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Preliminary Appeal
Pakistan
2014 Floods: Assistance to the Rain and Flood-Affected Families in Azad Kashmir, Punjab and Sindh - PAK141
Preliminary Appeal Target: US$1,550,584
Balance Requested: US$1,550,584
Geneva, 9 September 2014
Torrential monsoon rains at the beginning of September 2014 have so far killed at least 193 people leaving 364 others injured in Punjab, Pakistani-administered Kashmir (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) and Gilgit Baltistan Provinces. Low-lying areas have been submerged in water, and electricity and transport systems remain badly affected. Several houses and roofs have collapsed, which is the leading cause of deaths and other destruction. Reports also indicate extensive loss to crops. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) have warned that there is a high risk of flooding in three towns along the Chenab River in Punjab and asked people to leave low-lying and vulnerable areas. Troops have been mobilized for flood relief duties in eastern Punjab. The death toll is likely to rise as reports are coming in of floodwaters sweeping through villages in rural areas. 6,100 households have been damaged of which 1,840 households have been completely destroyed while the rest 4,260 are partially destroyed.
The recent heavy rains that started on September 5, 2014 have resulted in massive landslides and flooding in a number of districts of AJK. Hundreds of thousands of people have been reported to be affected indirectly as the link roads to markets and linking bridges have been damaged because of landslides and flash floods. The disruption of transportation and communication infrastructure has made thousands of families’ food insecure and vulnerable. As per Commission office of Ponch, the toll of damages and losses would increase as the information is not flowing to the government offices because of disruption of communication infrastructure in most of the remote mountainous areas.
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