11 dead, 172 houses damaged: NDMA

The maximum injured were reported in K-P, including 32 females, as many males and 13 children

ISLAMABAD:

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday issued a detailed report on damages and losses due to the recent 6.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the northern parts of the country, leaving 11 dead and 79 injured as well as 172 houses damaged in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The NDMA in the aftermath of the earthquake from Hindukush region of Afghanistan, issued the situation report based on its initial or preliminary assessment.

However, with detailed feedback from local administrations, district disaster management authorities (DDMAs) and departments, respective provincial authorities submitted detailed reports.

The summary of losses or damages and major incidents reported so far revealed that all of the 11 deaths – six males, three females and two children – occurred in K-P.

Similarly, the maximum injured were also reported in K-P, including 32 females, as many males and 13 children, along with two males injured in Punjab. However, 172 houses were damaged whereas in K-P, of 169 total, some 147 were partially damaged and 22 houses completely damaged during the earthquake.

A house was partially damaged in G-B while two were partially damaged in AJK.

Some 19 animals were killed, of which, 17 were reported in K-P and two in AJK. It added that on the directions of NDMA chairman, ground verification was being carried out and detailed reports would be submitted by all departments and authorities to verify the reports already submitted.

However, in K-P, four schools and as many other buildings were also partially damaged.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24^th, 2023.