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Floods 2010

Presented by:

A-Hafeez Tunio

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Introduction:ods 2010

The 2010 Pakistan floods began in late July 2010,

resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the KhyberPakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions

of Pakistan.

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Pakistan faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis

as thousands of people have been displaced and lost

their properties, crops, businesses and cattles due to

current flash floods and heavy moonsoon rains from

Kashmir, KP, Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh

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More than 140,00000

people have been displacedand thousands of homeshave been lost in all overPakistan.

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Impact Economic

Social

Political Damage of Infrastructure

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Floods submerged 17 million acres (69,000 km2) of

Pakistan's most fertile crop land, killed 200,000

livestock and washed away massive amounts of grain.A major concern was that farmers would be unable to

meet the fall deadline for planting new seeds in 2010,

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The destruction of major crops, particularlyrice and cotton, led to a negative growth of 4%in this sector.

Pakistan for one year could push an additional3.47 million people below the $1.25-a-daypoverty line or worsen poverty situation by 2.2percentage points. Global food prices rose bymore than 30 percent year-on-year betweenMarch

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According to report Pakistan Flood, 2011:

Preliminary Damage and Need Assessment, about

10 percent of the road- network (approximately

25,000 Km) sustained the highest damage within thetransport and communication sector causing a loss of

about 1.2 billion US dollars.

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The agricultural damage reached more than 2.9

billion dollars, and included over 700,000 acres

(2,800 km2) of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres

(810 km2

) of sugar cane and 200,000 acres (810 km2

)of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tonnes

of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres (1,200 km2) of

animal fodder and the stored grain losses.

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Infrastructure

Floods damaged an estimated 2,433 miles (3,916 km)

of highway and 3,508 miles (5,646 km) of railway

and repairs are expected to cost at least 158 millionUSD and 131 million USD, respectively. Public

building damage is estimated at 1 billion USD. Aid

donors estimate that 5,000 schools were destroyed.

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Govt: Relief activities

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A place that changed the life of people in Sindh

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Govt: In Action..!!!!

By the end of July 2010, Pakistan had appealed to internationaldonors for help in responding to the disaster

Government announced to provide 1 Lac to each family of floodvictims.

Flood relief packages

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Problems even after floods

No Planning

Poor Management

Corruption Lack of monitoring and control

Rehabilitation a problem

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Questions arising in our

Minds.!!!!

80 Thousands.????

When the proper actions will be taken against the

people involved in floods.

When government will announce project for the

affected areas.

What lessons we learned..????

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Conclusion

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A Famous quote is:

We learn from the history that we donot learn

from the history