GOVERNMENT OF SINDH PROVINCIAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 18 January 2019

SCHEME OF PRESENTATION Background Response Relief Department and PDMA Special Initiatives by Health Department Special Initiatives by Agriculture Department Special Initiatives by Irrigation Department Livestock Department Gaps Current / Future needs Recommendations / Way forward

No. of Families affected BACKGROUND The Government of Sindh has declared 8 districts as calamity-hit in September, 2018 due to prevailing drought conditions S. No Districts No. of Dehs affected No. of Families affected 1 Thatta 06 Dehs 10,681 2 Dadu 88 Dehs of Taluka K.N. Shah, Mehar and Dadu 23,067 3 Sanghar 07 Dehs of Taluka Khipro and Sanghar 9,159 4 Tharparkar 167 Dehs (Except 5 barrage dehs i.e. Bhitaro, Phant, Serhid, Naukot, wasepota of Taluka Kaloi) 276,152 5 Umerkot 25 Dehs 31,390 6 Kambar Shahdadkot 22 Dehs of Kambar and Waraha 8,008 7 Jamshoro 110 Dehs of Taluka Sehwan, Manjhand, Thana Bula Khan and Kotri 29,738 8 Badin 54 Dehs of Taluka Badin, Golarchi and Matli 32,751 Total 420,946

RESPONSE BY RELIEF DEPARTMENT Relief Department , Government of Sindh, has so far distributed 706,321 wheat bags (50 kg) among the 420,946 drought-affected families (Till 16.01.2019) S. No Districts No. of Families affected No. of Households benefited in the 1st phase of wheat distribution No. of Households benefited in the 2nd phase of wheat distribution No. of Households benefited in the 3rd phase of wheat distribution 1 Thatta 10,681 6,681 -- 2 Dadu 23,067 15,484 3 Sanghar 9,159 7,030 4 Tharparkar 276,152 247,199 252,081 93,440 5 Umerkot 31,390 24,431 6 Kambar Shahdadkot 8,008 7,233 2,618 7 Jamshoro 29,738 26,065 8 Badin 32,751 24,059 Total 420,946 358,182 254,699

RESPONSE BY PDMA In order to cater the nutritional needs of Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW), PDMA Sindh initiated provision of Ration Bags to PLW of Tharparkar and Umerkot districts for three months The composition of each Ration Bag is: S. No Item Quantity 1 Flour 10 kg 2 Rice 3 Dal Moong 2 kg 4 Lobia 5 Dal Channa 6 Oil 7 Sugar 1 kg 8 Salt 9 Soap 4 pieces / cakes

RESPONSE BY PDMA (Continued) 1st Phase (26th October to 15th November, 2018) S. No District Caseload Ration Bags Provided By PDMA Sindh 1 Tharparkar 36,708 2 Umerkot 9,498 Total 46,206

RESPONSE BY PDMA (Continued) 2nd Phase (6th December to 28th December, 2018) S. No District Revised Caseload * Ration Bags Provided By PDMA Sindh 1 Tharparkar 66,691 2 Umerkot 9,498 Total 76,189 3rd Phase (Commencing from 20th January, 2019)

RESPONSE BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Medical Universities have been engaged to provide technical assistance to the Health Institutions in District Tharparkar 16 Medical Camps have been established in District Tharparkar and 5087 patients have been treated till 09.01.2019 In each medical camp “Nutrition Site” is also established Mobile Medical Teams are also deputed, which have so far treated 99,270 patients 289 Medical Officers, Woman Medical Officers, Specialists and Staff Nurses have been deputed in District Tharparkar Against 245 vacant posts of District Tharparkar, 97 doctors have been recruited. The remaining posts have been re-advertised

RESPONSE BY AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Field schools for male and female farmers have been established 607 water courses have been improved 159 tractors have been provided 22 tube-wells have been installed Kitchen gardening has been encouraged through demonstrations and females have been trained on kitchen gardening Farmers have been given vegetable seeds Fruit / tree plantation has been initiated There are proposed items for distribution like Solar Pumps and Tool Kits for agriculture Agriculture implements have been provided Awareness among community has been spread about cultivation and consumption of diversified vegetable and fruit crops to fulfill nutritional needs

RESPONSE BY IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT Due to shortage of water, rotation plan has been introduced for all canals of Sindh in order to ensure equitable distribution of water from head to tail  

RESPONSE BY LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT A number of 18,380,065 animals have been affected Following are the details of vaccines / treatment S. No Vaccines Treated / Vaccinated 1 HS 386,182 2 FMD 4,191 3 BQ 131,643 4 ETV 1,287,240 5 CPP 1,355,295 6 PPR 198,772 7 Anthrax 35,590 8 Sheep / Goat Pox 80,281 9 Drenching 406,417 10 Treatment 110,673 Rs. 50.00 M have been released for four (04) Union Councils to Thar Foundation for fodder Rs. 250.00 M have been further approved for fodder

GAPs Against 420,946 drought-affected families, PDMA Sindh has provided 76,189 Ration Bags for a period of three (03) months, the remaining 344,757 drought-affected families need nutritional assistance Fodder of 1.2 billion Rs is required for providing fodder to entire livestock of Tharparker

CURRENT / FUTURE NEEDS Total PDMA Sindh has requested NDMA to provide ration bags for 420,946 drought-affected families S. No Districts No. of Families 1 Thatta 10,681 2 Dadu 23,067 3 Sanghar 9,159 4 Tharparker 276,152 5 Umerkot 31,390 6 Kambar Shahdadkot 8,008 7 Jamshoro 29,738 8 Badin 32,751 Total 420,946

RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD NDMA’s help in the form of ration bags to 420,946 drought-affected families for a period of six months may mitigate the suffering of these families to a greater extent Fodder for live stock of Rs. 1.2 billion may be provided by the Federal Govt Short term and long term measures are being prepared with the help of UN-FAO under “Sindh Drought Policy” Federal Government and other partners may also consider for joining GOS for medium and long term measures as suggested by “Sindh Drought Policy”

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