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Disaster Management Body of the Government of Azad Kashmir

State Disaster Management Authority
Agency overview
Formed2010; 15 years ago (2010)
JurisdictionGovernment of Azad Kashmir
HeadquartersSDMA headquarters Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
Agency executive
  • Saeed Qureshi, Director
Websitewww.sdma.pk

State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Azad Jammu & Kashmir is an autonomous authority mandated to act as leading agency in disaster management, its mitigation and preparedness in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. Azad Jammu & Kashmir is highly prone to multiple hazards and has experienced worst disasters situation due to earthquake, torrential rain/flood, landslides & avalanches in the recent past.

After the 2005 Kashmir earthquake that killed 100,000 people and left another three million people displaced, with widespread devastation, Government of Pakistan promulgated National Disaster Management Ordinance, 2006 and established National Disaster Management Authority as the focal point at the federal level, while State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) was established for Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Saeed Qureshi serves as its director as of August 2022.

See also

References

  1. "State Disaster Management Authority | About Us". Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. "AJK approves more constructions of SDMA units at tehsil levels". Daily Times. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Mahmood, Hunain (28 August 2022). "Disaster preparedness | Special Report | thenews.com.pk". The News International. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

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