Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA

Introduction
CHAPTER-7
RECOMMENDATIONS
79. As a result of its interaction with the representatives of various federal &
provincial governments, ministries and institutions as well as the media, civil
society organizations of the general public, the Commission considers it
appropriate to include a member of important recommendations in the Report.
80. Although the following recommendations are not directly in response to
the formulations contained in the 15 th December, 2010 Order of the Hon’ble
Supreme Court of Pakistan, these are nevertheless highly relevant to flood
control measures for preventing possible damage and devastation in the future.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court may like to consider these submissions, for
whatever action it deems necessary.
I. Expansion of Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS)
81. The current early warning facilities in the country are of a limited nature.
According to Meteorology Department, the range of forecast is barely 3-4 days.
Due to limited technical capacity, we are lagging far behind the developed
countries. There are only 07 Radars in the whole country. There is no coverage
in the northwest of the country and Balochistan, including the coastal belt of 960
km.
82. Although Pakistan is a member of the Word Meteorology Organization
(WMO), it is not accessing information from it. Nor is it taking full advantage of
information available with it. The Hon’ble Supreme Court may wish to advise the
Government of Pakistan for taking the following measures at the earliest:
a. Expansion of radar coverage to the whole country.
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