SOP for Flood Forecasting & Early Warning - UNESCO Islamabad

generally organized asd committee like flood commission and flood
Warning Center. Relief function at the district and Tehsil level are
performed through the DCO, who coordinates with the other
departments to execute the flood mitigation function at the district level.
Flood preparatory actions required to be taken the Relief Commissioner
include:-
i) Arranging inspection of the flood protection works by the
Irrigation Department and Pakistan army to ensure that all vital
flood protection bunds etc. are in a satisfactory state of
maintenance.
ii)
To establish flood warning center and the flood centers at the
district and Tehsil Levels.
iii)
To ensure that all flood related agencies / department involved in
the process of flood mitigation are fully geared to perform the
functions pertaining to their respective areas in the process of the
flood mitigation.
iv)
To ensure that flood forecasts / warnings are disseminated
without loss of time to all concerned and they are fully aware of
the action to be taken under each situation.
These are some of the major actions required to be taken by the
Relief Commissioner before the onset of the flood season.
During the flood emergency, however, he is to supervise the
flood relief functions carried out by the district administration
with help of Pakistan Army and other government Departments.
These are some of the major actions required actions required to
be taken Relief Commissioner before the onset of the flood
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