Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA

comprehensive manner. Three below listed officers
appeared accordingly and assisted the Commission
as follows:-
3) Mr. Sualeh Ahmed Faruqui, the DG PDMA during the
2010 Flood had played an active role at various
stages of the disaster. In addition to above cited
written submissions of 3 rd March 2011, he deposed
that prior to promulgation of NDMA Ordinance 2006,
three different authorities were assigned to deal with
rescue, rehabilitation and relief work in the Province,
under overall supervision of Provincial Relief
Commissioner. However, with the establishment of
the PDMA in 2006-07 in pursuance of a Federal law,
these functions were consolidated in the PDMA, later
activated in 2010. He confirmed that in pre-flood 2010
phase, beginning April 2010, the PDMA, in
consultation with 23 district governments, Irrigation
Department and Armed Forces carried out a detailed
preparatory exercise. By June 2010, Armed Forces
had completed reconnaissance of 148 vulnerable
flood protection embankments. These efforts were
intensified after Meteorology Department’s preliminary
assessment of 28 th June of ‘slightly above-average
monsoon’ in late July. It was pointed out that pre-flood
season witnessed shorter irrigation supplies and
additional supplies from IRSA and competing claims
between Sindh and the Punjab Governments pre-
occupied public attention. The weather warnings were
later converted to frequent alerts in response to
expected floods as per revised forecasts. He
confirmed the substance of the submissions filed on
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