Operation Madad (Pakistan Navy)

For the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami relief operation led by the Indian Navy with the same name, see Operation Madad.

Operation Madad
Part of Emergency response to 2010 Pakistan floods
Satellite image of the Indus River at the time of floods.
Type	Emergency response
Location	Flood effected areas of Pakistan
Planned by	Pakistan Navy
Objective	Search and rescue, disaster relief, humanitarian relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
Date	June 4, 2010 — February 2011
Executed by	Pakistan Navy

Operation Madad, lit. Operation Help, was a Pakistan Navy's assistance and SAR operation to support effected areas of Pakistan following the 2010 Pakistan floods.^[1] Madadwas the major and the largest naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy since the 1971 Naval conflict.

Bases and Operations

The naval bases that were involved and served as the major bases in Operation Madad.

• PNS Ahsan in Gwader — served as the Operation Commander Center for afectees of Balochistan Province.
• PNS Makran — served as air hub for the naval air aviation
• Jinnah Naval Base — supervised the entire operation
• PNS Mehran — provided air operations in Sindh Province.

Operation

Vice-Admiral Abass Raza, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff of Naval Operations, state that:"[A]ll assets of Pakistan Navy have been made safe and secured in case the cyclone ‘Phet’ hits the coastal areas of Karachi and parts of Balochistan.^[2]

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir personally supervised the operation.

References

1. ^ Staff reporter (June, 2010). "PN operation ‘Madad’ continues". The Nation (Islamabad): pp. 1. http://pakobserver.net/201009/05/detailnews.asp?id=50748. 
2. ^ Staff reporter (June, 2010). "Navy launches Operation Madad". The Nation (Islamabad): pp. 1. http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/04-Jun-2010/Navy-launches-Operation-Madad.