KP's PDMA unveils winter contingency plan.

PESHAWAR -- The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday unveiled the Winter Contingency Plan 2020-21 as the province faces a range of natural hazards in the winter season.

The natural hazards mentioned in the plan included winter hazards of extreme low temperature, fog, smog, snowfall, rainfall, landslides flash floods, seismic activity along the mountainous north and west.

Natural disasters caused massive losses to people's life and livelihoods, which retard economic growth, said the Director General (DG), PDMA Pervez Khan. Under this contingency plan, the department would make efforts to minimize the losses likely to be caused by the natural disasters.

He said despite vigorous engagement in responding to Covid-19 pandemic, the PDMA is cognizant of the importance of winter preparedness and contingency planning. The authority has worked out Winter Contingency Plan 2020-21 to minimize the impending disaster risk within the province through formulation of a comprehensive plan and its effective and efficient implementation.

The process of Winter Contingency Plan was started in mid-October 2020 by involving all stakeholders of the federal government, provincial departments, district administration and development partners. Tools for data collection were developed and shared with all stakeholders including information regarding district, sector specific hazards and vulnerability profile, hazard impact, damages, compensation paid, resource mapping, need assessment and coordination.

The Winter Contingency Plan 2020-21 has categorized the districts vulnerability and risk assessment into very high, high, medium and low categories. Each weather pattern comes...

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