Kohistan Final.cdr - ERRA
Kohistan Final.cdr - ERRA
Kohistan Final.cdr - ERRA
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Chapter 3<br />
DISTRICT PROFILE - KOHISTAN<br />
Extent of Damages due to Earthquake and Sector-Wise / Year-Wise<br />
Reconstruction Plan<br />
The damage due to earthquake was not colossal in the Districts of Shangla and <strong>Kohistan</strong>;<br />
however, there was still some damage to social and physical infrastructure that needed to<br />
be rebuilt. Besides, the Government of Pakistan, in view of the development needs of the<br />
area, decided to make a significant investment in order to uplift the overall status of these<br />
districts. The sector wise extent of damages and Reconstruction plan is being given<br />
below.<br />
DuetoOctober8 th Earthquake the number of deaths in District <strong>Kohistan</strong> was 596. There<br />
were 1160 persons who were injured. According to the information provided by DRU<br />
<strong>Kohistan</strong> ,51.9 million rupees have been paid as death compensation in the district.<br />
3.1 Housing Sector<br />
i. Extent of Damages<br />
In District <strong>Kohistan</strong>, private housing sector suffered some loss. Out of 73,622 households,<br />
19,251 housing units were affected by the earthquake. The details of the destroyed,<br />
partially damaged and negligible damages are provided in the table mentioned below:<br />
Table 7<br />
Extent of Damages to Housing Sector<br />
Destroyed<br />
Partially<br />
Damaged<br />
Negligible<br />
Damage<br />
No. % No. % No. %<br />
11936 62 4865 25 2450 13<br />
Source: 1998 District Census Report<br />
ii. Reconstruction Plan<br />
The reconstruction plan of District <strong>Kohistan</strong> is a part of the overall Housing<br />
Reconstruction Strategy. <strong>ERRA</strong> with the assistance of Army carried out a housing survey<br />
and engaged NADRA to establish a database that was used as a mechanism for<br />
screening the applications for eligibility and for progressive disbursement regarding<br />
financial assistance for the reconstruction of private housing.<br />
During the relief phase, the first installment of Rs.25000 was made to assure housing<br />
compensation to all those people whose houses were identified as fully or partially<br />
damaged. Till January 2007, 10199 families have been provided Rs. 104.832 million in<br />
the form of housing compensation.<br />
EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY - <strong>ERRA</strong><br />
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