National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)SYEDA LAILA ALI JAFFERY

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IntroductionThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), is an independent, autonomous, and constitutionally established disaster preparedness federal institution mandate and responsible to deal with whole spectrum of disaster management and preparedness in the country

Formed: August 17, 2007

Preceding Agency: Ministry of Climate Change

Jurisdiction: Constitution of Pakistan

Headquarters: Islamabad

Agency Executive: Major-General, Asghar Nawaz, Pak Army

Website: www.ndma.gov.pk

"And you will see the mountains and think them solid. But they shall pass away

as the passing away of the clouds."

Vision Statement:

"To achieve sustainable social, economic and environmental development in Pakistan through reducing risks and vulnerabilities, particularly those of the poor and marginalized groups, and by

effectively responding to and recovering from all types of disaster events."

Mission Statement:

"To manage complete spectrum of disasters by adopting a disaster risk reduction perspective in development planning at all levels, and through enhancing institutional capacities for disaster

preparedness, response and recovery."

Operational Scope and Constitutional Definition

The functions and duties are defined and set by the Constitution of Pakistan in Article 239I in Chapter 1. The Commission charged with the following duties:

1. To act as the implementing, coordinating and monitoring body for disaster management

2. To prepare the National Plan to be approved and implement coordinate and monitor the implementation of the National policy

3. To provide necessary technical assistance to the Provincial Governments and the Provincial Authorities for preparing their disaster management plans in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Commission

4. To coordinate response in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster

Most recent Disasters in Pakistan

Damage Report (Windstorm in Peshawar) 26th April, 2015

Flood 2014

Drought Tharparkar 2014

Earthquake Awaran 2013

Flood 2013

Flood 2012

Flood 2011

Earthquake 2011

Flood 2010

Attabad Lake Crisis 2010

Cyclone Yemyin 2007

Earthquake 2005

Organization NDMA Chairman NDMA : Maj. Gen. Asghar Nawaz

NDMA Wings

◦ Operations Wing◦ Disaster Risk Reduction Wing◦ Support and Services Wing

Relief Assistance to NepalRelief Flights have been operated to provide relief to Nepal earthquake affectees. These included Army Field Hospital of 30 beds with doctors and paramedics, 38 man USAR team with necessary equipment, 2531 Tents, 3 ton Food Packs(13 kg/ 29 kg each),1000 NDMA Blankets and additional 12.5 tons of Medicines, 15 Community Shelter, 20000 Tarpaulin Shelters, 20 ton Rice, 0.5 tons Lentil , 3024 litres Water and 3000 MREs. USAR Team has already returned on 5 May (having successfully cleared 5 sites), while the field hospital after carrying out a successful tour of duty (2700 patients treated and 32 operations conducted) has also returned on 18th May 2015 from Nepal.

NEWS and Events 2015 Islamabad 26th May 2015: Pre-Monsoon Preparedness & Contingency Planning Meeting with SDMA AJ&K

Nepal 13th May 2015: NDMA sends relief assistance for Nepal Earthquake Affectees

Islamabad 11th May 2015: Briefing to Students from University of Sargodha

Lahore 7th May 2015: Inauguration of Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF)

Budget AllocationNDMA advises provinces to allocate Rs. 20 billion for disasters

NDMA has suggested to all four provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to allocate budgets to deal with disasters. It had been suggested to Punjab and Sindh to allocate Rs 5 billion each, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Rs. 3 billion each, AJK Rs2 billion and GB and FATA Rs. 1 billion each.

Minor budget raise for NDMA betrays misplaced priorities

Despite occurrence of several major natural disasters in different parts of the country, the federal budget 2015-16 for the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has not been increased more than 7 percent.

The NDMA has been allocated Rs 503,752 billion in the fiscal year 2015-16 against the sum of Rs 446,446

billion for fiscal year 2014-15.

Volunteering and Donations You can register yourself as a volunteer of NDMA, by filling a form provided on the official site of NDMA by providing some information about yourself, i.e. personal info, contact info, your skills & expertise and availability.

Donations can be made to NDMA by individuals or organizations. For the purpose of transfer of amount, two accounts are there: "Local Currency Account" and "Foreign Currencies Account" along with the details of account number, branch code, branch name and swift code.

NDMA sends advisory for rough sea conditions

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday issued advisory to the fishermen and other people living along the coastal areas of the country in view of the cyclone threat in the Arabian Sea.According to NDMA, the sea conditions along Sindh-Makran coast are likely to remain very rough associated with strong gusty winds from Tuesday afternoon to Friday.It advised to fishermen of Sindh not to venture in open sea from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday. Likewise, fishermen of Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea from Wednesday to Friday.NDMA advised all stakeholders and concerned to take necessary precautionary measures to avoid any loss of lives and damage to public as well as private property. It said that as per Pakistan Meteorological Department, the area of intense convection has concentrated into a well-marked low pressure area in Arabian Sea and now lies at a distance of about 1200km south-southeast of Karachi.