Stauts of disaster management in Afghanistan: Attn All

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Dear All, Since Afghanistan

is emerging out of the civil war and the government is still in the process of

setting up systems and structure to run the affairs of the country in a better

manner. Therefore the disaster management system in the country is also a very

nascent stage. In the past couple of years UN agencies and other donors have

been providing support to the country to develop a disaster management

framework.

At present the following

institutional framework is established with support from UNAMA, WHO and several

other agencies to help the government effectively coordinate between the

various actors working on disaster management.Top 10 Natural Disasters in Afghanistan, sorted by numbers of

people killed and affected

Disaster

Date

Killed

Disaster

Date

Affected

Earthquake

30-May-1998

4,700

Drought

May-2001

3,800,000

Epidemic

10-Apr-2002

2,500

Drought

Apr-2000

2,580,000

Earthquake

4-Feb-1998

2,323

Drought

1973

600,000

Earthquake

10-Jun-1954

2,000

Flood

Jul-1978

271,684

Earthquake

25-Mar-2002

1,000

Flood

Jan-1972

250,000

Flood

31-May-1991

728

Drought

1972

235,000

Epidemic

Jan-2000

507

Epidemic

Jan-2002

200,000

Earthquake

16-Dec-1982

500

Flood

Jun-1988

161,455

Flood

4-Sep-1992

450

Drought

1971

120,000

for more information please find the attached article

Best Regards Mohammad BashaarFrom: Geer M. Ishaq <ishaqgeer@...>Subject: Stauts of disaster management in Indianetrum Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 1:43 PM

Dear Dr. Trupti Swain:

My native district of Srinagar as well as District Baramula of the J & K State fall under Seismic Zone V, which is categorized as "Very High Damage Risk Zone" on the Earthquake Hazard Map of India. Therefore Disaster Management assumes tremendous significance in this region. An article of mine on "Earthquake Resistant Housing Designs" published in a local Daily here soon after the killer earthquake struck J & K on October 8th, 2005 is available at the website whose URL is given below alongwith my signature. Status Report of the Disaster Management in India published by the Disaster Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India is available at the official website of the aforementioned Disaster Management Division of the GOI at www.ndmindia. nic.in. The

report mainly deals with Institutional

and Policy Framework, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and Preparedness. Hope it makes a good reading.

As you might be aware that an earthquake of an intensity of 7.4 on the Richter scale occurred on 8th October 2005 at 0920 hrs. The epicentre of the Earthquake was in Pakistan, at Latitude 34.6 N and Longitude 73.0 E, 55 KMs, west-north west of Muzaffarabad. Because of its impact, large parts of the State of Jammu & Kashmir were affected causing loss of lives and extensive damage to property. The earthquake also affected some parts of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and its impact was felt in most parts of Northern India. The State of Jammu & Kashmir has been the worst affected. Uri and Tangdhar in Baramulla and Kupwara districts respectively bore the brunt of the earthquake and reported heavy casualties in terms of human lives and extensive damage to property. Following the main earthquake, 59 aftershocks of magnitudes above 5.0 on the Richter scale were reported to have occurred in the

affected areas. A total of 1,309 persons are reported to have lost their lives due to the killer earthquake whereas 1,207 civilians were reported to be injured. 37,607 buildings/houses were reported to have been damaged. With regards

Dr. Geer M. Ishaq

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Kashmir

Srinagar-190006 (J & K)

Ph: 9906673100, 9419970971

Website: http://ishaqgeer. googlepages. com

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