Punjab Disaster Response Plan 2014.

The purpose of this plan is to clarify the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders, and to introduce coordination mechanisms for immediate response and fast track rehabilitation. This plan integrates the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of various Provincial Government Departments and District Governments and civil society and proposes a consistent approach for reporting damages, needs and relief assessment. The Guidelines and Standards set by NMDA have been incorporated and mainstreamed at all stages.
The Police would plan an active role in the relief disbursement by assisting in the supply and distribution of food and other relief items. An extremely courteous attitude Is expected of Police at sites where relief is disbursed in a usually unorganized manner. The primary objective of a police officer deployed to help the affected is to protect the lives and property of the affected population, maintain law and order in the relief camps and godowns, and help the civil administration in the transport of relief goods and medicines. All the police personnel engaged in disaster response must be afforded a proper supply of water, food, and boarding. The District Food Controller will ensure that adequate flour or wheat is available on demand against payment for providing the same to the Flood affected people. The Food controller would also setup a scheme for the opening of temporary wheat ration depots in the areas affected by the disaster.
The Home department has four major implementation arms for disaster management activities: Police Telecommunication Department, Police Operations Department, Civil Defense, and Rescue 1122. The Police Department would follow the Standard Operating Procedures issued for a disaster situation. One of the foremost objectives of this department is to make arrangements for traffic control, planning alternative routes and maintaining law and order during evacuation and in relief camps and go-downs of relief goods. The primary objective of the Police is to save human lives, and to protect vital infrastructure, installations, machinery, equipment, and stock of resources, from damages caused in the aftermath of a disaster. The department has to control crime against property. The wireless system and control rooms already established by the Irrigation department would be networked with the Police control.