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GOVERNMENT OF SINDH PROVINCIAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 18 January 2019

SCHEME OF PRESENTATION

• Background
• Response

− Relief Department and PDMA − Special Initiatives by Health Department − Special Initiatives by Agriculture Department − Special Initiatives by Irrigation Department − Livestock Department

• Gaps
• Current / Future needs
• Recommendations / Way forward

BACKGROUND

• The Government of Sindh has declared 8 districts as calamity-hit

in September, 2018 due to prevailing drought conditions

S. No Districts

• No. of Dehs affected
• No. of Families

affected 1 Thatta 06 Dehs 10,681 2 Dadu 88 Dehs of Taluka K.N. Shah, Mehar and Dadu 23,067 3 Sanghar 07 Dehs of Taluka Khipro and Sanghar 9,159 4 Tharparkar 167 Dehs (Except 5 barrage dehs i.e. Bhitaro,

Phant, Serhid, Naukot, wasepota of Taluka Kaloi)

276,152 5 Umerkot 25 Dehs 31,390 6 Kambar Shahdadkot 22 Dehs of Kambar and Waraha 8,008 7 Jamshoro

110 Dehs of Taluka Sehwan, Manjhand, Thana Bula Khan and Kotri

29,738 8 Badin

54 Dehs of Taluka Badin, Golarchi and Matli

32,751

Total 420,946

RESPONSE BY RELIEF DEPARTMENT

S. No Districts

• No. of

Families affected

• No. of

Households benefited in the 1st phase of wheat distribution

• No. of

Households benefited in the 2nd phase of wheat distribution

• No. of

Households benefited in the 3rd phase of wheat distribution

1 Thatta 10,681 6,681

• 2

Dadu 23,067 15,484

• 3

Sanghar 9,159 7,030

• 4

Tharparkar 276,152 247,199 252,081 93,440 5 Umerkot 31,390 24,431

• 6

Kambar Shahdadkot 8,008 7,233 2,618

• 7

Jamshoro 29,738 26,065

• 8

Badin 32,751 24,059

• Total

420,946 358,182 254,699 93,440

• Relief Department , Government of Sindh, has so far distributed

706,321 wheat bags (50 kg) among the 420,946 drought-affected families (Till 16.01.2019)

• In order to cater the nutritional needs of Pregnant and Lactating

Women (PLW), PDMA Sindh initiated provision of Ration Bags to PLW of Tharparkar and Umerkot districts for three months

• The composition of each Ration Bag is:

RESPONSE BY PDMA

• S. No

Item Quantity 1 Flour 10 kg 2 Rice 10 kg 3 Dal Moong 2 kg 4 Lobia 2 kg 5 Dal Channa 2 kg 6 Oil 2 kg 7 Sugar 1 kg 8 Salt 1 kg 9 Soap 4 pieces / cakes

RESPONSE BY PDMA (Continued)

• S. No

District Caseload Ration Bags Provided By PDMA Sindh 1 Tharparkar 36,708 36,708 2 Umerkot 9,498 9,498

Total 46,206 46,206

1st Phase (26th October to 15th November, 2018)

RESPONSE BY PDMA (Continued)

3rd Phase (Commencing from 20th January, 2019) 2nd Phase (6th December to 28th December, 2018)

• S. No

District Revised Caseload * Ration Bags Provided By PDMA Sindh 1 Tharparkar 66,691 66,691 2 Umerkot 9,498 9,498

Total 76,189 76,189

RESPONSE BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

• Medical Universities have been engaged to provide technical

assistance to the Health Institutions in District Tharparkar

• 16 Medical Camps have been established in District Tharparkar

and 5087 patients have been treated till 09.01.2019

• In each medical camp “Nutrition Site” is also established
• Mobile Medical Teams are also deputed, which have so far

treated 99,270 patients

• 289 Medical Officers, Woman Medical Officers, Specialists and

Staff Nurses have been deputed in District Tharparkar

• Against 245 vacant posts of District Tharparkar, 97 doctors have

been recruited. The remaining posts have been re-advertised

RESPONSE BY AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

• Field schools for male and female farmers have been established
• 607 water courses have been improved
• 159 tractors have been provided
• 22 tube-wells have been installed
• Kitchen gardening has been encouraged through demonstrations and

females have been trained on kitchen gardening

• Farmers have been given vegetable seeds
• Fruit / tree plantation has been initiated
• There are proposed items for distribution like Solar Pumps and Tool

Kits for agriculture

• Agriculture implements have been provided
• Awareness among community has been spread about cultivation and

consumption

• f

diversified vegetable and fruit crops to fulfill nutritional needs

RESPONSE BY IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT

• Due to shortage of water, rotation plan has been introduced for all

canals of Sindh in order to ensure equitable distribution of water from head to tail

• A number of 18,380,065 animals have been affected
• Following are the details of vaccines / treatment
• S. No

Vaccines Treated / Vaccinated 1 HS 386,182 2 FMD 4,191 3 BQ 131,643 4 ETV 1,287,240 5 CPP 1,355,295 6 PPR 198,772 7 Anthrax 35,590 8 Sheep / Goat Pox 80,281 9 Drenching 406,417 10 Treatment 110,673

RESPONSE BY LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT

• Rs. 50.00 M have been released for four (04) Union Councils to

Thar Foundation for fodder

• Rs. 250.00 M have been further approved for fodder

GAPs

• Against 420,946 drought-affected families, PDMA Sindh has

provided 76,189 Ration Bags for a period of three (03) months, the remaining 344,757 drought-affected families need nutritional assistance

• Fodder of 1.2 billion Rs is required for providing fodder to

entire livestock of Tharparker

• S. No

Districts

• No. of Families

1 Thatta 10,681 2 Dadu 23,067 3 Sanghar 9,159 4 Tharparker 276,152 5 Umerkot 31,390 6 Kambar Shahdadkot 8,008 7 Jamshoro 29,738 8 Badin 32,751

Total 420,946 CURRENT / FUTURE NEEDS

PDMA Sindh has requested NDMA to provide ration bags for 420,946 drought-affected families

RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD

• NDMA’s help in the form of ration bags to 420,946 drought-

affected families for a period of six months may mitigate the suffering of these families to a greater extent

• Fodder for live stock of Rs. 1.2 billion may be provided by the

Federal Govt

• Short term and long term measures are being prepared with

the help of UN-FAO under “Sindh Drought Policy”

• Federal Government and other partners may also consider

for joining GOS for medium and long term measures as suggested by “Sindh Drought Policy”

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