District Disaster Management Plan District Kech, Balochistan - NDMA

Message of the District Nazim
It is indeed an immense pleasure for me to record my cordial feelings on the
development of the District Disaster Risk Management Plan in Kech District.
Natural or human induced disasters have struck and left horrendous impact
on every part of the world irrespective of the level of development in that
region. With the passage of time, the countries have improved and
strengthened their disaster risk management systems in order to cope with
the challenges posed by disasters more efficiently and effectively. Disasters,
especially natural disasters can not be avoided but the risk and the level of
destruction by these disasters can be avoided or minimized.
District Kech was hit by two devastating disasters in 1998 and 2007, which caused irreparable mayhem
and destruction in the district. Heavy and torrential rains, induced by cyclone named Yemyin 3B played
havoc in the district in 2007, washing away residential and agricultural land of the people and leaving
thousand of people homeless.
The District Government of Kech, with limited resources and with the help of Army/FC, Police and NGOs
reacted quickly, but it proved to be a futile exercise in the absence of any elaborate system to cope such
disasters. Hopefully, setting-up of the District Disaster Management Authority will surely provide an
institutionalized platform to minimize the impact of disasters on the society in future.
The District Government Kech shall mobilize all its resources and institutions in order to truncate the
sufferings of general public while facing a disaster in future, and to make District Disaster Risk
Management Plan of Kech, a success.
Mir Abdul Rauf Rind
District Nazim, Kech District
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