Flood Management in Pakistan

Brig Amir HamzaKashif Inam

Msc DRM, Preston University

Disaster Management Institutions

• National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)• Federal Flood Commission (FFC)• Meteorological Department • Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMA’s)• District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMA’s)• 1122 Rescue Services

Role of Institutions

• NDMA is lead agency responsible to manage, implement and monitor the whole spectrum of pre-during and post Disaster Management

• PDMA’s and DDMA’s are established under same act/ordinance simultaneously

• Federal Flood Commission (FFC) Prepares integrated national flood protection plans for the country, standardization of designs and specifications of flood works, monitoring, improvement of flood forecasting and warning capabilities of concerned organizations established in 1977.

• Meteorological department established 1947, It is responsible for providing on meteorological and geophysical matters with the objective of traffic safety in air, on land and sea, mitigation of disasters due to weather and geophysical phenomena, agriculture development based on climatic potential of the country, prediction and modification of weather forecast.

• All the disaster management institutions in country are being coordinated under National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) established in 2007

• NDMA under Ministry of Climate Change (currently under cabinet division)

• FFC under Ministry of Water and Power

• Met Department under Ministry of Defense

Responsible Ministries

National Disaster Management System

Gaps Analysis Trust deficit between Government and communities in 2010 Lack of appropriate financial resources Lack of institutional capacities to cope with calamity Poor maintenance of the embankments and hydraulic structure Illegal encroachments in flood paths and river beds Unauthorized-unintentional as well as alleged political breaches Unreliable and unneeded flood warning reluctant to evacuate the flooded areas due to poor law and order situation Weak cluster system for coordination at all level Response from the Government was very late Urgent need to bridge the gaps between formulated flood plans (reports) and

their effective implementation to the satisfaction of the end users Proper and Inclusive development projects in compliance with risk assessment

and stakeholders participation at all level Responsible agency must be identified for emergency declaration Proper coordination in between disaster management institution at all levels

Some Recent Development- Government

• At national level DRR sub-cluster working group reinvigorated under co-chair of NDMA and UNDP.

• NDMA announce to introduce in near future risk insurance policy

• National level volunteer DRR forum established composition of INGOs.

• More improvement from Met Dept. is recorded in term of early warning systems

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