National Logistics Cluster Meeting Minutes

LOCATION: Kathmandu, Nepal

DATE: 18-Aug-2017, time: 14:00

CHAIR: WFP (as co-chair of the national logistics cluster, chaired by Ministry of Home Affairs) PARTICIPANTS: Care Nepal, DFID-GIZ Risk Management Office, Handicap International, IFRC, The Lutheran World Federation, Mission Aviation Fellowship, People In Need, Samaritan's Purse, Save the Children, Tear fund, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP (13 organisations)

ACTION POINTS • Organisation were requested to submit planned logistics activities in the 3Ws matrix. • Organisations were requested to share updates on road accessibility if they receive from staff in the flood affected districts. • The results of IRA field assessments will be discussed during the next cluster meeting. AGENDA 1. Logistics Operational Update 2. Gaps and Constraints 3. AOB

1. Logistics Operational Update

Road Access Constraints

• It is reported that all major highways have re-opened, but there are several sections where only one-way traffic is possible. Please consult the latest road access constraints map.

• An updated road access constraints map is available from the Logistics Cluster Nepal Country page: http://www.logcluster.org/map/nepal-access-constraints-map-18-august-2017 Surface Transport

• Save the Children as the District Lead Support Agency (DLSA) and Nepal Red Cross Society are supporting District Disaster Relief Committee’s (DDRC) for transportation of relief items in the West, Banke and Bardiya.

• World Vision International, DLSA in Morang, reported that there are no major challenges for the transportation, as the East is an industrialised part of the country. DDRC’s are using trucks of security forces for transportation in Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts.

• Overall sufficient commercial transporters and transport capacity is available in the affected districts in the East, Central and West. Local transporters can be reached through the Nepal Transporters association. Contact details are provided in section AOB below.

• UNICEF informed that they are awaiting information from Nepal Rafting Association on the option of using rafts for transport by water. Currently, they have limited resources available.

http://www.logcluster.org/countries/NPL Upon the request of the Government of Nepal, WFP, as the lead agency of the Logistics Cluster, supports the activities of the Nepal national logistics cluster with coordination of the relief efforts of the humanitarian community and the Government of Nepal.

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• IFRC shared their success story of using boats for search and rescue in Nepalgunj and Banke district. They are now using the same boats for distribution of relief items. Air Transportation

• airport is not functional, but expected to resume operations 19 August. The other domestic airports in the floods affected districts are reported to be functional.

• Mission Aviation Fellowship informed that they are able to support and expedite contracting of commercial helicopters in case of need and assist with selecting landing zones. Storage

• Sufficient commercial warehouse space is available in the flood affected areas in East, Central and West. Warehouse and transport capacity information is available at the Logistics Capacity Assessment website: http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/Nepal

• Additional private sector warehouse space was identified in East. The information has been added in the warehouse capacity table below:

 Jhapa warehouse capacity Warehouse MT GPS Owner & contact no Remarks Need to clean and Bargachhi ,Biratnagar center, N 260 28.545’ Pradeeep 700 minor City Center E 087016.641’ Murarkaa(9852020045) maintenance. Need to clean and Mills Area(Inside Ashok N 260 25.038’ Pradeeep 2500 minor Textile ) E 870 16.120’ Murarkaa(9852020045) maintenance. Khanar Sunsari,Himalayan Need to clean and N 260 37.909’ Ankit Bohora Industries (In between 1000 maintenance E 0870 16.416’ (9801020563) & Biratnagar ) required. Open for all the Lease by Trans Nepal Pvt. N 260 24.154’ cargo carriers Biratnagar dry port 3000 Ltd (Manoj Das- E 087015.984’ from Indo-Nepal 9842030875) border. NFC Birtamod /Jhapa 70 63mt stock NFC Open space will be available in Bhadrapur/Jhapa Available NFC case of MSU erection. Open space and suitable for MSU Paadajungi/Jhapa Available APF erection but need to coordinate with APF.

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 Saptari warehouse capacity Warehouse MT GPS Owner & contact no Remarks Need to N 260 32.787' Ramesh Rumta clean and Hanuman Gharelu Rice Mill 200 E 0860 45.370' (9842822684) maintenance required. Partial part Manish Dugad of the mill N 260 33.444' Manoj Seller Rice Mill 300 (9842904591), Lal Babu and need E 0860 44.820' Agrawal(9808097542) few hours for cleaning. Open space will be Red Cross can support Adjacent ground of Red Cross available in for facilitation case of MSU erection.

 Hetauda warehouse capacity Capacity Warehouse Status Remarks (MT) Nepal Food Corporation 1500 New

 Nepalgunj warehouse capacity Capacity Warehouse GPS Status (MT)

Ajaya Gupta, Khajura Road (Near N 28o 4' 29.73"E 81o 550 Before rented by WFP DPO) 37' 16.56"

Priti Agrawal, Khajura Road (Near N 28o 4' 31.14"E 81o 200 Before rented by WFP DPO) 37' 15.49"

N 28o 8' 31.72"E 81o Shyam Lal Gupta, Parbatipur 600 Before rented by WFP 39' 55.36"

N 28o 4' 59.23"E 81o Available, Not Accessible for FFE, Karkando 200 38' 37.31" Containerized Cargo

Nepalgunj dryport 30 Customs warehouse

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Fuel

• There are currently no fuel shortages in the affected area or Kathmandu. Regular fuel supply from India has resumed and Nepal Oil Corporation has substantial fuel reserve in all its depots.

• Organisations were informed that the Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has a contingency stock of 30,000 litres of diesel which can be provided to humanitarian agencies on cost-recovery basis in case of need.

• Mission Aviation Fellowship shared that it heard about a shortage of aviation fuel in . Nepal Oil Corporation confirmed that Bharatpur Airport normally has no aviation fuel supply available.

2. Gaps and Constraints

• Organisations were advised to share the information on road accessibility if they have any updates from their sub-offices and partners in the flood affected districts.

• Additional information is required on accessibility of rural roads in the affected districts.

• There are no gaps in transport, warehousing and fuel.

3. AOB

• The press release by Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on the “single-window” collection of relief supplies at the central level was clarified. All humanitarian agencies may co-ordinate directly with DDRC’s supply and distribution of the relief items, or contribute the supplies in Kathmandu to the “single-window” supply mechanism. Both options are welcomed, as per the information received from Head of Disaster Management Division, MoHA.

• Organisations were provided with the following contact details of the MoHA dealing with Relief Collection Committee (for further details, please contact National Logistics Cluster):

o Overall Relief Items Coordination: Mr. Kedar Neupane, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

• Upon request from MoHA and in coordination with UN resident Coordination Office (UNRCO), organisations were requested to submit the planned logistics activities in the 3W matrix. MoHA requested this information to prioritize and find potential gaps.

• Organisations were advised that the next National Logistics Coordination meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 22 August 2017 at 14:00 at the HSA, Tribhuvan Airport.

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• Transporters contact details:

Transporters Location Email Phone No. Arjun Ranabhat, Federation of Truck Transport Enterpreneurs Kathmandu [email protected] 015531052, 9857025006 Shree Megh Raj Sigdel, Biratnagar Truck Association Biratnagar 021-523651, 9852021851 Shree Babu Sayeb Jha, Janapur Truck Association Janakpur 041-522191, 9854026635 Ishwor Bhattarai, Koshi Truck Association Itahari 025-580590, 586590 Shree Badri Prasad Chaulagain, Narayani Yatayat Association Hetauda 057-521034, 9855068115 Shree Prakash Adhikari, Mid- Western Truck Assoocation Surkhet 083-521399, 9848021879 Shree Jagdish Aryal, Saragmatha Truck Association Rajbiraj 031-526729, 9842820630 Disclaimer: Reference of company information does not imply any business relationship between the supplier and WFP, and is used solely as a determinant of services, and capacities. WFP maintains complete impartiality and are not in a position to endorse, comment on any company's suitability as a reputable service provider

Contacts:

Jurgen Hulst Head of Supply Chain and EPR [email protected]

Ratindra Khatri Civil-Mil Coordination Officer [email protected]

Ekta Adhikari Information Management Officer [email protected]

http://www.logcluster.org/countries/NPL Upon the request of the Government of Nepal, WFP, as the lead agency of the Logistics Cluster, supports the activities of the Nepal national logistics cluster with coordination of the relief efforts of the humanitarian community and the Government of Nepal.