ReliefWeb

Summary Highlights

Below is the key development of the situation during the reporting period.

• Conducted Emergency Response Management Team (ERMT) meeting and declared Emergency Response ALERT LEVEL-II (Orange).

• On September the 24th Emergency Response Team (ERT) was deployed to district Mirpur for to carry out independent assessment of the earthquake damages.

• ERT reached to the affected district at 4 am in the morning and collected the information related to affected people admitted to the Divisional Headquarters Teaching (DHQ) hospital.

• A number of meetings were conducted with on the ground partner organisations and relevant line departments to develop a consolidated response plan.

• Activated ERT and deployed two ambulances to the affected areas of AJ&K

• MA Pakistan ERT visited the following villages and surrounding areas for assessment:
  o Sangah Village, Mirpur District
  o Jatlan Village, Mirpur District

• MA Pakistan ERT visited the DHQ Teaching Hospital Mirpur AJK.

• MA Pakistan ERT also visited the Basic Health Unit of Jatlan village.

• ERT established close coordination with relevant state departments of AJK including health, education and State Disaster Manager Authority (SDMA).

• ERT established coordination with up-stream partners including the World Health Organisation (WHO), ECHO and UN agencies.

• ERT made strong coordination with on the ground Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to deal with duplication of services.

• An INGO coordination committee is established under the cluster approach to develop a consolidated Kashmir Earthquake Response Plan 2019.

• ERT collected first-hand information from different affected families of Mirpur which is severely damaged due to yesterday’s earthquake.

• MA country office has launched a call for volunteers to join us for the relief and restoration work.

• MA country office has contacted suppliers to ensure the availability of relief items as per needs identified.