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Executive Summary
On Saturday 25th April 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale was recorded in Nepal. Reports indicate a large number of casualties and widespread damage throughout the affected areas. The Government of Nepal has declared a state of emergency in the country.
The geographical area affected by the earthquake includes mountainous and remote areas, increasing the potential for logistics constraints on operations. Extensive damage to infrastructure in the affected areas has been reported. The airport of Kathmandu is operational but due to its small size it is expected to become congested when the large amount of relief items start coming through.
Through this special operation WFP will, in its capacity as Logistics and Emergency Telecommunications Cluster lead, support the relief efforts of the Humanitarian Community and of the Nepali authorities. The special operation provides for:
• Logistics coordination, GIS mapping and information management for the logistics response.
• Logistics augmentation including: strategic airlifts and other air cargo services, temporary inter-agency storage and cargo reception facilities, a dedicated truck fleet for surface transport of humanitarian cargo within Nepal and overland from India if needed and emergency road repairs.
• Provision of emergency telecommunications required for the humanitarian community to respond to the crisis.
• Engineering assessments of existing logistics infrastructure as well as office structures and the set-up of office and accommodation facilities as and if required.
This special operation will have an initial duration of 3 months at a total estimated cost of US$ 25,573,258.