safdar khan

civil servant

[safdar khan @skps70]

heavy rains lash Gilgit-Baltistan. KKH blocked at Tatapani, near Chilas, tourists may note before journeying.

[safdar khan @skps70]

continuous rains in GB block KKH & other important roads leading to various districts resulting in disruption of food supplies. efforts are underway to clear blockades by GBDMA, FWO & B&R machinery. journeying to & from GB is not recommended meanwhile.

[safdar khan @skps70]

Travellers to GB are hereby informed to review their journeying from Match 11 to 15th as new spell of rains and snowfall likely to lash Kohistan and GB areas where the only surface link( KKH) may get hit by landslides, rockslides and mudflow# GBDMA.

[safdar khan @skps70]

rockslides removed on kkh upper Kohistan section (sumar nallah), traffic is on towards GB.

[safdar khan @skps70]

Karakoram Highway reopens for traffic at Chilas to Raikot section but improvement work is in progress. Recent rains battered KKH from Raikot to Basham as mud slides, rockslides etc damaged this single supply line to GB.

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Roads being cleared of snow in upper areas of dist Astore GB by GBDMQ dozers.

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A strong earthquake jolts GB. Condition of Gilgit-Skardu Road in pic.

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Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority establishes control room as rainfall & snowfall start hindering normal life in GB.
For updates Control Room can be contacted at 05811-922030
FIP

[safdar khan @skps70]

snowfall starts in Chitral & GB after a long dry spell.

[safdar khan @skps70]

Travellers to GB may take extra caution as rains have triggered landslides on KKH and Shahrah Baltistan. KKH is blocked at many points in Upper Kohistan due to which passenger and cargo vehicles are reportedly stranded at various points. latest SITREP

[safdar khan @skps70]

Roads being cleared of snow in forward areas of Dist Astore GB. GB DMA has mobilised heavy machinery to hilly areas of the region to clear link roads to ensure restoration of roads' connectivity during harsh winter as part of winter GBDMA contingency plan.

[safdar khan @skps70]

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat donates 150 winterized tents to GB DMA whch wll bolster preparedness plan of gbdma in winter. the head of gbdma extends gratitude to AKAH for their generous donation which will help to meet shelter-related needs in affected areas.

[safdar khan @skps70]

Relief goods including food items and woollies are being dispatched to all ten districts of GB by GB DMA to distribute among deserving households amidst freezing temperatures in various districts following the reports from field formations of GBDMA.

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Protestors block KKH at Hurban, Upper Kohistan demanding early payment of their land compensation from Wapda authorities who are engaged in building Diamer-Basha Dam. large number of passenger vehicles and cargo trucks found stuck in this less-inhabited area.

[safdar khan @skps70]

GB Govt to compensate injured persons & legal heirs of deceased who suffered due to large scale natural disasters over the last 2 years from Disaster Management Fund as per approved policy #GBDMA

[safdar khan @skps70]

@IslamKishor Hazard vulnerability risk assessment to be carried out there as funds for surveys have just been sanctioned by GB Govt. rest no idea about (parchi!)

[safdar khan @skps70]

GB DMA distributes food items and woollies among the flood affectees of Badswat Village in Ghizer District with the onset of winter. this remote village is facing devastation from glacial lake flood outburst phenomenon since 2022.

[safdar khan @skps70]

@Ziaullah881 #Raikot Muthat pl

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GB Disaster Management Authority is building a safe haven for the community in hilly station of risk-prone Muthat village in Diamer in the foothills of Nanga Perbat Peak as part of risk mitigation strategy aided by GLOF-II project of UNDP.

[safdar khan @skps70]

@Asiffsaeedd dead fallen trees which otherwise left there to decay as reported by field office.