"Hunza Disaster - Gojal" Karakoram Highway: The Glaciated Mother of Every Epic Drive!

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Jalopnik covered the Karakoram Highways of Pakistan. So I am sharing with you all. Feels good to see them love our Country!!



For the ultimate in road trips, choose the highest paved road in the world. The Karakoram Highway is 800 miles of mountain road connecting Pakistan with China across some of the tallest mountains in the world.



Take the one towering above that perilously vertical Pakistani art truck. It’s called Nanga Parbat and it’s the ninth highest mountain in the world. Also known as the Killer Mountain, its flanks have seen the death of a mountaineer for every four who have ascended its 26,660-ft peak. The highway is named after the Karakoram, the Western reach of the Himalayas, which span the confluence of India, Pakistan and China. Home to five of the fourteen eight-thousanders, the longest glaciers outside the polar regions and a vicious conflict between India and Pakistan fought in 20,000-ft mountain passes, it’s the perfect place for an epic road.




Stretching 800 miles between Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road city in China’s Wild West, the Karakoram Highway was constructed between 1966 and 1986, claiming a life for every mile.



Leaving Islamabad to the north, the road winds its way toward Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan territory. Between the towns of Chilas and Gilgit, it passes within 15 miles of Nanga Parbat, then snakes into ever more forlorn regions of Pakistan to top out at the 15,400-ft high Khunjerab Pass.



It’s the highest point on the road and the highest paved mountain pass in the world, home to yaks, Chinese border guards and snow leopards. The road continues for another 300 miles on the Chinese side, passes more huge mountains, skates the Taklamakan Desert, then arrives in Kashgar.



As you can imagine, driving its length is not a Sunday afternoon cruise on an Upstate New York parkway. For long stretches, the Karakoram Highway is a thin ribbon of a road blasted into mountain faces, crowded with trucks, taxis, motorcycles, 4×4’s and humans. There are landslides. There are avalanches. And in hot summers, meltwater from the glaciers floods the road.



At least the Pakistanis have the sense of humor required on roads that reach into the very clouds. “RELAX – SLIDE AREA ENDS,” proclaims this sign photographed in 1995, which makes one wonder about the precise nature of the SLIDE AREA itself.



I would love to conclude with a tale of a personal crossing, but that will have to wait. Should you find yourself in Pakistan with time to kill and a Jeep in your possession, give it a shot for all us plains-bound Jalopniques—and please post your tales of landslides, avalanches and scary mountains in the comments.



The Karakoram Highway: The Glaciated Mother of Every Epic Drive - Infrastructure - Jalopnik

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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

SUMMARY OF LOSSES / DAMAGES DUE TO LAND SILDE / MOVEMENT OF TERRAIN, VILLAGE ATTA ABAD - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 12 MAY 2010

LOSSES / DAMAGES Dead - 20* Injured - 8* Houses Completely Destroyed - 88 (48 Atta Abad , 20 Ainabad & 20 Shiskat) Partially Damaged - 80 (Atta Abad) Population Displaced @ Up Stream (Due to Inundation) Complete Village Ainabad - 32 Houses Part of Village Shishkat - 39 Houses Part of Village Gulmit - 5 Houses Down Stream Village Attabad / Sarat - 141 Houses (Due to land sliding on 4 Jan) Village Faizabad, Ahmedabad & - 48 Houses Mayoon (evacuated as a precautionary -------------------- measure) Total : 265 Houses -------------------- * Incl 1 x dead and 1 x Injured each due to sliding activity on 5 March 10. @ Updated as per GB DMA Sitrep dated 09 May 10.	RELIEF PROVIDED Misc Food / Ration Items - 81.35 Tons Non Food Items (NFIs) - 75.05 “ Medicines - 19.096 “ -------------------- Total Tonnage - *175.496 Tons -------------------- * including 35 Tons Food items and 2 Tons medicines released on 11 May 2010. DAILY SUSTENANCE TRANSPORTED FOR UPPER HUNZA Items Boats Helis Total Atta (Tons) - 123.339 123.339 Rice “ - 1.9 1.9 Diesel (Lits) 19113 52572 71685 Vegetables/Fruits (Ton) - 0.37 0.37 Misc Food Items (Tons) 63.94 61.371 125.311 K-2 Oil (Lits) 340 - 340 Total Tonnage 79.502 229.03 308.532 90	Compensation Paid by Government Dead - 13 (Rs. 0.5 M each) Injured - 7 (Rs. 0.1 M each) Missing (Presumed Dead) - 6 (Rs. 0.5 M each) Waiving off – Loans by Federal Government Agriculture House Building Donations Governor Relief Fund established – Rs.7 M donated by Chief Minister Sindh Announcement by Governor Gilgit-Baltistan for establishment of PM’s Relief Fund on 10 Jan. Clearance of Road (KKH). Work will begin after the opening of River Blockade. Breaching of River Hunza Blockade Clearance of area / preparation of access way on slide for making spill way cut started on 6 Jan. Work on spill way cut commenced on 29 Jan and so far 189,871 cubic meter excavation work carried out by FWO. Total excavation work estimated - approximately 196,000 cubic meter
RESPONSE BY NDMA Deployment of Field Detachment. NDMA deployed a field detachment from 5 Jan to 2 Feb 10 on the incident site on 24/7 basis for coordinating the response of various agencies. Deployment of USAR Team NDMA immediately airlifted USAR detachment from 5-8 Jan 2010 to the disaster site for conducting operations. Search of missing persons with the help of canine component. Evacuation. Over 6958 people transported with the help of Helicopters. Helicopters Sorties. 762 Aviation sorties have been flown so far. Boats 10 x Boats along with OBMs and operators provided to GBDMA for restoring ground link with Upper Hunza. Summary of Boats Operation so far:- Trips - 1038 Personnel Transported - 17271
		DAMMING OF HUNZA RIVER Max Height - 318.79 Ft Length of Reservoir - 15.5 Kms Inflow - 1610 Cusecs Rise in last 24 hours - 2.78 Ft Seepage of water - 76.14Cusecs Difference of Water and - 12.517 Mtr Excavation Lvl (Free Board)

[Haider53]

[Haider53]

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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

SUMMARY OF LOSSES / DAMAGES DUE TO LAND SILDE / MOVEMENT OF TERRAIN, VILLAGE ATTA ABAD - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 13 MAY 2010

LOSSES / DAMAGES Dead - 20* Injured - 8* Houses Completely Destroyed - 88 (48 Atta Abad , 20 Ainabad & 20 Shiskat) Partially Damaged - 80 (Atta Abad) Population Displaced @ Up Stream (Due to Inundation) Complete Village Ainabad - 32 Houses Part of Village Shishkat - 39 Houses Part of Village Gulmit - 5 Houses Down Stream Village Attabad / Sarat - 141 Houses (Due to land sliding on 4 Jan) Village Faizabad, Ahmedabad & - 48 Houses Mayoon (evacuated as a precautionary -------------------- measure) Total : 265 Houses -------------------- * Incl 1 x dead and 1 x Injured each due to sliding activity on 5 March 10. @ Updated as per GB DMA Sitrep dated 09 May 10.	RELIEF PROVIDED Misc Food / Ration Items - 81.35 Tons Non Food Items (NFIs) - 75.05 “ Medicines - 19.096 “ -------------------- Total Tonnage - *175.496 Tons -------------------- * including 3+5 Tons Food items and 2 Tons medicines released on 11 May 2010. DAILY SUSTENANCE TRANSPORTED FOR UPPER HUNZA Items Boats Helis Total Atta (Tons) - 123.339 123.339 Rice “ - 1.9 1.9 Diesel (Lits) 19113 52572 71685 Vegetables/Fruits (Ton) - 0.37 0.37 Misc Food Items (Tons) 63.94 61.371 125.311 K-2 Oil (Lits) 340 - 340 Total Tonnage 79.502 229.03 308.532 90	Compensation Paid by Government Dead - 13 (Rs. 0.5 M each) Injured - 7 (Rs. 0.1 M each) Missing (Presumed Dead) - 6 (Rs. 0.5 M each) Waiving off – Loans by Federal Government Agriculture House Building Donations Governor Relief Fund established – Rs.7 M donated by Chief Minister Sindh Announcement by Governor Gilgit-Baltistan for establishment of PM’s Relief Fund on 10 Jan. Clearance of Road (KKH). Work will begin after the opening of River Blockade. Breaching of River Hunza Blockade Clearance of area / preparation of access way on slide for making spill way cut started on 6 Jan. Work on spill way cut commenced on 29 Jan and so far 190,783 cubic meter excavation work carried out by FWO. Total excavation work estimated - approximately 196,000 cubic meter
RESPONSE BY NDMA Deployment of Field Detachment. NDMA deployed a field detachment from 5 Jan to 2 Feb 10 on the incident site on 24/7 basis for coordinating the response of various agencies. Deployment of USAR Team NDMA immediately airlifted USAR detachment from 5-8 Jan 2010 to the disaster site for conducting operations. Search of missing persons with the help of canine component. Evacuation. Over 6958 people transported with the help of Helicopters. Helicopters Sorties. 762 Aviation sorties have been flown so far. Boats 10 x Boats along with OBMs and operators provided to GBDMA for restoring ground link with Upper Hunza. Summary of Boats Operation so far:- Trips - 1050 Personnel Transported - 17521
		DAMMING OF HUNZA RIVER Max Height - 322 Ft Length of Reservoir - 15.5 Kms Inflow - 1820 Cusecs Rise in last 24 hours - 3.1 Ft Seepage of water - 83 Cusecs Difference of Water and - 11.56 Mtr Excavation Lvl (Free Board)

[wingizer]

Inshallah we all are hoping for the best..the date for the spillover is coming near..most likely 22nd...May God save this beautiful region from disaster..

[Haider53]

[Haider53]

[incognito59]

THE situation in Hunza is dire to say the least. Indeed, the lake, which has already taken a heavy toll on life and infrastructure of the region, even inundating a large chunk of the Karakorum Highway, now threatens to devour thousands of lives and hundreds of villages down the valley. But we are being told by Army engineers and the National Disaster Management Authority that the rock debris that is acting as a natural embankment would not break and water would just overflow it and go down through the spillway that is currently under construction. Only a breach may occur, they have warned nonetheless, which is a tacit acceptance of the possibility of the barrier’s breakdown.
Their claim that the dam would not break is absurd because the debris that now constitutes this barrier largely consists of shale rocks and pebbles. Shale rocks are weak rocks and a water flow easily carries them away. The sheer pressure of water gushing from the glaciers in a downhill direction is like that of a bulldozer and it is only nonsensical to assume that this embankment would be strong enough to bear that.
The engineers are also saying that the only option available is to rely on the spillway, which would slowly transport the water downstream without causing a major catastrophe. Unfortunately, this is too little too late. Given the huge size of the reservoir, which continues to rise about 2 feet per day owing to melting glaciers and rainwater, the water would be a little too much for the spillway to take. Experts have warned that the wave resulting from breakdown of the bank could be as high as 200 feet. If life and property is to be saved, human settlements and areas coming in the way of the stream should be evacuated. Secondly, in order to limit the damage, it should be ensured that Tarbela Dam is able to absorb the floodwater.
Again this Hunza lake fiasco shows the laidback attitude of our rulers. Much before January, when the landslide occurred, Geographical Survey of Pakistan had warned the government to blow up the rocks through dynamite so as to prevent the formation of the lake. But nobody paid heed because no one seems to care.
This news was published in print paper. To access the complete paper of this day. click here

[zahid135]

YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THE government SHOULD blow up the rocks through dynamite so as to prevent the formation of the lake IN THE JAN OR FEB.
BUT IF IT WAS DONE AT THAT TIME THEN WHAT IS THE NEED OF NDMA AND HOW OUR SO CALLED POLITICANS WILL TOLD US THAT THE THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST FOR THE PUBLIC, HOW AUTHORITIES CAN EARN MONEY IN THIS DISASTER?

[Haider53]

[incognito59]

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MEDIA BRIEF

ATTA’ABAD LAND SLIDING INCIDENT

1. Background. Village Atta Abad lies approximately 15 km east of Karimabad and 100 kms from Gilgit astride KKH and River Hunza. Around mid day, on 4 January 10, a massive land slide triggered in the area leaving 19 dead (all from Village Sarat) and seven injured. The slide blocked Hunza River and KKH, leaving approximately 25,000 population of Upper Hunza stranded and cut off from rest of the country. The Hunza River Blockage has resulted in accumulation of water upstream, resulting into creation of a vast lake and submergence of KKH.
2. Latest Situation

• • a. Blockade.FWO was assigned the task for making 30 meters deep and 40 meters wide spillway cut in the blockage to facilitate flow of entrapped water from the lake. Work on the spillway has already been completed and all elements has been pulled out since 15 May 10. Current details of the lake formed by the landslide are as under:-

• • (a) Height of Water surface from River bed - 332.00 Ft

• • (b) Length of Reservoir 16 Kms

• • (c) Rise in last 24 hours 0.425 Ms

• • (d) Seepage of water 136 Cusecs

• • (e) Free Board 6.32 M

• • b. Based on the inflow in the River Hunza expected time of over flow is likely b/w 20-30 May 2010.

• • c. Upstream Area. Due to creation of lake following villages has been inundated and population shifted to safer places:-

• • (1) Ainabad - 32 (342)

• • (2) Shishkat - 69 (532) - 16 are likely to get submerge

• • (3) Gulmit - 5 (50)

• • Total 924 (Individuals)

• • d. Threat to Downstream Area. Based on the Dam Break Study conducted by NESPAK, Evacuation Plans has been prepared by the GBDMA. Basing on worst case scenario (dam bursts within one hour of overtopping of water). Following number of population centres and communication infrastructure are likely to be affected, for which a detailed plan has been worked out:-

• • (1) Population Centers

• • (a) District Hunza-Nagar 18

• • (b) District Gilgit 14

• • (2) Bridges

• • (a) RCC - 9 (Br at Ganesh and Hini most vulnerable)

• • (b) Suspension - 7

• • (c) Bailay - 1

• • (3) Blockage of KKH due to landslides etc

3. Response by NDMA/GBDMA

• • a. Monitoring mechanism / early warning system has been established at the site / Hunza.

• • b. Boat operation has been cancelled due to safety considerations.

• • c. Army troops have been deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration.

• • d. 2 x Helicopters (6 Aviation Sqn), 2 x MI17 (Army) and 2 x Helicopters of Agha Khan foundation has been / are being deployed to cater for any unforeseen.

• • e. Food / NFI provided to GBDMA. (4000 Family Rations Packets (35 Kgs each), 4 x Generators (2.5 kv each) and 2 Ton Medicines have been released by ERC).

• • f. Army Engineer Corps has been made responsible for maintenance of bridges.. Details of the bridges is as follows:-

• • Location	Type of Br	Dist from Slide Area
    Sarat	Wooden Suspension	2
    Ganesh	RCC Arch	15
    Hassanabad	RCC Arch	25
    Shayar Nagar	RCC	28
    Theshote Nagar	Wooden Suspension	33
    Heini	RCC arch	42
    Ghalmat Nagar II	RCC arch	45
    Ghalmat to Khanabad	Wooden Suspension	48

• • Note: 8 x Aaerial ropeways are being installed (3 have been completed)

• • g. FWO has been made responsible for road maintenance.

• • h. Registration. In process.

• • i. Coordination Mechanism. To coordinate the response three tier command and control system has been devised. In that regard 3 x Control Rooms have been established at following places:-

• • • (1) Control Room Hunza. Consist of DCO, Representative NDMA, FWO, NGOs and local community.

• • • (2) Control Room Gilgit. Consist of representatives from FCNA, NDMA, GBDMA, FWO, INGOs/NGOs and notables.

• • • (3) Control Room NDMA (Islamabad). Consist of Member Operations and representatives from INGOs/NGOs.

• • j. UNICEF is being asked to despatch 500 x Toilets for probable camps and potable water supply (treatment, storage & bowzer delivery) for upto 30,000 persons.

• • k. Evacuations

• • • (1) Overall resp of evacuation and early warning lies with GBDMA, FCNA will facilitate local administration for the establishment of IDP camps, registration and management.

• • • (2) Initially 103 Houses of Village Faizabad, Ahmedabad, Mayoon & Salmanabad were evacuated as a precautionary measure. In addition to above following villages have also been evacuated on 17 May:-

• • Ser	Sector	Households	Population	Camp Location
    	Shain Bar	25	200	High School Chalt
    	Sikanderabad to Nilt	30	240	Sikanderabad
    	Thole to Gulmit	28	224	Community School Gulmit
    	Pisan to Minapin	15	120	School Minapin
    	Miacher Khai to Dadimal	15	120	School Dadimal Bala
    	Shayer to Summayar	35	280	Sumayar
    	Khizerabad to Hassababad	22	176	High school Hassanabad
    	Mayon to Khanabad	35	280	Middle School Khanabad
    	Murtazabad to Ahmedabad	88	672	College Karimabad / Govt H/S Aliabad
    Total		293	2312

4. Future Challenges
a. IDPs Rehabilitation

• • • (1) Survey of IDPs concerning village Sarat and Atta’abad has been completed and rehabilitation plan is in process.

• • • (2) Survey of IDPs concerning villages (submerged) upstream will be conducted once the water recedes.
      

• • b. Opening of KKH. A total of 22 kms of KKH has been submerged in the lake. After overtopping of the lake, once the water recedes, then detail survey for opening of KKH would be carried out.

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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 18 MAY 2010

Latest Situation Blockade.FWO has completed excavation work on the spillway and has pulledout its elements since 15 May 10. Current details of the lake are as under:- Height of Water surface from River bed - 340 Ft Length of Reservoir - 16.5 Kms Rise in last 24 hours - 0.27 Ms Seepage of water - 153 Cusecs Free Board - 5.32 M Expected time of over flow is likely b/w 20-30 May 2010. Upstream Area. Following villages have been inundated and population shifted to safer places:- Ainabad - 342 Shishkat - 532 Gulmit - 50 Total 924 (Individuals) Downstream Area. Basing on worst case scenario (dam breaches within one hour of overtopping of water). Following number of population centres and communication infrastructure are likely to be affected:- Population Centers District Hunza-Nagar - 25 villages (including Atta Abad & Sarat) District Gilgit - 14 villages Bridges RCC - 9 (Ganesh and Hini most vulnerable) Suspension - 7 Bailay - 1 KKH. 22 Kms of KKH has submerged in the lake.

Response by NDMA/GBDMA Monitoring mechanism / early warning system established at the site / Hunza. Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. Boat operation cancelled due to safety considerations. 2 x Helicopters (6 Aviation Sqn), 2 x MI17 (Army) and 2 x Helicopters of Agha Khan foundation has been / are being deployed to cater for any unforeseen. Food / NFI provided to GBDMA by ERC (PRCS and FOCUS also contributing). Army Engineer Corps made responsible for maintenance of bridges. FWO made responsible for road maintenance. UNICEF asked to despatch 500 x Toilets for probable camps and potable water supply (treatment, storage & bowzer delivery) for upto 30,000 persons. Coordination Mechanism. To coordinate response three tier command and control system devised. In that regard 3 x Control Rooms established at Hunza, Gilgit and NDMA (Islamabad). Evacuations Overall resp of evacuation and early warning lies with GBDMA, (Army will facilitate GBDMA). 4647 Individuals (558 families) evacuated from 25 x Villages of District Hunza Nagar and shifted to 15 x Camps. 35% population of affected villages (14 in number) of District Gilgit have also been shifted to safer places. Future Challenges IDPs Rehabilitation Survey of IDPs concerning village Sarat and Attaabad completed and rehabilitation plan is in process. Survey of IDPs concerning villages (submerged) upstream will be conducted once the water recedes. Downstream villages which gets affected due to flooding of water (after the overtopping of the lake) would be carried out only on materialization of flooding. Opening of KKH. A total of 22 kms of KKH has been submerged in the lake. After overtopping of the lake, once the water recedes, then detail survey for opening of KKH would be carried out.

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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 19 MAY 2010

Latest Situation Blockade.FWO has completed excavation work on the spillway and has pulledout its elements since 15 May 10. Current details of the lake are as under:- Height of Water surface from River bed - 342 Ft Length of Reservoir - 18.5 Kms Rise in last 24 hours - 0.855 Ms Seepage of water - 172 Cusecs Free Board - 4.46 M Expected time of over flow is likely b/w 20-30 May 2010. Upstream Area. Following villages have been inundated and population shifted to safer places:- Ainabad - 342 Shishkat - 532 Gulmit - 50 Total 924 (Individuals) Downstream Area. Basing on worst case scenario (dam breaches within one hour of overtopping of water). Following number of population centres and communication infrastructure are likely to be affected:- Population Centers District Hunza-Nagar - 25 villages (including Atta Abad & Sarat) District Gilgit - 14 villages Bridges RCC - 9 (Ganesh and Hini most vulnerable) Suspension - 7 Bailay - 1 KKH. 22 Kms of KKH has submerged in the lake.

Response by NDMA/GBDMA Monitoring mechanism / early warning system established at the site / Hunza. Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. Boat operation cancelled due to safety considerations. A total of 7 x helicopters have been placed at Gilgit and are being used for transportation of personals / goods. Food / NFI provided to GBDMA by ERC (PRCS and FOCUS also contributing). Army Engineer Corps made responsible for maintenance of bridges. FWO made responsible for road maintenance. UNICEF asked to despatch 500 x Toilets for probable camps and potable water supply (treatment, storage & bowzer delivery) for upto 30,000 persons. Coordination Mechanism. To coordinate response three tier command and control system devised. In that regard 3 x Control Rooms established at Hunza, Gilgit and NDMA (Islamabad). Evacuations Overall resp of evacuation and early warning lies with GBDMA, (Army will facilitate GBDMA). 4983 Individuals (602 families) evacuated from 25 x Villages of District Hunza Nagar and shifted to 12 x Camps. 7869 Individuals evacuated form 14 x villages of District Gilgit (4476 individuals shifted in 11 x camps and 3393 are living with relatives). 1691 individuals (who remains in probable dangerous areas of District Gilgit) will be shifted today to safer locations. Federal Minister for KANA Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watoo and Chairman NDMA (Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed (R) visited the lake site, met with local community and held a press conference at Hunza on 19 May 10.

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PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 20 MAY 2010

Latest Situation Blockade.FWO has completed excavation work on the spillway and has pulled out its elements since 15 May 10. Current details of the lake are as under:- Height of Water surface from River bed - 348 Ft Length of Reservoir - 18.5 Kms Rise in last 24 hours - 2.66 ft Seepage of water - 173.3 Cusecs Free Board - 3.4 M Expected time of over flow is likely b/w 23-25 May 2010. Upstream Area. Following villages have been inundated and population shifted to safer places:- Ainabad - 342 Shishkat - 532 Gulmit - 50 Total 924 (Individuals) Downstream Area. Basing on worst case scenario (dam breaches within one hour of overtopping of water). Following number of population centres and communication infrastructure are likely to be affected:- Population Centers District Hunza-Nagar - 25 villages (including Atta Abad & Sarat) District Gilgit - 14 villages Bridges RCC - 9 (Ganesh and Hini most vulnerable) Suspension - 7 Bailay - 1 KKH. 22 Kms of KKH has submerged in the lake.

Response by NDMA/GBDMA Monitoring mechanism / early warning system established at the site / Hunza. Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. Boat operation cancelled due to safety considerations. A total of 7 x helicopters have been placed at Gilgit and are being used for transportation of personals / goods. Food / NFI provided to GBDMA by ERC (PRCS and FOCUS also contributing). Army Engineer Corps made responsible for maintenance of bridges. FWO made responsible for road maintenance. UNICEF asked to despatch 500 x Toilets for probable camps and potable water supply (treatment, storage & bowzer delivery) for upto 30,000 persons. Coordination Mechanism. To coordinate response three tier command and control system devised. In that regard 3 x Control Rooms established at Hunza, Gilgit and NDMA (Islamabad). IDPs / Registration Overall responsibility of evacuation and early warning lies with GBDMA, (Army will facilitate GBDMA). Evacuation of endangered population from District Hunza and Gilgit has been completed. Registration is in process, latest details of registered IDPs is as follows:- Hunza Nagar. 426 Families (3198 individuals) have been registered as IDPs, out of them 162 Families (1171 individuals) are living in camps, whereas 264 families (2027 individuals) are living with relatives. Gilgit. 1216 Families (10124 individuals) have been registered as IDPs, out of them 854 Families (7404 individuals) are living in camps, whereas 380 families (2950 individuals) are living with relatives. Federal Minister for KANA Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watoo and Chairman NDMA (Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed (R) visited the lake site, met with local community at Hunza on 19 and 20 May 10. Prime Minister is visiting Gilgit/Hunza today (i.e.21 May 10). Installation of Ropeways. 9 Engineer Battalion has completed installation of Ropeways at Ganesh and Hini Bridges.

[Libra]

@Masroor Bhai
Thanks for the updated.

[saadtn1]

Extremely saddened for the people of Hunza. The GOVT has failed to take any step.... But neither our Nation has taken the matter seriously. I haven't seen a single Relief camp in Rwp/Isb thats just pathetic. As an individual what can we do? should we start a relief camp under name of Pakwheels?

[huda1]

AWESOME pics

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@Masroor Bhai
Thanks for the updated.

You are welcome, here is another.

PRIME MINISTER’S SECRETARIAT NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ISLAMABAD

UPDATE ON LANDSLIDING / LAKE (VILLAGE ATTA ABAD) - PERIOD COVERED UPTO 1800 HOURS 21 MAY 2010

Latest Situation Blockade.FWO has completed excavation work on the spillway and has pulled out its elements since 15 May 10. Current details of the lake are as under:- Height of Water surface from River bed - 352 Ft Length of Reservoir - 18.5 Kms Rise in last 24 hours - 2.48 ft Seepage of water - 186 Cusecs Free Board - 3.1 M Inflow - 2700 Cusecs Expected time of over flow is likely b/w 23-25 May 2010. Upstream Area. Following villages have been inundated and population shifted to safer places:- Ainabad - 342 Shishkat - 532 Gulmit - 50 Total 924 (Individuals) Downstream Area. Basing on worst case scenario (dam breaches within one hour of overtopping of water). Following number of population centres and communication infrastructure are likely to be affected:- Population Centers District Hunza-Nagar - 25 villages (including Atta Abad & Sarat) District Gilgit - 14 villages Bridges RCC - 9 (Ganesh and Hini most vulnerable) Suspension - 7 Bailay - 1 KKH. 22 Kms of KKH has submerged in the lake.

Response by NDMA/GBDMA Monitoring mechanism / early warning system established at the site / Hunza. Army troops deployed in Hunza, Gilgit and Chillas to assist civil administration. Boat operation cancelled due to safety considerations. A total of 7 x helicopters have been placed at Gilgit and are being used for transportation of personals / goods. Food / NFI provided to GBDMA by ERC, PRCS and FOCUS. Army Engineer Corps made responsible for maintenance of bridges. FWO made responsible for road maintenance. UNICEF has despatched 750 x Toilets for probable camps and potable water supply (treatment, storage & bowzer delivery) for up to 30,000 persons. WHO has despatched 6 x medical module and 1 x Cholera kit to GBDMA Coordination Mechanism. To coordinate response three tier command and control system devised. In that regard 3 x Control Rooms established at Hunza, Gilgit and NDMA (Islamabad). IDPs / Registration Overall responsibility of evacuation and early warning lies with GBDMA, (Army will facilitate GBDMA). Evacuation of endangered population from District Hunza and Gilgit has been completed. Registration is in process, latest details of registered IDPs is as follows:- Total In Camps With Relatives - Families 1669 1130 539 - Individuals 13576 9772 3804 Federal Minister for KANA Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watoo and Chairman NDMA (Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed (R) visited the lake site, met with local community at Hunza on 19 and 20 May 10. Prime Minister is visited Gilgit/Hunza on 21 May 10 to review the situation. Installation of Ropeways. 9 Engineer Battalion has completed installation of Ropeways at Ganesh and Hini Bridges.

[Haider53]