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The government has allocated Rs362.6 million for National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as a regular budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, whereas an amount of Rs8 billion has been allocated to NDMA for procurement in view of monsoon flood 2022, Minister of State for Law Shahadat Awan said on Tuesday.
Speaking on the floor of the Senate, during question hour, he said that NDMA Annual Reports for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 are already available on NDMA Website.
Furthermore, he said, NDMA Annual Report 2022 will be prepared and published after the conclusion of the year 2022.
Sharing the details of the objectives achieved by NDMA during the last 05 years, he said that from 2018 to 2021, NDMA has been managing multiple manmade and climate-induced disasters including heavy rains/snowfall, flash floods, hill torrents, glacial lake outburst floods, urban flooding, tropical cyclones and earthquakes in AJ&K, Baluchistan and Gilgit Baltistan.
In addition, NDMA was intimately involved in responding to two major national/international emergencies, locusts and COVID-19.
Based on the PMD forecast, the Minister of State said, monsoon contingency plans were prepared at the national, provincial and district levels. Monsoon Seasons from 2018 to 2021 saw climate change-induced impacts ranging from flash floods, hill torrents, cloud bursts, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) to urban flooding with the latter being the most recurrent theme in recent years.
