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Summary and Highlights
Days since October 8th Earthquake:151
- UNJLC is completing priority road assessments in the affected area to improve map accuracy and determine accessibility.
- LSS (Logistics Supply System) pipeline data is currently being used to make air and road tonnage requirement projections. Training courses in the LSS program are now available at UNJLC.
- Helicopter capacity has decreased once again with the redeployment of an additional UNHAS Mi-8.
Contents
1. Road Access
2. UNJLC Mission Update
3. Mapping
4 LSS Pipeline
5. Aviation Update: Helicopter Status
1. Road Access
Many zones in the affected area remain inaccessible by road because of lack of infrastructure and constant landslides. This situation is expected to worsen over the coming months due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt over March and April followed by the summer monsoon season. UNJLC is coordinating a detailed survey of roads in the affected area in order to further determine the most cost effective mode of transport to the affected area. Members of the UNJLC GIS section are currently in Batagram and Muzaffarabad to work on completing priority area road assessments for both access and mapping purposes. This is being done in close collaboration with UNOPS. Meanwhile the Red-No-Go on the Jhelum Valley road has been lifted as far as Naila. For daily road updates and corresponding map see www.unjlc.org/pakistan/land/road_conditions.
2. UNJLC Mission Update
As mentioned in bulletin 36, item 4, UNJLC's mandate is due to end on April 12th. A process is now underway to list the functions that UNJLC is currently providing. Clusters and agencies will then be invited to indicate which of those functions will be necessary beyond the end of March, and the information will be used to determine the best way for those functions to be continued along with which organisations could potentially take them on. The feedback obtained will be used to identify whether a continued role for UNJLC exists within the Pakistan relief operation or whether those tasks which will continue should be handed on to other agencies.
3. Mapping
UNHCR has now compiled origin data for the population currently in IDP camps. UNJLC has now combined this information with a road vulnerability layer to determine which of these areas of return are likely to be accessible by road and which are not. The map indicates that bottlenecks in migration are likely to occur in many areas due to damaged roads and bridges, landslides and flooding, or basic lack of road infrastructure in certain regions. (see image attached)
4. LSS Pipeline
As reported in previous bulletins, UNJLC is using the LSS (Logistics Supply System) data on pipeline and historical distribution figures to make air and road cargo tonnage projections required for the humanitarian operation. The UNJLC cargo movement request procedure is prioritising cargo transport in favour of those agencies and NGOs who have provided their pipeline information to assist in forward planning. Input of February data from agencies is now underway and all actors are requested to provide their incoming/on-order, in-stock and distributed NFI data by the end of this week. All LSS figures and products compiled by UNJLC, including reports, maps, graphs, summaries and projections to date from the start of the project, have now been published on the website at www.unjlc.org/pakistan/supply_chain/.
UNJLC is currently offering to provide informal LSS training sessions to interested parties. These will be broken down into three sections for general information, logistics, and data/IT. The sessions will be held within the next two weeks, exact dates and times are yet to be determined. Interested parties should contact tania.regan@wfp.org.
5. Aviation Update: Helicopter Status
The relief operation's helicopter capacity is decreasing once again this week as UNHAS has cancelled the contract of an additional Mi-8 due to its current funding shortfall.
Below is the breakdown of air cargo tonnage flown by UNHAS over the last week. The drop in air cargo movement is due to reduced air capacity combined with flight cancellations. Two full days and three half days of flying time were lost over the last week for reasons of security and bad weather.
| DATE | WEIGHT MT | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| March 1 | 221.76 | Moved |
| March 2 | 281.35 | Moved |
| March 3 | 0 | No Flying |
| March 4 | 133.92 | Moved |
| March 5 | 0 | No Flying |
| March 6 | 64.77 | Moved |
| March 7 | 362.72 | Tasked |
Total cargo moved by UNHAS from March 1st through March 6th - 701.8 MT.
| As of 8th March | Number of aircraft | Cargo Capacity, tonnes | |||
| Aircraft Type | 8th March |
1st March |
8thMarch |
1st March |
Comments |
| UNHAS Tasked Assets: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mi-8 MT | 13 | 14 | 48.75 | 52.50 | A reduction in UNHAS chartered assets can be expected over the coming weeks due to lack of funding. |
| Mi-26T | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 18.00 | |
| Kamov 32 | 2 | 2 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |
| CH-53 | 2 | 2 | 10.00 | 36.00 | German Military, until March 31st |
| S-70 | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Australian Military |
| Sub-total | 20 | 21 | 90.75 | 94.50 | |
| Government of Pakistan Assets: | |||||
| Mi-17 | 6 | 6 | 22.50 | 22.50 | Pakistani Government assets are deployed both in the forward field locations and from Chaklala Air Force Base in Islamabad. |
| Bell 412 | 2 | 2 | 4.00 | 4.00 | |
| UH-2H | 3 | 3 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
| Alouette –III | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 | |
| Lama | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| SA-330 Puma | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 | |
| AB 205 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Sub-total | 16 | 16 | 37.50 | 37.50 | |
| Foreign Government and Foreign Military Assets in Support of the Pakistani Government: | |||||
| Blackhawks | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 6.00 | US and Australian Military. Four or more of the US CH-47 Chinooks may work with UNHAS through the AOC. |
| CH-47 – Chinook | 8 | 8 | 48.00 | 48.00 | |
| Sub-total | 10 | 10 | 54.00 | 54.00 | |
| Other: | |||||
| Mi-8 MTV | 1 | 1 | 3.75 | 3.75 | Operated by ICRC |
| SA-330 Puma | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
| AS-332 Super Puma | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |
| Kamov 32 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | |
| Mi-26 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 18.00 | |
| AB-139 | 4 | 4 | 22.00 | 22.00 | Operated by Agha Khan Foundation Pakistan |
| AS-350 Squirrel | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | Operated by AirServ for MSF Holland |
| Mi-8T | 1 | 1 | 3.25 | 3.25 | Operated by Merlin |
| Sub-total | 13 | 13 | 60.50 | 60.50 | |
| Overall Total | 59 | 60 | 242.75 | 246.50 | |