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HIGHLIGHTS
- Four UNHAS heavy-lift (MI-8) helicopters have been deployed and are operational from Multan.
- The Logistics Cluster has deployed a Logistics Cluster Coordinator to Ghazi (KPK) and a Cargo Coordinator to Islamabad; both of whom arrived on 27 August 2010. An additional IM officer has also been deployed and is arriving in Islamabad today, 29 August.
AIR OPERATIONS
- The Logistics Cluster coordinated the transport of 62.7 mt of WHO Health, Water and Sanitation supplies on C-130 fixed winged aircrafts from Chaklalah (Islamabad) to Sukkur.
- On 28 August the Logistics Cluster coordinated the delivery of WHO health kits from Sukkur to the road inaccessible areas of Jaccobobad and Shahadadkot by helicopter.
- From 25-28 August the Logistics Cluster coordinated the delivery of relief items to three new distribution points, expanding the areas reached through heli-lift operations in KPK and Punjab Provinces. Relief items were delivered to the following new destinations:
- KPK: From Ghazi to Dasu, Kohistan District and Balakot, Manshera District.
- Punjab: From Multan to Kota Duu, Muzaffargarh District.
- In Multan, the Logistics Cluster is providing access to 5 mt trucks for shunting of cargo from the Logistics Cluster warehouse to the staging area.
- Four UNHAS heavy-lift (MI-8) helicopters have been deployed and are operational from Multan.
- The Logistics Cluster is collecting requirements from Cluster participants. All Logistics Cluster participants are invited to send operational/distribution plans and airlift requirements to: pakistan.logs@logcluster.org.
STORAGE & WAREHOUSING
- Sukkur: Two Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) were erected today. These units provide an initial capacity of approximately 480 m2 which is available for the humanitarian community.
- Multan: The Logistics Cluster has secured an 8,500 m2 warehouse and will erect four additional Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) that are expected to be available for use by 30 August.
- Peshawar: Three additional warehouse locations have been identified and can be contracted if Logistics Cluster participants’ storage requirements increase.