Take office as Mayor of Muzaffarabad

Muzaffarabad, Pakistan · 130,000 people · Heritage City

The Muzaffarabad City District Government and the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) manage the capital of Azad Jammu & Kashmir — a city rebuilt largely from scratch after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake destroyed 90% of its buildings — enforcing seismic resilient construction codes, managing the confluence infrastructure of the Neelum and Jhelum rivers, and coordinating the Neelum Valley ecotourism corridor running along the Line of Control.

The record Muzaffarabad keeps on the Board of Mayors is still unwritten. Take office and write its opening chapter.

The city

Landmark: Red Fort (Muzaffarabad Fort) & Neelum-Jhelum Confluence.

• The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority oversaw rebuilding of Muzaffarabad after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake — a 7.6 magnitude event that killed over 80,000 people in the region and destroyed 90% of the city's buildings — creating mandatory seismic resilient construction codes, retrofitting all public buildings with confined masonry and base isolation standards, and training local contractors in earthquake safe building techniques now enforced by AJK building bylaws.
• The Muzaffarabad City District Government manages the city's position at the confluence of the Neelum and Jhelum rivers — both glacially fed Himalayan rivers experiencing severe seasonal flood pulses — operating embankment protection systems, early warning river gauge stations, and flood evacuation route management, while simultaneously developing the emerald green Neelum River valley as a trekking and ecotourism destination running along the Line of Control with Indian-administered Kashmir.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Muzaffarabad keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

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