Dealing with Disaster: Learning from 2010 Floods

Executive Summary An in depth analysis of NDMA’s response to the 2010...

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Executive Summary

An in depth analysis of NDMA’s response to the 2010 flood led to a series of recommendations covering the legal, institutional, policy, and recovery domains.

Legal and institutional RecommendationsEstablishing strategic planning networksStrengthening legal foundationsIncreasing the administrative and warehousing capacity of NDMA, PDMAs, and DDMAsMainstreaming disaster risk reduction in planning and budgeting

Policy recommendations:

Creating mechanisms for response coordinationEnsuring local procurement by donorsIncreasing cooperation between the government and humanitarian communityCapacity-building for civilian disaster response personnelStrengthening early warning systemsMainstreaming gender Improving disaster reporting and communication.

Recovery Phase Recommendations – Critical Lessons from 2010

Initiating clusters with standardised plans, guidelines, and reporting for every sectorEnsuring multi-cluster needs assessmentEstablishing early warning systems for disease outbreaksInitiating nutrition and agriculture interventions to tackle food insecurity and malnutritionInstituting cash for work programsCreating owner-led housing solutionsCreating space for humanitarian actors to workProviding women, children and marginalised communities with special assistance.

Despite the 2022 floods being of greater magnitude than before, lessons from the 2010 floods allowed the government to take actions that mitigated the expected loss and damages to infrastructure and human life. However, a more comprehensive response to the recommendations could have resulted in much greater protection.

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