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System. The main canals are the Pat Feeder,Kirther and Uch canals. In remaining parts of theprovince there are many small basins where spateirrigation, karezes, small irrigation schemes, smalldams and tube wells are the main sources ofirrigation.Pakistan: Flood Impact Assessmentmillion). The proposed irrigation, drainage andflood protection sector reconstruction strategy is torestore all damaged infrastructures, and strengthenvulnerable and damaged sections before 2012monsoon.Social Protection and LivelihoodsThe damages reported are in 38 irrigation divisionsThe total affected population in flood hit districtsof Sindh province (Rs. 3,936 million or US$ 45.2of Sindh and Balochistan are based on the totalmillion), and 14 irrigation divisions of Balochistanaffected area. Pakistan Social and Living Standardsprovince (Rs. 827 million or US$ 9.5 million). InMeasurement Survey (PSLM) data was used toSindh, fifteen divisions suffered damagescalculate post-flood poverty levels; this wasexceeding US$ 2.5 million each. In Balochistan,combined with damage to housing and agriculturethree divisions have reported damages exceedingto estimate the number of severely affected poorUS$ 1.0 million. The damage estimates reflect theand vulnerable households who require assistancereconstruction requirement at depreciated value asto cope with the negative impact of the floods. Themost of the infrastructure is more than 15 yearstotal is in the range of 801,897 to 851,439,old. Indirect losses such as damage to crops due torepresenting 52-54 percent of the total affectedflooding and disruption of irrigation supplies,population. The majority of these are in Sindhsiltation and water-logging of agricultural land are(786,917 to 836,311) and the rest in Balochistan.not covered in irrigation and flood sector.Districts with over 50 percent, or more, severelyaffected households are Badin, Dadu, Khairpur,The reconstruction cost estimated for SindhMatiari, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Tando Allah Yar,province is Rs. 7,872 million (US$ 90.5 million)Tando Muhammad Khan, and Thatta in Sindh, andand for Balochistan it is Rs. 1,654 million (US$ 19Kalat, Jaffarabad, and Lasbela in Balochistan.Table-11: Summary Estimates of Cash Grants to Severely Affected Poor Households (Rs. in Million)ProvincesNo. of Severely Affected House Holds Cash Grant of Rs. 6,680 per(HHs)month for 6 monthsSindh 836,311 33,519.35Balochistan 15,127 606.31Total 851,439 34,125.66Source: World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Damages and Needs Assessment Report 2011Government ResponseIn the immediate aftermath of the floods, thegovernment responded through the mobilization ofnational, provincial and district resources includingthe deployment of civil and armed forcespersonnel. Several infantry platoons of the army aswell as medical and engineering teams weredeployed in disaster affected areas to carry outsearch and rescue operations, which were furthersupported by helicopters and dozens of navy andcoast guard personnel and boats. To support thenational and provincial Disaster Risk Management(DRM) institutions, the Prime Minister‘s FloodRelief Committee was also formed to monitorrescue and relief activities. Small-scaleengineering works were also undertaken tostrengthen flood mitigation infrastructure to avoidfurther damage and loss of lives. During peak ofthis humanitarian crisis, almost 700,000 peoplewere being housed in approximately 3,500 reliefcamp managed by the government, internationalpartners, NGOs and civil society organizations. InJanuary 2012, NDMA reported to World Bank andAsian Development Bank Damage and NeedsAssessment, a report regarding the distribution ofover 316,000 tents in the affected areas and 3.7million ration packs, out of which 48,000 rationpacks were distributed in Balochistan. To provideimmediate cash assistance to the flood affectedpopulation in Sindh, the provincial government,with the support from the federal government, hasdisbursed approximately Rs. 10.3 billion throughthe Pakistan Card-based cash transfer scheme (Rs.10,000 per family).257