Regions within Pakistan have been vulnerable to and impacted by climate-related disasters long before the widespread flooding of 2022. In Chitral, a district in the north of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooding and landslide risks from monsoon systems and glacial melting have been increasing in frequency and severity.
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Contingency plan finalised by PDMA
PESHAWAR:
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has prepared Monsoon Contingency Plan in consultations with all stakeholders including district administrations and departments concerned of provincial and federal governments.
The Director General (DG) PDMA, Sharif Hussain has said that the contingency plan has been prepared while keeping in view the situation emerging after natural disasters. In the past, he said, natural disasters have caused the loss of human lives, livelihood and houses.
Under this plan, planning has been done to prevent losses due to natural disasters and combat emergency situation. Under Monsoon Contingency Plan 2021 all aspects of large and small scale disasters, large scale losses and emergency situation have been accounted for. PDMA has also provided sufficient relief goods to all districts of the province and funds for combating any kind