OCHA Situation Report
South Asia Earthquake
Logistics Bottlenecks as of 29 January 2006


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This is the last issue of the OCHA/UNJLC Logistics Bottlenecks report. 
Information on logistics related to the relief effort following the South Asia 
Earthquake can be found on www.unjlc.org/pakistan. Via this website it is also 
possible to sign up to receive the weekly UNJLC Bulletin. Current Issues:

Clearance and registration of vehicles

The Government of Pakistan has announced that vehicles imported for the relief 
effort will be processed under the system that existed prior to the 8th of 
October. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, upon application in writing, will 
certify the exemption certificate that is used for tax-free entry. There is no 
need to lodge an NOC with the Earthquake Relief Cell. (UNJLC, 26.01.06) Does 
this only apply to UN or also NGOs? It says UN in the heading on the website.

Visa

As reported earlier, relief workers must obtain a visa before entering the 
country. Extensions can be applied for at the Directorate General of 
Immigration and Passports. Please note that it is not possible to re-enter the 
country on an existing landing permit, even if it has not yet expired. (UNJLC, 
26.01.06)

Helicopter Operations

UNHAS has reassessed the needs for helicopter support and has drawn up a new 
fleet projection and project extension until the end of 2006. Helicopter 
support should be sustained at its current capacity until the end of May. 
Thereafter, a reduction is envisaged to a cargo capacity of 100 tonnes per day 
and passenger flights at their current level for the rest of 2006. Currently, 
UNHAS funding is due to run out at the end of February if it continues 
operations at its current rate. (UNJLC Bulletin 31)

The number of helicopters in country operating for the relief effort has 
increased from 90 to 91 as ICRC brought in a Kamov 32.

Developments:

Pipeline tracking

A third draft of the Logistics Support System (LSS) pipeline tracking done by 
UNJLC has been released. It includes all data available up to the 20th of 
January. A minimum of 17,500 tonnes of NFIs will enter the country in the 
coming months. (UNJLC Bulletin 31)

U.S. military

The U.S. military plan to keep their assets in country until the 31st of March. 
(Logistics Cluster meeting, 26.01.06)

CGI sheeting packages

IOM has successfully tested its sample packaging for CGI sheeting and will 
offer a free packaging service. IOM will produce approximately 1000 packages 
per day and transport these to Abbottabad by road. Each package contains eight 
sheets of CGI and is therefore sufficient for one household. (Logistics Cluster 
meeting, 26.01.06)

This Logistics Bottlenecks report is a joint product of UNJLC and OCHA. For 
queries or comments please contact Ingrid van Beuzekom vanbeuzekom@un.org. 
Sources used are: contact with UNJLC staff, ReliefWeb, minutes from cluster 
meetings and sitreps, Pakistan Meteorological Department, press briefings.


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