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8/14/2019 UN-HABITAT January 2008 Newsletter
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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME
The main focus of the
UN-HABITAT rural
housing reconstruction
project at this time is to
increase the amount of
earthquake safe houses
being rebuilt in the affectedareas. The speedy pace
of housing reconstruction
has been astounding
so far in both AJK and
NWFP. However, some
beneciaries have rebuilt
their homes using unsafe
construction techniques.
These homes can become
Rural Housing Reconstruction
In January the UN-HABITAT Technical Department introduced several additional
clarications to the compliance catalogue which updated the previous versions of
the remedial measures. These additional measures were approved by NESPAK and
ERRA in stages throughout the month. The standards were revised to make remedial
measures cost effective and practical for beneciaries rebuilding.
Additional Clarications for Compliance
Issue No. 1/ 2008
January 31st,
2008
A monthly
newsletter
published by
the United
Nations Human
Settlements
Programme
Department
of Public
Information
covering all
UN-HABITAT
news in Pakistan.
-Additional
Clarications for
Compliance:
Page 1
-Remedial Dhajji
Testing:
Page 2
-Non-Compliance
Referral System:
Pages 2
-Billboards:
Page 3
-HRC Haveli
Update:
Pages 3-Management
Training:
Page 4
-Activist
Workshop:
Pages 4
-Landless
Documentary:
Page 3
-Radio Program:Page 3
-NWFP Support
Team:
Page 5
UN-HABITAT Pakistan
earthquake resistant by applying a few inexpensive remedial measures to them.
UN-HABITAT and ERRA have introduced several remedial measures for homeowners
and are providing trainings and workshops at each Housing Reconstruction Center
to teach how to apply them. Beneciaries are learning affordable measures
which they can apply to their homes to make them safer for themselves and
their families. Furthermore, upon the correct application of remedial measures
they will once again become eligible to receive the ERRA nancial assistance.
Morale High During Harsh WinterHousing reconstruction has continued
during the winter season and even though
the earthquake affectees have suffered the
worst winter season since the earthquake
the overall consensus is that their morale
is high. Parts of Pakistan have recorded
their lowest temperatures in more than 70
years and temperatures have fallen as low
as minus 14 degrees in the Northern areas.
Despite the harsh winter the rapid pace
of reconstruction has ensured that people
are living in safer
homes, staying
warm in the winter
and are in much
better situations
then they were
following the earthquake.
NewsletterJanuary 2008 Edition
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Remedial measures for Dhajji
construction were introduced
recently by ERRA with
support from NESPAK andUN-HABITAT engineers
and carpenters. To test the
recommended solutions, to
check their practicality, cost and
material requirements, the UN-
HABITAT Bagh team carried
out work on a house in Sahlian
village, Dheray UC in January.
Sahlian is at a high altitude,
where 90% of the houses are
constructed of Dhajji from the
salvaged materials remaining
after Kacha houses collapsed.
One of the advantages of timber
frame construction is that it is
easy to improve its safety, by
xing additional timber pieces to
strengthen or stiffen the building
where required. These measuresare fast, cheap and effective.
We expect a rapid uptake of
Dhajji remedial measures and
therefore most Dhajji houses to
reach compliance. The average
cost of remedial works on a
Dhajji House is anticipated to
be less than 10,000 PKR. The
work carried out in Bagh will
be used to illustrate training and
information materials, as well as
direct training for our team.
Remedial Dhajji Testing
ERRA has requested supportfrom UN-HABITAT to carry out
technical inspection of the non-
compliant houses in rural housing.
UN-HABITAT engineers will
move with the Assistance and
Inspection (AI) teams as joint
inspection teams and will visit
only those houses which are
declared as non-compliant. Joint
inspection teams will not visithouses which have been already
passed. The Non-ComplianceReferral System was introduced
by ERRA at the Muzaffarabad
Housing Reconstruction Center
on November 12th, 2008.
UN-HABITAT claried their
role in the Non-Compliance
Referral System on January
24th, 2008 in a meeting held in
Muzaffarabad. Joint inspection
teams will comprise of theAssistance and Inspection teams,
with UN-HABITAT engineersfrom the Housing Reconstruction
Center. The ERRA form will be
signed jointly by the Assistance
and Inspection team and UN-
HABITAT engineers / sub
engineers. UN-HABITAT will
provide an additional form with
written advice for remedial
measures where required.
1. Houses assessed as non-compliant, but covered by new ERRA standards and exemptions can be
certied as compliant.
2. Houses assessed as non-compliant houses, which have deviated from ERRA designs, but are
seismically resistant will be technically assessed, and can be certied as compliant.
3. Non-compliant houses, which have defects already covered by ERRA solutions for remedial
measures, will be assessed. Written instructions of what work is required and how to carry it out
will be issued to the house owner. If this work is carried out the house can be certied ascompliant.
4. Non-compliant houses which cannot be decided in the eld will be referred to ERRA for advice
by technical experts, (including NESPAK, UN-HABITAT).
The joint inspection will address the following:
Non-Compliance Referral System (NCRS)
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The billboard skins for Kohala Bridge and Neelum Crossing in Muzaffarabad were changed in January.
The new design is about installing an external band to remedy the non-compliance of constructing a
house without a lintel. The photo on the billboard is of the two room house which was remedied for
less than 20,000 PKR enabling the homeowner to become eligible for the nal payment of 50,000 PKR.
Billboards at Kohala and Neelum Crossing
Sharp Cut Films was hired in the second week
of January to complete the UN-HABITAT and
ERRA rural landless project documentary. Sharp
Cut Films is only a few years old but is led by
famous Television Host Tauseeq Haider. Filming
for the documentary began at the end of January
in Kaghan, Muzaffarabad and Hattian. The
documentary will be completed in May and the
UN-HABITAT Patika Field Information Ofcer is
the eld focal point for Sharp Cut Films until the
documentary is completed. 3 beneciaries who
lost their land in the earthquake and purchased new
land from the ERRA landless nancial assistance
have already been identied and interviewed for
the documentary.
Rural Landless Documentary
HRC Haveli was closed
in the second week
of January because
extreme weather
conditions did not
permit staff to conducteld work as scheduled.
A few feet of snow in
the areas of HRC Haveli
did not allow staff to
move around in the eld
and provide technical
advice to beneciaries
rebuilding. All HRC
Haveli staff were
relocated to other HRCs
of UN-HABITAT andHRC Haveli is set to
reopen in the rst week
of February.
HRC Haveli temporarily
shuts down operations
After a brief break, the UN-HABITAT sponsored housing
reconstruction radio program Cha Cha Chairman Ki Bhaitak
was back on air beginning January 24th. The guests on the
program were Sumera Bilal and Nasir Jamal of UN-HABITAT
and they discussed the Non-Compliance Referral System and
updated policy decisions from ERRA. Another live program
aired on January 31st and the guests were Waqas Hanif,
Deputy Director ERRA Rural Housing, Babar Tanwir and
Zahid Khattak of UN-HABITAT. Topics covered were the
role of UN-HABITAT in NCRS, the practicality of remedialmeasures and the rural landless project application deadline.
The current contract for the radio program is until May 2008
and BURAQ 104 has replaced FM 99 in Abbottobad to increase our coverage area.
Cha Cha Chairman back on Air
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As the housing program matures, HRC staff is increasingly required to make management decisions, be
involved in budgeting and forecasting and manage resources optimally. UN-HABITAT has engaged the
services of consultants to carry out a management training and capacity building exercise for essential
staff. Four 5 day trainings are set to take place between January and March and the rst training took
place in Muzaffarabad from January 25th
to the 29th.The workshop content focuses on
competencies related to leading, managing
and organizing key stages of the project
life cycle -planning, budgeting, scheduling,
implementing, supervising, analyzing and
properly completing related paper work.
It is envisaged that approximately 70 staff
members will be able to benet from this
activity.
A two day detailed Microsoft OfceTraining took place for all Information
Ofcers at HRC Muzaffarabad on
January 15th and 16th.
New compliance update trainings for
Engineers, Sub-Engineers, UN-HABITAT Social and Information staff, Partner Organizations and AI
Teams took place throughout the month in Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawalakot.
For the sustainability
and strategic planning of
transitional activities of Village
Reconstruction Committees the
Social Department has planned
to organize Union Council level
activist workshops across all
Housing Reconstruction Centers.
The Housing Reconstruction
Center in Rawalakot organized
the rst one day ActivistWorkshop for the Village
Reconstruction Committees of
Union Council Tain on January
23rd, 2008. The objective of
the workshop was to update
the activists about the current
reconstruction activities of UN-
HABITAT and to emphasize
safer reconstruction and the
sustainability of Village Level
Institutions for the future. More
than 50 activists participated
from different villages across
Union Council Tain. In a
brainstorming exercise, theparticipants noted the problems
being faced by the Village
Reconstruction Committees and
possible solutions to successfully
address them. A major topic of
discussion was the registration
of Village Reconstruction
Committees with the AJK Rural
Support Program. The criteria,
procedures and responsibilities
regarding the registration process
were discussed in detail. Along
with the ongoing formation and
support of Village Reconstruction
Committees, activist workshopswill continue to take place in the
next few weeks.
Management Training
Activist Workshop
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NWFP Support Team
The UN-HABITAT NWFP PO
support team (ve staff members)
started work in the third week
of October 2007 in NWFP.
Three staff members were
based in Abbottabad to supportBEST (Partner Organization
in Abbottabad working in 10
Union Councils of Mansehra
District) and two staff members
were based in Banna to support
Shelter For Life (working in
Battagram District). In January
the support team has continued to
train and brief staff of our Partner
Organizations to increase their
capacity and progressively move
towards safer reconstruction.The support team is helping
with the formation of Village
Reconstruction Committees and
developing linkages between
Partner Organization staff, Village
Reconstruction Committee
members and the Data Resource
Centers. A major achievement
this month was that through this
procedure 11 beneciary cases
had been forwarded to the Data
Resource Center to receive theirhousing nancial assistance.
For further information please contact:
Ali Raza
Senior Public Information Ofcer
Islamabad
051-8255230 ext. 131
Kamran Abbassi
Regional Information Ofcer
058810-34994-5
Muhammad Rizwan
Regional Information Ofcer
HRC Bagh
058720-72529/45012
Asif Masood RajaField Information Ofcer
HRC Abbasspur
058710-52073
Muhammad Naseer Khan
Field Information Ofcer
HRC Bagh
058720-72529/45012
Aitzaz Ahmed Abbasi
Field Information Ofcer
HRC Dhirkot
0992-506302
Zain Bukhari
Field Information Ofcer
058830-42589
Hamid Ali Bukhari
Field Information Ofcer
HRC Haveli
058720-32321
Muhammad Ayaz RajaField Information Ofcer
HRC Patika
058811-42944
Noor Sultan
Field Information Ofcer
HRC Rawalakot
058710-81096