FLOOD RELIEF SUPPORT - 2009-10 Supported by : AID-USA & ASHA FOR EDUCATION, USA Organised by ; BTS-Sunderban

Period : July 2009 - October 2010

Completion Report

Context :

Before no relief was there just after the massive cyclone-Aila and the flood thereafter in the flood affected delta areas of Sunderban, AID (Association of ’s Development)-USA approved a sum of Rs.1o,oo,ooo(Ten Lacs) with an assurance of further co-operation.BTS and Mukti project immediately initiated their relief intervention by providing cooked food items to those people who were in the tempo- rary shelters at some community centres like schools, local clubs, market places.More than a thousands of affected people were under the situation of natural disasterin different parts of , Kultali & Mathurapur-II CD Blocks, .During the Ist Phase of this venture BTS and its Mukti Project supported more than 3 thousands of flood affected people with cooked food, Tarpaulins, Rice, Dal, etc.Meantime, our existing funding partner, Asha For Education, USA came forward with lots of supports for the flood victims.They funded a sum of Rs. in two installments including a special support of Rs. 4,00,000(Four Lacs) by AID-USA.BTS and Mukti Project planned to continuously support the families who lost everything during the heavy damage by saline river water. AID sent a doctors team to serve our aila -affected area and saved a lots of lives suffering from diarrhoea, or different air-water -borne diseases due to huge pollution and post-flood insanitary condition.Transportation of serious patients by our Abulance services were there.Next, a continuous Relief supports were being executed for the benefit of the victims.A list of relief materials were being distributed among them in the affected areas.

Immediate Intervention:

The said Cyclone alongwith the massive flood by river water damages 7 Districts ,10 CD Blocks(Kultali, Patharpratima,,, Basanti,Canning-I & II, ,Hingalgunj, Sadeshkhali) 3 Municipal areas , 1325 villages, 617516 population in the state of . It also damages 94,983 houses and 27 human lives.South 24 Parganas is the worst affected district in this damage cycle. The damage caused by it created a huge panic of starvation and hunger to be seen continued during the whole year because of the massive damage of crops and vegetable lands by saline river water.However, the immediate Relief intervention initiated by BTs and its Mukti Project is stated below: Block GP Area Villages Families serve Items Kultali Moipith-Baikunthapur Nagenabad 355 Rice,Dal,Potato,Veg, Dryfood like Chira/Gur, Tarpaulins for tempo rary Shelter Binodpur 122 do Ambikanagar 98 do Gurguria-Bhubaneswari Purba Gurguria 100 do Madhya Gurguria 150 do Purba Debipur 76 do Patharpratima Achintanagar(K-Plot) Purba Sripatinagar 555 do Paschim Sripatinagar 345 do Achintanagar 105 do G-Plot Surendragunj(S) 22 do Surendragunj(N) 34 do Indrapur 31 do 1993 do

FRS/Page-1 Origin of the Cyclone & Damage:

On 22 May 2009, the Kolkata Meteorological Department reported that a low pressure area had formed over West-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining East -central Bay of Bengal. The system was likely to intensify further. On 23 May, the department reported that the system had further i ntensified and was likely to concentrate into a Depression. On 24 May, the system intensified into a Deep Depression and lay about 550 kilometres south of Kolkata. The meteorological department predicted that the system was likely to inten- sify further into a Cyclonic Storm and cross West Bengal or Bangladesh coast near 89° East, about 100 kilometres east of by 25 May evening.

On 25 May, the Cyclonic Storm “Aila” over North West Bay, moved northwards and intensified further and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST with in half a degree of latitude 20.5°N/Longitude 88.0°E, about 250 Km south of Kolkata with estimated central pressure 984 HPA and move in a near northerly direction and cross West Bengal Coast near latitude 88.0 Deg East (near Sagar Islands).

On 26 May, Cyclone Aila over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & adjoining Bangladesh moved further north- ward, weakened into a deep depression and lay centred at 0830 hours IST over Sub -Himalayan West Bengal, about 50 km to the north of Malda. The system is likely to move in a near northerly direction and weaken into a depression during next six hours. Under its influence, rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (= 25 cm) is likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya during next 24 hours. Rain/thundershower is also likely at many places with isolated heavy falls over Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 24 hours. Squally wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh during next 12 hours. Damages Caused responding international attention:

Orissa: Coastal Orissa has been affected by heavy rains accompanied by high -velocity wind. Low-lying areas were inundated in the coastal districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore follow- ing heavy rains since Sunday, 24 May. Around 400 thatched huts are thought to have been damaged.

West Bengal: The storm moved over the districts of North and South 24 Parganas, East Medinip ur, Howrah, Hooghly and Bardhaman, to the west of Kolkata. Heavy rains were accompanied by winds of up to 120 kph,uprooting trees, causing road blockages and severe damage to electricity and telephone cables.All flights atNSCBose international airport have been suspended and train services have been severely disrupted. Shops, schools and colleges and offices were closed as a preventive measure. The accompanying rains caused water logging in large parts of the Kolkata city, while power supply remained erratic. Basic services have been damaged and interrupted. In the Sunderban area, hundreds of mud houses are reported to have c ollapsed and 200 villages have been flooded following breaches in embankments. Thousands of people are seeking shelter inside schools and government buildings. About 400,000 people remained marooned. In the North and South 24 Parganas , more than 8 blocks including SandeshkhakliI&II(primary location for Child Domestic Workers & Trafficking project) are severely affected by flooding and wind damage. Local NGOs are reporting that embankments have been breached in at least 10 different places, inundating many areas. In East Medinipur, many mud houses in development blocks Khejuri 1 and Bhagabanpur 1 in East Medinipur are reported to have been destroyed. Both Egra and Contai Sub-Divisions of East Medinipur district are affected. In Egra 1 block, the Egra Municipality area is badly hit, with 4 ,600 mainly Muslim families affected. In the same area 56 houses are completely damaged and 703 houses are partly damaged. In total 17 villages are affected in this block and 4,000 hectares of vegetables crop are feared damaged. In Patashpur 1 block, 140 villages are reportedly affected.

Briefly, the population affected in 18 districts in West Bengal rose to 6.6 million according to the official Government of West Bengal report. In two districts – North and South 24 Parganas, population affected cros sed over 1 million in each district. The human death toll was reported as 126 and damaged houses were over 1 million in the state. The government has set up 765 relief camps and 84 medical camps in the most affected districts. The Inter-Agency Group in West Bengal has been meeting every 72 hours to coordinate response to the impact of Cyclone Aila.Sphere India held a meeting in New Delhi to discuss how International humanitar- ian agencies like UNDP, UNICEF, WHO etc. at the national level could complement the efforts of the IAG in West Bengal.Finally, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, IAG-West Bengal(OXFAM,CARITAS, CRS,) and Save the Chil- dren ,ACTION AID etc. reached the area affected and supported the cyclone and flood victims.

FRS/Page-2 Nature of Relief:

Just after the Cyclone and flood BTS & Mukti Project rendered its initial /emergency relief aids to the victims in consultation with All-Party Relief Mission and extended our supports with Rice, Dal, Potato, Vegetables, Oil, Dry Foods like Chira, Gur, Biscuits, Temporary Shelter by providing Tarpaulins from AID funds and collecting relief materials from local humanitarian organizations like LWS-India(Lutheran World Services In- dia (provided 400 kits with Rice, Dal, Oil,Tarpaulin, Halogin Tab); Caritas India through PUS- for 375 families with Rice, Dal, Tarpaulins BTS supported 9326 families in addition to 7645 families by its Mukti Project providing them a Temporary Shelter with Tarpaulins/Canvas Sheets, Blankets, Mosquitonets, Lantern,Sarees & Bedsheets or Rice, Dal, Potato, and other food materials.Books to poor school children in the flood affected areas like Kultali, Patharpratima & Mathurapur-II CD Blocks were the important part of this venture. Next, BTS volunteers were very co-operative to extend more needed items to those affected families who had lost their only shelters and everything during the flood by river water.

Food for Work to construct the River Bandhs was an important lead to be reported in this venture…in ex- change of Rice/Dal more people joined to do so besides wage from Irrigation Deptt., Govt. of West Bengal.

Medical Camps: Water-borne diseases like diarrhea are on the rampant.Daily more than 20 people including men, women, children are affected by the disease.Locally a Medical unit(though not sufficient to serve) by BMOH staffs are going on to tackle the situation.BTS has also started running Medical Camps to make a Campaign onh the issue and cope up the moment.More than 3351 patient are there at any time.Last 45 days more than 1750 families are under this threat of diarrhea.No dead happened till date…it’s good news for us.BTS supported Emergency Medicines to our Block Sub-Centres run by BMOH and his staffs. BTS has sent emergency medicines to that Govt. Medical Unit as well as supplied medicines to the visited patients at the Mobile Camps.Bliching and Lime are used to free the air from the disease and keep up the Safe Sanitary situation.

Some Medical Aid to poor flood affected children were given as emergency basis to save the lives of the children under immediate surgery during that crucial moment of absolute helplessness.

Dewatering efforts:

BTS has surveyed out some main community ponds inside the flood-hit villages both in Kultali & Patharpratima to have dewatering immediately so that common people can use the ponds for normal daily use when they would be filled with water from swallow Tubewells in the area. Every pond needs atleast of Rs. 1,500 .00 to do it for community use. Such 10 ponds will be completed in the Phase-II(within July).and BTS done only 10 units with an addition to some 7 ponds by Mukti project.

Household Cooking Utensils were supported to the homeless families to prepare cooked food and do other domestic works in the Temporary Shelters made with Tarpaulins etc.Next, BTS supported 100 homeless fami- lies to build a part of a hut using Bumboo , Straw etc.to make their temporary shelter more lasting and security. BTS & Mukti Project distributed Paddy Seeds/Sapplings to have Aman Cultivation. BTS demonstrate a Paddy Seed Production effort by which BTS would be able to provide salinity-resis- tant paddyseeds to 1000 farmers of the affected areas with a condition to have return of the same amount of seeds so as to replicate it among more families.

Need Assessment/Survey of Actual damage:

A Door –to-Door Survey is done to prepare a Comprehensive List of actual affected huts and families loosing assets and properties of day-to-day use. Following needed items to be provided to the damaged huts in the selected villages:—Saree/Dhuti—Lantern—Mosquito Net—Torch Light—Cooking Utensils—Blanket/Bed Cover—Books to Children—Lime/Bliching—Food Materials to the foodless families(Rice/Dal/Potato/Ata etc) FRS/Page-3 VILLAGEWISE FAMILIES SUPPORTED WITH RELIEF MATERIALS

Sl.No. Name of Villages(incl Block) BTS Area Mukti Area Total

1 Nagenabad-Kultali Block 1000 1000 2 Binodpur-Kultali Block 1000 1000 3 Ambikanagar-Kultali Block 300 128 428 4 Kishorimohanpur-Kultali Block 900 900 5 North Baikunthapur-Kultali Block 750 750 6 South Baikunthapur-Kultali Block 600 600 7 Bhubaneswari-Kultali Block 200 94 294 8 Purba Devipur-Kultali Block 400 400 9 Achintanagar-Patharpratima Block 300 300 10 Dakshin Kashinagar-Patharpratima(J-Plot) Block 200 200 11 Indrapur-G-Plot-Patharpratima Block 100 100 12 Uttar Srendragunj-G-Plot-PP Block 150 150 13 Dakshin Surendragunj-G-Plot-PP Block 150 150 14 Durganagar-JayNagar Block 50 50 15 Purba Gurguria-Kultali Block 450 450 16 Madhya Gurguria-Kultali Block 300 107 407 17 Paschim Devipur-Kultali Block 350 350 18 Purba Sripatinagar-K-Plot(Patharpratima Block 975 975 19 Paschim Sripatinagar-K-Plot(Patharpratima Block) 751 100 851 20 Uttar Devipur-Kultali Block 300 300 21 Kankandighi-Mathurapur-II Block 594 594 22 Purba Sridharpur-DO 692 692 23 Shibnagar(Banashyamnagar)-PP Block 38 38 24 Kedarpur-PP Block 70 70 25 Dakshinagar Kashinagar-Patharpratima(PP) 47 47 26 Sitarampur-PP Block 575 575 27 Brajaballavpur-PP Block 1800 1800 28 Chandanpiri-Namkhana Block 167 167

29 Lahiripur-Gosaba Block 165 165 30 Jagannath Chak-Mathurapur-II Block 88 88 31 Kailashpur-Do 302 302 Mahabatnagar-Do 32 166 166 TOTAL

FRS/Page-4 VILLAGEWISE FAMILIES SUPPORTED WITH RELIEF MATERIALS

Sl.No. Name of Villages(incl Block) BTS Area Mukti Area Total

33 Madhusudan Chak-Math-II Block 62 62 34 -Basanti Block 264 264

35 Madhabgunj-Namkhana Block 105 105 MadanGunj-Namkhana Block 36 50 50 37 Nagendrapur-Mathurapur-II Block 361 361 38 Nandakumarpur-Mathurapur-II Block 100 100 39 Narayanpur-Mathurapur-II Block 126 126 40 -Mathurapur-II BlockBlock 50 50 41 Raidighi Kumrapara-Mathurapur-II Block 47 47 42 Sagar Madhyamgram-PP Block 56 56 43 Dwarikanagar-Namkhana Block 95 95 44 Sandhipur-Gosaba Block 83 83 45 Kuemuri-Dakshin Kashinagar-PP Block 894 894 46 HeroBhanga-Jharkhali-Basanti Block 219 219 47 Surendranagar-PatharpratimaBlock 100 100 TOTAL Families Covered 9,326 7,645 16,971

Total Head/Person Coverage by Materials 22,313 7,645 29,958

BLOCK & VILLAGEWISE COVERAGE

Mukti Sl.No. Name of CD Block Village BTS Area Area

01 Kultali 12 12 03

02 Pathar Pratima 15 09 06

Mathurapur-II 03 11 11

04 Gosaba 02 02

05 Basanti 02 02

06 JoyNagar 01 01

07 Namkhana 04 04

47 22 25

FRS/Page-5 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

During Cyclone Aila & Flood in May 2009

Post Flood Food for Work continues in Patharpratima

Temporary Shelter by Tarpaulins after the Flood

FRS/Page-6 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

BTS Boat with FRS Materials to Patharpratima Block

Rice Distribution to the Affected after the Flood

Distribution of Tarpaulin Sheert to homeless families

FRS/Page-7 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

Relief Receivers are on their way to Home with supports

Lantern to the Affected families after the flood

Distribution of Mosquito Nets to the Affected in PP Block

FRS/Page-8 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

Affected Women with supported Lantern

Lantern & Mos. Net are being given to the Tiger Widows

Diarrhoea patient in Patharpratima under treatment

FRS/Page-9 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

Post-Aila repairing of defunct-Tubewells by Local people

After Repairing of the Tubewells the mass preassure

Temporary Shelter with Tarpaulin in Patharpratima

FRS/Page-10 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

Distribution of Chhola & Sugar to the Muslims during Roza

Tarpaulin Distribution after the Cyclone & Flood

Relief Takers are signing the Master Rolls

FRS/Page-11 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

K-Plot in Patharpratima: Distribution of Mos. Nets & Lantern

Blanket Distribution as a post -flood support befor cold

Women are with Household Utensils

FRS/Page-12 SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION : JULY2009 - OCT2009

Medical Camps by Mukti Group in Mathurapur-II Block

Foodgrains like Rice/Dal in the Store room

Distribution of Rice & Dal after the Flood

FRS/Page-13 BTS-FLOOD RELIEF SUPPORT 2009-10 Supported by : AID-USA & ASHA FOR Education-USA Organised by : BTS-Sunderban Project Period: July2009 - October2009 (Financial Report)

Sl.No. Activity Items BTS Proj Area Mukti Proj Area Total (INR)

A. Relief Materials Purchased:

1 Rice 248,628.00 182,436.50 2 Dal 23,400.00 28,860.00 3 Chira 15,000.00 22,400.00 4 Mosquito Net 161,775.00 65,216.00 5 Puff Rice 20,000.00 6 Cooking Utensils for domestic use 72,844.00 6,515.00 7 Tarpaulin 69,870.00 118,295.00 8 Medical Camp/Aid to flood-affected children 30,190.00 58,955.90 9 Books to school children 29,150.00 308,053.30 10 Gur 1,297.00 12,038.00 11 Patato 38,340.00 39,140.00 12 Dewatering of Pond water 5,250.00 24,500.00 13 Grocery 7,625.00 15,227.00 14 Master Oil 5,535.00 1,890.00 15 Reparing of School Building(Materials) 7,575.00 16 Repairing of flood damaged-Houses 100,000.00 17 Bed sheet 38,000.00 18 Biscuits to affected families’ Children 5,635.00 19 Blanket to affected families 216,000.00 20 Bleeching to improve insanitary condition 6,662.00 21 Chhola 20,675.00 23 Lantern 117,322.00 24 Nutrila 17,270.00 25 Pumpkin for cooked food in Flood shelters 1,400.00 26 Sarees 91,000.00 27 Shwal/Chadar 81,050.00 28 Soap & Surf 10,120.00 29 Sugar 11,655.00 30 Torch Light 27,660.00 31 Transportation Costs for Relief Materials 67,385.00 51,063.00 32 Paddy Seeds for plantation 2,428.00 27,300.00 33 Paddy-Plant(Sapplings) Distribution 13,698.00 34 Labour Cost for Paddy Sapplings carrying 32,770.00 35 Land Lease for Paddy-Plant preparation 13,400.00 36 Bags to school children 18,600.00 Line Total- 1,530,741.00 1,060,357.70

B Administrative Expenses: 1 Printing and Stationery 10,264.00 17,219.00 2 Fuel exp. For cooked food to victims 1,500.00 4,624.70 3 Travelling and Convence 13,895.89 23,251.50 4 Telephone & Internet 5,452.42 5,059.00 5 Relief Worker Allowance 8,000.00 8,000.00 6 Honorarium to Accountant 20,000.00 16,000.00 7 Refreshments/Establishment Expenses 16,610.00 3,272.00 8 Miscellanious Exp 2,492.00 2,248.00 9 Bank Chargrs 672.84 Line Total- 78,887.15 79,674.20

Total -( A+B) 1,609,628.15 1,140,031.90 2,749,660.05

FRS/Page-14 Total Funds Sent during Aila Relief:

Organization Amount (INR) AID 10, 00,00 & 4,00,000 Asha For Education 8,16,383 (Installment 1: 10 th June 2009) 5,18,176 (Installment 2: 23 rd June 2009) Total 27,34,559