Pakistan Air Force was requested to carryout aerial photography/survey to evaluate damages to infrastructure and slope stability of mountains in GB and KP. SUPARCO was asked to provide satellite imageries to analyse the extent of damages, if any in GB and KP. National Emergency Operation Centre of NDMA is already activated to monitor the situation 24/7.

NDMA helpline numbers 111-157-157 and 9205037 have been activated to record the updates. In case of any emergency people could contact PDMA Punjab: 042-99203162-64, PDMA Sindh: 021-99251458, PDMA Bachistan: 081-2881168, PDMA KPK: 091-9213845, PDMA FDMA: 091-9216864, PDMA AJK: 058-22921643, PDMA Gilgit-Baltistan: 058-11920874 and NDMA: 111-157-157, 051-9205037.