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The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) was established by the Government of Pakistan to rebuild areas damaged by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in October 2005. ERRA's mandate was to plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction and rehabilitation activities, encouraging self-reliance through public-private partnerships and community participation. However, ERRA did not start operating until January 2007, after the rescue phase had ended and relief activities were transferred to reconstruction. ERRA developed a comprehensive program covering 14 sectors, with a decentralized implementation approach delegating responsibilities to provincial and district levels. However, ERRA's housing reconstruction program suffered from delays and mismanagement due to centralization and creation of a parallel structure without public ownership.

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Assignment # 2)

The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) was established by the Government of Pakistan to rebuild areas damaged by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in October 2005. ERRA's mandate was to plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction and rehabilitation activities, encouraging self-reliance through public-private partnerships and community participation. However, ERRA did not start operating until January 2007, after the rescue phase had ended and relief activities were transferred to reconstruction. ERRA developed a comprehensive program covering 14 sectors, with a decentralized implementation approach delegating responsibilities to provincial and district levels. However, ERRA's housing reconstruction program suffered from delays and mismanagement due to centralization and creation of a parallel structure without public ownership.

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Highlight the gaps In Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority regarding Rescue, relief, Rehabilitation and Recovery

BACK R!"#$%& E'ergency Relief and Rescue !peration The response from the government was extremely swift. Immediately after the disaster, two military divisions were mobilized to the affected areas. The army moved fast to evacuate the casualties. By the evening of 8th October, hospitals in Islamabad and awalpindi had already started to receive hundreds of in!ured patients airlifted by the army. On the same evening the engineers of "a#istan army were mobilized to open road access to the earth$ua#e affected areas. % lot of field hospitals were established to provide emergency medical care to the in!ured. &ad it not been for the $uic# mobilization and response from the "a#istan %rmy, the ensuing successful conduct of relief coordination and operations would not have happened and may have resulted in a much higher toll of human life. Establish'ent of (ederal Relief Co''ission )(RC*
The central coordination office for rescue and relief started to wor# at "' (ecretariat immediately after the earth$ua#e. )ederal elief *ommission was established on +, th October -,,. to mobilize all resources and coordinate activities. (oon after the rescue and relief of the affected areas and its inhabitants, provincial/state and district level channels were opened to reach out to the affected population and to facilitate flow of relief goods and transportation of in!ured and displaced people to safety.

ERRA is the C!#+I#"A+I!# !( (RC%& 0arth$ua#e econstruction 1 ehabilitation %uthority 20 %3, organization set up by the 4overnment of "a#istan to rebuild -8,,,,s$5#m earth$ua#e hit area which was damaged by a deadly earth$ua#e 26.7 on the ichter (cale3 that struc# northern "a#istan

on October ,8, -,,.. 0 %8s official describes its mandate as 9to plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction 1 rehabilitation activities in earth$ua#e affected areas ,I--I!# !( ERRA%& "lan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction 1 rehabilitation activities in earth$ua#e affected areas, encouraging self reliance via private public partnership and community participation, ensuring financial transparencies RE-C"E .HA-E%& There was no institution or organization of 4overnment of "a#istan that was established for a rescue purpose, and 0 % was started much after the rescue phase so it is a 4%". RE/IE( .HA-E%& On :+st 'arch -,,7, the 4overnment of "a#istan officially ended the ; elief< phase and the )ederal elief *ommission 2) *3 was subsumed into 0arth$ua#e econstruction and ehabilitation %uthority 20 %3. % Transitional elief *ell was created within 0 % to supervise and coordinate the residual relief activities and also coordinate the 0arly ecovery "lan 20 "3 that was developed to bridge the gap between relief and reconstruction. The relief operation has been termed very successful by local as well as foreign observers. The decision to end relief operation was ta#en to #ic# start the tas# of reconstruction and to help the affectees get bac# to a degree of normalcy in their lives. REC!#-+R"C+I!# A#$ REHABI/I+A+I!# .R! RA,,E %& The 0arth$ua#e econstruction and ehabilitation %uthority, in consultation with donors and sponsors, and in close collaboration with the "rovincial 0arth$ua#e econstruction and ehabilitation %uthority 2"0 %3, (tate econstruction and ehabilitation %uthority 2(0 %3, =istrict econstruction >nits 2= >s3 and line departments, developed a comprehensive umbrella program covering +- ma!or sectors. 0 % followed an implementation approach based on decentralization, whereby strategic planning, coordination and facilitation is being led by 0 % but micro planning and implementation responsibility has been delegated to the state/province and districts. .rogra''e -ectors + &ousing -. ?ivelihoods :. 0ducation @. &ealth .. Aater and (anitation 7. 4overnance 6. "ower 8. Transportation

B. *ommunication +,. (ocial "rotection ++. 0nvironment +-. Tourism and Industry KE0 .RI#CI./E- !( +HE EAR/0 REC!1ER0 ./A#% +. %lignment and ownershipC -. )ocus on Operational sing capacity buildingC :. Ob!ective targetingC to give priority to the neediestC @. (hape residual relief to foster economic recoveryC .. (elect implementing "artners with good trac# recordC 7. Observe of e$uity between DA)" and %EF.

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(oon after the October 8 earth$ua#e destroyed and damaged more than @,,,,,, houses and rendered millions homeless, the 4overnment of "a#istan announced with bold alacrity that a comprehensive programme would be devised for the reconstruction of private housing. )or this purpose, the government created a new federal agency called the 0arth$ua#e ehabilitation and econstruction %uthority 20 %3. %lthough 0 % was created at the same time as the )ederal elief *ommission 2) *3, it was not operational until Eanuary -,,7. The first phase of housing reconstruction grants amounting to s. -.,,,, for every roof 2initially wrongly dubbed as compensation3 were disbursed through the ) *. 0 %<s housing reconstruction programme is rather sound in theory but has suffered from unnecessary delays and maladministration caused largely due to a centralisation in policy5ma#ing, creation of a new parallel structure, failure of public information and lac# of public ownership and accountability. These delays have caused undue hardship to those rendered homeless by the earth$ua#e. These people now face the unwelcome prospect of surviving through another harsh winter season in temporary shelters. It is hoped that 0 % and its partners will finally get their act together during this ;winter of our discontent< so that there won<t be another li#e this one.

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