Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority
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Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), organization set up by the Government of Pakistan
to rebuild 28,000sq-km earthquake hit area (that equals to the size of the Netherlands and Belgium put together) which was damaged by a deadly earthquake
(7.6 on the Richter Scale) that struck northern Pakistan on October 08, 2005. ERRA's official website describes its mandate as "to plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction & rehabilitation activities in earthquake
affected areas". Its chairman is Altaf Muhammad Saleem.
ERRA was run by Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmad
from its inception till April 2008, when Lt-Gen Sajjad Akram took over as Deputy Chairman. He stayed there till April 2010 when Lt Gen Haroon Aslam took over as its 3rd deputy chairman.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to rebuild 28,000sq-km earthquake hit area (that equals to the size of the Netherlands and Belgium put together) which was damaged by a deadly earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...
(7.6 on the Richter Scale) that struck northern Pakistan on October 08, 2005. ERRA's official website describes its mandate as "to plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction & rehabilitation activities in earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
affected areas". Its chairman is Altaf Muhammad Saleem.
ERRA was run by Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmad
Nadeem Ahmad
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad, HI, SE, TBt, is a retired Pakistan Army three-star general who is credited with planning and coordinating the relief and reconstruction efforts after the devastating earthquake of October 2005 firstly as head of military wing of Federal Relief Commission and then...
from its inception till April 2008, when Lt-Gen Sajjad Akram took over as Deputy Chairman. He stayed there till April 2010 when Lt Gen Haroon Aslam took over as its 3rd deputy chairman.