Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
That is wonderful and miraculous news, Thap. May Allah give your family and other survivors the strength to build up their lifes again, ameen :)
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
Its times like this when I wish I had never left Pakistan.
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
At 6am this morning I spoke with my cousin and chacha in Shinkiari and they assured me that they are all alive and well mashallah.
The village suffered almost total devastation and 10 people lost their lives. People in the village who were not able to move are living outdoors, but the weather at the moment is not too bitter. I have two grand uncles still in the village but they are by all accounts in okay health.
In Shinkiari the damage is much less severe but 100 to 150 people lost their lives mostly buried under the rubble of their houses. My chachas houses and our house are damaged but standing as are most structures in the town. But the area is still experiencing large aftershocks and again people are spending nights outside. Tents/plastic sheets are in short supply, the weather can very cold and very wet very quickly in these parts, but food and water is available.
On the whole Shinkiari looks to have dodged a bullet.
Thank you everyone for your prayers and offers of help.
I now need to decide how to best help.
Thanks.
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
^ 
glad to hear all that Thap!
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
congrtas thap.
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
Alhumdulillah. That's good to hear Thap.
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
May Allah help us all in all our efforts of finding and relocationg our love ones and fellow
country men.
Lot is being done here too. All avenues of aid and help which ever way humanly possible
are being mobilised internationaly.
In regards to my " MISSING PEOPLE " thread in cafe posted in cafe last night has been bulldozed or simply did not go well with some "mod" so much so that it has been deleted without and pm to me. ( I will deal with them later )
The idea was to " Consolidate " information pouring in from various sources and outskirt areas of the affected region. There are approx 600 found children from infant catagory to 4-6 years old, not yet being centralized at one spot (yet) for people to go and find missing persons. Currently they are scattered makeshift hospitals and with various NGO's.
Any how mods can play around with server space and gupshup policies for all they want.
My time is valuable at a time like this.
We are beyond words and emotional talk now. Time is critical as the rescue and relief
efforts, be it nursing the injured or burying the deads plus the provision of vital personal effects to the survivors in harsh weather is of prime priority.
^ U guys on your own can coordinate this vital " Information coordination" here on this thread.
I Pray to Almighty to give patience and some soothing news to those who are still without any news abouts of their loved ones.
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
Army focuses on relief supplies
As assistance and relief goods continue to flow, the Army is focusing on provision of available stock of tents, tarpaulin and warm clothes in minimum possible time to the survivors of the earthquake in the NWFP prior to the advent of winter. According to an ISPR press release, the Army is utilising its available resources to make sure that every victim is provided with shelter, food and medical assistance before the weather in the affected areas gets further cold. The resources being used include fleet of Army helicopters, mules of animal transport keeping into view the inaccessibility of terrain hit by the catastrophe. The helicopters of the Army Aviation have so far made 384 sorties to Mansehra, Garhi Habibullah, Kaghan, Naran, Batgaram, Besham, Shinkiari, Allai, Paras, Munda Gucha, Jared, Juggar, Kawai, Bana Allai, Dir Kot and other far flung areas and dropped 684,872 kilogrammes of relief goods. Around 2,000 causalities were also evacuated from the area.
Over 650 doctors from the Army Medical Corps, friendly countries like the UAE, Italy, Estonia, Iran, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, the Philippines, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Poland, WHO, UNICEF and Red Crescent International and several volunteer organizations have established field hospitals in Balakot, Mansehra and other affected areas and are busy in providing medical assistance to the quake victims. So far, the doctors have attended 90,445 patients and operated 14,770 persons who received severe injuries and fractures in the earthquake. Around 300 patients died in the hospitals. The delivery of relief goods by the Army Aviation is still under way in full swing. Chinook, MH-53, MH-60, UHIH, Black Hawk and MI-17 helicopters flew 20 sorties on Friday from the Chaklala Air Base to the affected areas of the NWFP, including Balakot, Batagram, Mansehra, Besham, Dir Kot, Garhi Habibullah, Palas, and Bana Allai and dropped 447 tents, 3,257 blankets, 1.17 tonnes of ration, 0.99 tonnes of medicines and 6.35 tonnes of other relief goods. Helicopters made 25 more sorties from military’s main operating base at Mansehra to Balakot, Besham, Shinkiari, Allai Barila, Paras, Manda Gucha, Jared, Jugzar, Kwai, Batagram and other areas airlifting 21.6 tonnes of supplies. The transportation of supplies also continued by road and 94 more truckloads were dispatched from Mansehra to remote affected areas. The Army rescue parties were sent with man-pack relief goods. They distributed 1,80,765 kilogrammes foodstuff in 73 villages of Balakot, Battal, Shinkiari, Garhi Habibullah and Batagram sectors. Over 10,000 kilogramme of relief goods was dispatched through animal transport for survivors living in 18 inaccessible affected villages.
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2005-daily/22-10-2005/metro/p1.htm
Re: Help a guppy locate his family - Shinkiari, Balakot
wow Thap, that's great news. I'm happy and relieved for you.