Community Based Disaster Risk Management(cbdrm) in Bindogole Valley, Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

By Minhas Uddin

Chitral was the largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, prior to its bifurcation into two. Beside abundance of Natural resources, an adversity is also associated with it, in the form of natural disasters. Almost all kind of disaster had effected the district since past. These include flash floods, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, mud flow, debris fall and Glof events. The first responder of every disaster is district administration, to undertake relief, recovery and rehabilitation activities. In 2010 a Glof event occurred in Bindo Gole which is in extreme north of the district had played devastation with almost every sector. Then with the support of UNDP a project, "Reducing Risks and Vulnerabilities from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Northern Pakistan (GLOF)" was initiated in Bindo Gole valley in 2012. Being part of district administration the author worked worked in close coordination with Project staff, donors and community and undertaken the project interventions in befitting manner. The case study is purely base on the primary data, and various success stories of disaster management using community involvement has been highlighted in the book. All most all aspects of community Based Disaster Risk Management has been discussed. The successful implementation of Phase I of this project paved the way for initiation of Glof Phase-II in other vulnerable sites of the chitral.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BJYGHZ47
• ISBN13: 9798359744973
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"