Peshawar: After 5 years of floods that eventually wreaked havoc in 2010 in Pakistan, the first-ever district disaster management unit (DDMU) started operating in Charsadda. \r\nThe unit has been provided with basic equipment like boats, life-saving jackets and other effective information-monitoring system. The press release quoted PRDS Program Officer Arjumand Shah as saying, “The project has been designed to raise the voice and strengthen the capacity of local communities and vulnerable populations, organisations working for women’s rights, local NGOs and district officials.”He said PRDS trained district officials and volunteers from local communities and briefed them about activities regarding emergency and relief work for DDMU. |
