Kohistan Final.cdr - ERRA

DISTRICT PROFILE - KOHISTAN
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3.2 Livelihood
i. Extent of Damages
District Wise detail of damages to livelihood of people is not available. However,
according to preliminary estimation, there were direct and indirect damages to almost all
sectors of formal and non-formal employment as well as agriculture which is the mainstay
of economy in Kohistan.
Besides losing physical livelihood means, people lost intangible social assets i.e. capacity
to work in environment that could take considerable time to be revived to earlier status, a
part of damages to livelihood could be gauged from the extent of efforts under taken to
revive the livelihood of people over a period of time.
Extent of Employment Losses - NWFP
Table -8
Sectors Pre-Earthquake % Empl. Loss
Agriculture and Forestry 3,59,110 32 1,16,003
Mining 2,933 39 1,157
Manufacturing 14,515 34 4,881
Utility 6050 32 1,926
Construction 73,292 32 23,781
Trade 59,482 34 19,932
Transport etc 40,590 27 10,886
Finance and Business 3,752 33 1,255
Services and Public Admin 1,88,876 3 5,627
Other 22,406 31 6,936
Total 771,006 25 1,92,385
Source: ADB/WB Pakistan 2005 Earthquake - Preliminary Damage and Needs
Assessment
Table 9
Extent of Damages to Crop, Livestock and Irrigation Sector - NWFP
Direct Indirect Total Loss
Damage Damage
Crop 746.8 182.8 929.6
Livestock 3933.8 2370.0 6303.8
Irrigation 83.7 - 83.7
(Rs. in million) 4764.3 2552 7317.1
(US$ in million) 80.2 43.0 123.2
Source: ADB/WB Pakistan 2005 Earthquake; Preliminary Damage and Need
Assessment
EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY - ERRA