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 the 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 11 deaths – six males, three females and two children – occurred in K-P.
Similarly, the maximum number of injured was 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; in K-P, of 169 total, some 147 were partially damaged, and 22 houses were 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 the 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 many other buildings were partially damaged. (APP)
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