Alarming Situation in Pakistan

As the earthquake was felt by the Pakistani nation two days ago that was told to be a kind of earthquake that could be quite devastating. The nation felt the jolt before in 2004 which was turned to be that kind of earthquake that Pakistan will never forget. Reports are coming from PPAF (Pakistan Poverty Alleviation fund) disaster management team that 45 districts of Pakistan may be hit by an earthquake.

The approach needs to be changed, along with the measures to be taken, are not enough to tackle the situations like earthquakes, the head of PPAF added during the workshop organized at Hyderabad. There is a lot of NGO’s that are working on the rehabilitation procedures that should be adopted during the situation when you are hit by an earthquake. Different representatives from different NGO’s participated in the session which was held to develop the strategies with which this kind of disasters to be handled.

It was suggested by the TRDP team that the rescue operation will be more effectively done if the number of team members in a group are less in number. This would definitely help them. In a simulation, two of the people were rescued quite safely by the rescue team from a flooded region. Team leader Nisar added that it would be very important to know the orientation of the place along with the number of people and their financial position. That will definitely help in the rehabilitation process for us to rebuild. Dr Veeram a member of BRDS also said that it is important that all stakeholders should have the responsibilities so that the work could be effectively done with the least amount of the time consumed. He also added that services could take 36 hours to reach the victims after the disasters hits.

It is obvious that the disaster management team would take some time to reach the place where a disaster hits, but this work could be effectively done if the number of stakeholders plays their part so as to share the responsibilities. The ultimate beneficiary would be the people who have suffered. They should be provided with the tents, food and medicines.

SAFWCO team member while giving the views added that normally what happens in the flooded area, we try to rescue the people out of the area. He also added the rehabilitation also means that the particular area should be de-watered immediately so that it would be easier for the rehabilitation team and the rehabilitation process to have immediate effects. The rehabilitation process is the kind of process in which you don’t only need to have resource, it also requires having some time to give the results. People should be given awareness about the situations that can be disastrous. The infrastructure has to be rebuilt in order to have the routine back to the normal life.

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