Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA
Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA
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30.07.2010 600-750<br />
547.0<br />
(-53) 90-130<br />
(Source: PMD and WAPDA REPORTS)<br />
155.0<br />
(+25) 450-700 618<br />
01.08.2010 400-500 447 90-170 113 650-850 799<br />
767.0 (-<br />
250-300 293<br />
02.08.2010 370-440 385 70-120 105 800-950 33)<br />
790.0<br />
300-470 355<br />
03.08.2010 350-370 360 80-120 100 700-780 (+10) 370-550 463<br />
701.<br />
0(+5<br />
04.08.2010 310-370 352 650-790 722 470-650 1)<br />
05.08.2010 600-740 693 750-1000 963<br />
06.08.2010 600-650 614 750-1000 963<br />
1,12<br />
9.0<br />
07.08.2010 500-600 568 900-1000 (129)<br />
1,14<br />
08.08.2010 1,100-1150 9.00<br />
1,08<br />
08.08.2010 1,050-1150 8.00<br />
1,03<br />
09.08.2010 900-1,080 7.00<br />
10.08.2010 950-1,030 997<br />
11.08.2010<br />
The above did not necessarily reflect on the professional competence or integrity<br />
of those deputed to measure flows of flood water; these certainly revealed<br />
inadequate technical capacity and absence of one-window war room.<br />
36. It was generally believed, individually as well as collectively, that ‘the 2010<br />
floods were unprecedented’. That perception was strongly and consistently<br />
reinforced by media though it highlighted cases of negligence and extensive ad-<br />
hocism triggered by the massive volumes of roaring waters. This was also the<br />
position taken by most of the official respondents who appeared before the<br />
Supreme Court, or later assisted the Commission. However, available reports<br />
from Federal and Provincial sources, including the FFC, WAPDA and I and P<br />
Departments, and frequency analysis of recorded peak flows at controlled<br />
structures establish a different picture. Perusal of official record, public<br />
testimonies and our field visits confirmed that the 2010 Flood flows were<br />
unprecedented at six major controlled irrigation structures in KP and the Punjab;<br />
on the other hand, lesser than historic highest passed at the three main barrages<br />
on Indus, in Sindh Province, as is self-evident from the following table:-<br />
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250-<br />
300 216<br />
220-<br />
300 252<br />
260-<br />
370 311<br />
320- 872.0<br />
500 (+ 372)<br />
600- 1,049.0<br />
800 (+249)<br />
880-<br />
1000<br />
1,050<br />
-1150<br />
1,130<br />
-1150<br />
1,130<br />
-1145<br />
1080-<br />
1.130<br />
1,000<br />
-1100<br />
1,130.0<br />
(+130)<br />
1,131.0<br />
0<br />
1,131.0<br />
0<br />
1,113.0<br />
0<br />
1,084.0<br />
0<br />
1,010.0<br />
0
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