Early Warning Systems Installed to Predict Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (Glofs)
Early warning systems for future disasters such as Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (Glofs) are being installed in 24 most vulnerable valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The initiative has been started under the Glof-II project of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Project included procurement of early warning systems for 24 valleys, completion of 28 irrigation schemes, slope stabilisation on 160 hectares of land, setting up community-based disaster risk management committees as well as hazard watch groups, GIS mapping, bio-engineering feasibility and forest surveys, etc. The project is underway in 16 valleys of GB and eight valleys of KP.
It aimed to empower communities to identify and manage risks associated with Glofs and related impacts of climate change, strengthen public services to lower the risk of disasters and improve community preparedness and disaster response.
The intervention is aligned with the government and UNDP’s mandate to mainstream environmental concerns into national and sub-national development planning processes