SITUATION REPORT - FLOODS

NATURE OF HAZARD: FLOODS DATE: 13.08.04 at 10.00 AM

Floods in Assam have affected all the 27 districts of the state. These districts are , , Shivsagar, , , Nagoan, Morigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, Darrang, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, , Berpetta, , Kokrajhar, , , Chirang, Karbi Anglong, , Hailakhandi, Cachar, Udalguri, North Cachar Hills and Baska.

Heavy rainfall over the state and in the neighboring uphill states and countries for a sustained period since the last week of June has resulted in the rise of the water level of the whole river network – Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries and over flowed in the state. Large no. of villages got submerged with the overflowing of these rivers.

Added to the rise in the water level, breaches along the river & dam embankments, release of water from , landslides and sudden change of course by rivers, aggravated and deteriorated overall flood situation of the state, rendering millions of people homeless. The flood has also caused widespread damages to human life, property, standing crops, flood control embankments, tea gardens and other basic infrastructure in the state. Most of the wild life sanctuaries - , National Parks of Manas, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa, and Wild Life Sanctuaries Burha Chapori, Pobitora, Laokhowa and Bornodi were also under the grip of floods. Hundreds of animals have been reported to have got killed in this wave of flood.

CURRENT SITUATION :

Overall flood situation of the state is improving with less rainfall over the state and adjoining areas in the past one week. Most of the rivers in the state are flowing below the danger level except river Brahmaputra and Dhansiri (S). Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at Dibrugarh and Dhansiri in as per the CWC report at 6 pm today. But water logging has posed a great threat in the low laying areas and has made life miserable. 477 Shelter camps are still operational with more nos in the districts of Kamrup (R)- 145 nos., Dhubri- 82 nos. , Berpetta- 62 nos. and Nagoan -46 nos. .

Non availability of pure drinking water in the affected districts has led to rise in the waterborne diseases among the floods victims. Out of the total 251 deaths reported so far this year due to floods, 32 people have so far died from Diarrhea and there is increase in dysentery and fever cases as well.

Relief operations are on by the state government and few non governmental organisations in the affected areas. Army columns have been deployed at vulnerable points as a preparedness measure to meet any emergency and as the heath situation remains grim with the receding of the water and increase no of different waterborne diseases , 359 nos. of medical teams have been deployed and 3549 nos. of hand tube wells have also been installed to meet the drinking water need. The veterinary department is alos organizing relief camps for vaccination of the cattle, as well distributing fodder.

DAMAGE DETAILS:

TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE : 251 Area Flood Crops Area No. of Population Villages Houses DISTRICT Affected Relief Camps and Damaged Cattle Affected Affected Damaged (in hectares) Inmates (in hectares) lost Due to Due to Due to Due to Land Boat Drowning Diarrhea slide Capsize Bongaigaon 59726.00 417496 473 27 12165 39687.00 29199 6 16 253150.00 1190530 831 62 91814 106204.00 28806 29 25 636 Cachar 282950.00 1040000 540 21 3700 63924.00 60223 10 795 Chirang 26910.00 275800 256 13 2810 1541.06 4334 7 16 Dibrugarh 9260.00 184184 134 5 421 6054.00 247 0 17932 Dhemaji 74302.00 307200 675 4 600 54220.00 1859 2 99 Dhubari 164781.20 1523500 1016 82 121000 15151.00 10801 7 1 476 Darrang 568496.00 481477 388 12 6447 314873.00 8958 10 374 Goalpara 72965.00 544826 505 13 18700 33896.00 19050 4 5640 Golaghat 42763.00 106153 101 0 0 62500.00 950 1 87 Hailakandi 87250.00 125800 205 0 0 10100.00 4100 3 2 54 Jorhat 108700.00 216000 208 0 0 17300.00 698 0 49 Karimganj 121963.00 618875 703 18 67500 19124.00 21315 0 6 108 Kamrup (Rural) 239682.00 1342496 708 145 197307 61451.00 230161 16 55 Kamrup (Metro) 9314.30 87850 70 6 393 3571.43 9870 10 14 2 5 Kokrajhar 73953.00 74135 127 0 0 58973.00 9760 5 50 Karbi Anglong 13131.33 66956 128 11 5155 9774.00 1468 1 0 Lakhimpur 104193.71 343545 460 0 0 31341.00 515 9 609 Morigaon 102916.26 715032 598 0 0 56973.48 46924 21 20 686 241200.00 1501242 890 46 90000 112801.00 64950 15 50 Nalbari 112850.00 450495 609 0 0 62264.00 10000 15 2 398 N C Hills 4700.00 70120 53 8 1104 205.20 824 0 300 Tinsukia 28500.00 60000 116 1 123 8400.00 2000 0 1000 Sonitpur 23685.00 247378 272 3 300 14821.00 1078 7 229 Sivsagar 6120.00 63000 105 0 0 2100.00 50 0 0 Udalguri 13517.21 119879 254 0 0 80596.00 4273 1 0

TOTAL 2846979.01 12173969 10425 477 619539 1247845.17 572413 179 14 32 26 29664

• Agriculture sector: 12, 00,000 farm families have been badly affected. The major kharif crop, Bao Ahu and Sali paddy (winter rice) and other crops have been affected in about 1.1 million hectares and crop damage to the extent of 60percent and above has been assessed. Name of Crop Area affected Extent of Area damaged (Hectares) Damage (%) (Hectares) 1. Regular Ahu 1,48,500 80 1,18,800 2. Winter rice (Bao + Sali) 2,75,781 80 2,20,625 3. Sali (Seedling) 74,335 80 59,468 4. Sugarcane 3,939 30 1,182 5. Jute 28,818 50 14,409 6. Others a. Summer vegetables. 31,394 80 25,115 b. Other minor crops. 36,533 50 18,267 Uncovered area (Winter rice) 5,00,000 - - TOTAL : 10,99,000 4,57,866

• Road Network : As per the Public Works Department reports - A total of 592 kms of National Highways and 3597 kms of State highways and rural roads have been damaged by the current wave of foods. 501 no. of bridges have also been damaged in total till date.

Status of the National Highways (NH):-

- NH -31 between Nalbari and Berpetta has been breached by 20 metres. A stretch of 81 kms between Abhayapur in to Chansari in Kamrup on this highway has been damaged. After the disruption of traffic through NH-31 on the South Bank, an alternative channel of road communication to the rest of were routed from through the NH-37 via Goalpara in the North Bank of the Brahmaputra.. - A stretch of 1 km on NH-37 in Tinsukia districts has been damaged. Flood waters of the Kopilli and Killing rivers have overtopped the NH at Palahguri and have thus disrupted the communication between Lower and Upper Assam. Significantly this is the only link between the State’s northern part and rest of the country. Traffic movement on the NH in Nagaon Division and Dibrugarh division has been closed. - NH-39 connecting Guwahati -Imphal has been cutoff due to landslides at three places. - NH-44 connecting Assam- Agartala (Tripura) has been restored but it is still under water at several places. The road was cutoff due to a major landslide at Sonarpur in . About 300 meters of the highway had got blocked. Although the road was operational after clearing off the Debris at Sonarpur, but due to heavy rains, it has again been cut off due to it’s submergence at Badarpur in Assam. This is the only lifeline highway for entire , Tripura, and . On the same highway road communication from Karimganj to Guwahati via Jowai, Shillong was restored but due to over topping of flood water in Kalain area, vehicular movement has been suspended since 21st July. Presently there is no road communication to Guwahati from Karimganj. But road communication from Karimganj to has been restored. - NH-52 has been overtopped at Telijan point about two kilometers from Dhemaji town (Samarjan) since 19th July and in many other places in Dhemaji districts. - NH-53 Silchar-Imphal road has been disrupted due to overflowing of river Barak at several places. - NH-54 Extension road- the 184 km long road between Lumding-Silchar in North Cachar hills has been damaged at several places due to landslides. 8 nos. of culverts and three no. of bridges have also been damaged. - Extensive damage to NH -31B, 31C, 36, 37, 52A, 54 and 151 has submerged at various places. Traffic movement on NH-152 and 154 remains disrupted due to landslides at various points.

Status of the State Highways and Public Works Department (PWD) Roads:- - Road communication from Karimganj to Cachar and remains disrupted due to submergence of the highways since 19th July. - : The PWD roads from Bihupuria to Badati have been completely breached. - Berpetta: State PWD roads have submerged at several places and the PWD road connecting Berpetta town to NH-31 has been breached. A bridge on NH-31 has been washed away near . - Cachar : Badarpur-Jowai road remains disrupted - Jorhat :Road communication between Bongaon-Kamalabari- Garmur-Lower breached and badly affected - Baska : The main road to has been breached at 4 places. - Kamrup: PWD roads under Sonarpur and Charapur circle at Hajo bari, Panikheti, Lahapara remains disrupted. Bridges:- - The RCC Bridge no. 20/2 on Orang- Majbat-Rupa road in has been damaged. - RCC Bridge on NH-37 has developed cracks due to displacement of embankment. - The Ring Bundh at Futuri-Simina under Palashbari Revenue Circle in got breached by flood waters on 21/07/04 - • Railway Communication network: The torrential rains have damaged railway tracks on different stretches in the state and have hampered the railway transportation severely. Railway track washed out on the Guwahati- Lumding link

- Guwahati – Lumding rail track has been damaged severely. A stretch of 1.5 kilometres between Jamunamukh and Jogijan has been damaged. Around 525 metres of the track is hanging as an embankment has been washed out. - Lumding –Badarpur (hill section) has been suspended due to landslides in the North Cachar Hills since 10-7-2004. - Trains in the Rangia-North Lakhimpur- section remain disrupted. - Rail traffic between upper Assam and Guwahati remains suspended for submergence of tracks in by river Kopili and Killing. - A section of meter gauge tracks between Rangiya-Bongaigaon remains submerged.

• A total of 629 veterinary institutes (both small and big) have been damaged. • Telecommunication network has also been affected and links to various rural exchanges remains disrupted. 33 telephone exchanges in the districts of Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Cachar and Jorhat have reported break down in services since 13 July 2004. • A total of 84 breaches on embankments have taken place this year, of which 24 major breaches have taken place during the month of July, 2004. • Vital installations, telephone lines, educational institutions and other electricity substations are badly damaged.

PROJECTED THREATS:

• People mostly depend on wells, tube wells for drinking water so as everything has been flooded and all the drinking water sources have got submerged, therefore people have no access to pure drinking water. So water borne diseases are likely to gain momentum in the affected villages. • As roads and rail transportation has been severely affected, and boat is the only means of transportation, so it will affect the restoration work as materials cannot be transported properly. With floods lasting for a longer period, unavailability of food materials in the interior areas might be a great threat. • Landslides at several places are hindering the transportation of relief materials to the marooned villages and remote areas. This may result in scarcity of food in many areas • Damages to the staple food crop cultivation might lead to food insecurity among marginal and poor farmers. • Waterborne diseases manifest with the receding of the flood waters so there are likely possibilities of outbreak of diseases in the affected villages. Similarly lack of proper hygiene in the relief camps may lead to outbreaks as well. Few isolated cases have been reported the health department. • As all the water sources- tube wells and open wells have got submerged, there is scarcity of drinking water in the affected villages. • Prolonged floods might damage the plants and shrubs. • Flood water carries large amount of silt, so fields have been covered with large deposits of sand. • Due to large scale inundation, there were damages to grazing land and corps, thus affecting indirectly to the livestock. • Due to inundation, there are very few storage points. The relief stock (food materials) is also getting damaged • A bridge on NH-37 at Rangjoli has become extremely weak. Most of the traffic is plying on this weak bridge, due to disruption on NH-31. Further damages to the bridge might disrupt the transport and relief operations through this highway. • Due to heavy inflow of water there has been tremendous pressure on the embankments. Erosion and seepage by the rivers is posing a threat to the villages on the banks of river Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries.

ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES:

CENTRAL LEVEL: • Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made an aerial survey of affected district and reviewed the situation with Hon’ble Chief Minister and Senior officials of the State on 20th July. Earlier Union Minister for Water Resources had reviewed the flood situation in the state. Shri T.R. Balu, Union Minister of Surface Transport has also reviewed the flood situation of the state in the context of damages to NH and PWD roads on 4th of August, 04. Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, the Hon’ble Union Minister of Health also visited some flood affected areas of the State on 4 & 5th August 04. Army Personnel during a rescue operation in Dharamtul Village • A 12 member Central Flood Damage Assessment Team headed by Joint. Secretary, Min. of Home Affairs, Govt. of India is currently assessing the flood situation in the state. This team has further divided itself into four sub teams. • Assistance by Army and Air-Force- 27 composite flood relief columns of Army is assisting the state Government in relief and rescue operations. 11 Air Force helicopters and 69 power boats are engaged for rescue of marooned people in Kamrup, Nalbari and other districts. Army speed boats are being utilized for rescue of the affected people. 2 composite flood relief columns are providing assistance in Nalbari; 4 composite flood relief columns in Kamrup; 1 composite flood relief column in Darrang; 4 composite flood relief column in Nagoan, 8 composite flood relief column in Goalpara, 1 composite flood relief column in Morigaon, 1 column in Berpetta, 2 columns in Guwahati and 4 columns in cachar(Silchar). A specialist Search and Rescue (SAR)Team of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) along with two boats and medical team have been deployed in Hajo of Kamrup and Barama of Nalbari districts • At the request of the state Government, the Central Government has made available helicopters at Guwahati, Tejpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Silchar. • The Central Govt. has released a sum of Rs.462.6 million from Calamity Relief Fund for the relief operations. An addition sum of Rs. 550 million has also been released from National Calamity Relief Contingency Fund (NCCF). • Ministry of Petroleum has already released 4, 00,000 liters of Kerosene Oil as additional allocation to the state of Assam. This has been sub-allocated to the districts and sub- divisions • The Ministry of Health has sent a central team to the flood affected areas of Assam to advise the State on the actions to be taken and prevent outbreak of epidemics. National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and the Regional Directors for Health & Family Welfare at Patna and Guwahati are on high alert to check outbreak of any disease in it’s early stage. • An inter ministerial team has been constituted by , which would carry out damage assessment in Assam. • At the request of the Govt. of Assam to Govt. of India, a team of four Communication Specialists along with 4 satellite phones, eight Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in the affected areas. 22 HF and 44 VHF sets have been supported for establishing communication network in the marooned areas. The team has 4 INMARSAT (Satellite) phones sets and 10 very high frequency sets with a connection radius of 10 Kms. The satellite phones have been installed at the Chief Secretary’s office, and the in the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office of Nalbari and Berpetta. The VHF sets have been equally deployed in the districts of Barpeta Goalpara, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Morigoan and Dibrugarh and Nalbari. • Ministry of Defence has been requested by the Central Govt. to set up two bailley bridges as per the sites requested by the state government.

STATE LEVEL: • The Chief Minister has made an aerial survey of the flood situation. • Flood Management Committees have been constituted at the State level, District level and the Sub divisional level consisting of members from Political parties, Administration, NGOs and Society groups, particularly to streamline relief works. The first meeting of the State Level committee was held on 3rd August, 04.. • The State Government has issued guidelines to all districts for taking up Search & Rescue and Relief measures in war footing. Senior officials have been assigned to carry forward the operation in a smoother way. Arrangements are on, for the procurement of food grains, medicines, bleaching powder, cattle fodder, water purifying tablets, ORS, boats and vehicles from neighboring states. • The State Govt. had requested the GOI for 5 million halogen tablets; 5 million ORS pouches; 500 MTs of DDT and 200 MTs of bleaching powder. • Rs. 500 million has been released from state funds for carrying out the flood relief & rehabilitation work in the state. • Gratuitous relief distributed: Rice: 397886.87qtls, Dal: 34604.97qtls, Salt: 12721.48qtls, Chira: 1,687.10 qtls and Gur: 485. 60 qtls. • Department of Food has been advised by the state government to expedite movement of stock to different states in North Eastern region. • The state government has requested the Railways for allotment of additional rakes of A relief camp on the road in essential commodities, due to snapping of road communication at several places as well to reschedule some passenger trains and facilitates movements of the goods train. • The government is monitoring the overall flood situation and coordinating with the neighboring states. • Additional amount has been sanctioned for distribution of relief materials like food stuff, drinking water, medicine, fodder, veterinary care to the cattle population. • All district administration has taken steps for relief and rescue operation in war footing. The officials of all line departments have been asked to assist the district administration in the relief and rescue operations. District Authorities have been asked to provide Nutritional support to children on need basis. • Health Measures: The health department has deployed 2,500 doctors for providing medical assistance to the flood victims in the affected areas. 31 medical officers and 99 medical workers in 30 teams have been deployed in affected areas for extending preventive and curative measures. In Berpetta as well, medical teams are visiting the affected areas regularly. As a part of the health measure, Public Health Engineering Department is distributing water purifying chemical packets, bleaching powder packets for disinfection of water sources like tube wells, ring wells, ponds. Installation and repair of tube well are being carried out. Installation of Hand Tube Wells, sanitation drives, distribution / spraying of phenyle, bleaching powder and DDT have been taken as a priority by the district administration particularly in the relief camps. Water purifying packets are being distributed and medical relief after checkups intensified. Medical camps have been organized by the Army (99 ) through 12 columns sin the districts of Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Nagaon, Goalpara and Nalbari. • NGO Coordination and Flood Review:

• A coordination meeting of the NGOs and INGOs was convened by UNICEF on 22nd July. The discussion mainly focused on sectoral damages & losses caused by the current floods, health services in the relief camps, availability of human and cattle medicines & vaccines and the possible short and long term flood management plans.

• A state level NGO coordination meeting was convened on 26th July under the chairmanship of the Relief Commissioner at Guwahati city, Assam. This meeting was basically a forum for information sharing. Health, sanitation and relief related issues and contributions by each of the non governmental agencies were also shared.

• A State level INGO/ NGO coordination meeting was convened on 7th August in the Secretariat Conference Hall of the State Secretariat at , facilitated by UN support. It was attended by senior Govt. officials - Additional Chief Secretary, State Relief Commissioner, Revenue Commissioner, representatives from INGOs/ NGOs, Indian Tea Association (Assam Branch), Shanti Sadhana Ashram, Bureau of Integrated Rural Development, North East Affected Areas Development Society, who are involved with rehabilitation of flood affected people. The discussions highlighted the Flood Relief operation carried out by INGOs and NGOs taken up so far. Restoration works in Assam and other rehabilitation measures to be adopted, preparation for a possible earthquake and mitigation measures were thoroughly discussed.

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE:

• UNICEF has supported to the Government with 700,000 halogen tablets, 12 Metric Tonnes (MT) of Ferric Alum, 5 MT of bleaching powder and 5 MT of Lime, and 760,000 Oral Rehydration Salt sachets as a part of pre-positioning of supplies through on-going programmes. With a request from the State government, it is also supplying an additional quantity of 1 million halogen tablets and 500,000 Oral Dehydration Salts sachets. UNICEF staff members are also in close touch with officers of the and are also monitoring the situation closely. Another 1.89 million halogen tablets are en route to Guwahati by air and will be handed over to the Director of Health Services, Government of Assam in response to a request as a part of on-going programmes of UNICEF. 1.1 Million Oral Rehydration Salt sachets are in the process of procurement and they will be transported to Guwahati from Saturday (24 July) onwards in batches, in response to a request from the Government of Assam. An additional quantity of 9 MT of bleaching powder is also being procured for ensuring the provision of safe drinking water in flood- affected areas. Apart from the provision of additional supplies requested by the Government, UNICEF has initiated the formation of “WATSAN groups for relief support in flood shelters” in 10 districts of Assam. • The Royal Danish Embassy has extended a support to the tune of Rs. 2.3 million through Tezpur Mahila Samiti-a local NGO, for carrying out relief operations in . • OXFAM has conducted a rapid assessment in flood affected areas of Dhemaji ,Nalbari ,Jorhat, Golaghat and Marigaon districts of Assam and it is reaching out to 10,000 families in Nalbari, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Morigaon and Golaghat for the immediate emergency response that includes food packets for 10000 families for 7 days (Oil, dal, potatoes, garlic, onion and groundnut, chickpeas as per Sphere standard) , plastic sheets and hygiene kit. • Govt. of India-UNDP, NDRM programme staff based at district and state head quarters is assisting the state and district administration in coordination of the relief operations. • The Indian Red Cross Society, Assam branch has mobilized relief worth Rs. 0.5 Million till date consisting of 300 blankets, 200 mosquito nets, beaten rice, jaggery, milk powder, utensils, salt and pulses. In addition they have provided 500 family packets with clothing and basic utensils to the affected people. • Caritas- India is carrying out relief activities in 1 Gram Panchayat of Dibrugarh, Shivsagar, Tinsukia and Jorhat districts through Seva Kendra, it’s partner NGO. Similarly it has started it’s intervention in Sonitpur, Darrang, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon districts through a NGO- Tezpur-office for Social work. In Kamrup and Bongaigaon it is carrying out relief activities with it’s partner NGO- Guwahati Gana Seva Society. An amount of Rs. 2.00 million has been extended for the relief activities in the above mentioned districts (food, Medical Assistance and shelter) and . • CASA has distributed dry food items, clothes, plastic sheets, household utensils and sanitation items in the villages of Nalbari, Barpeta, Nagaon and . Other non food materials supported are woolen blankets, Dhoti, Polybags, soaps, candles, and bandage. Food materials supported are rice, lentils, Mustard oil. The Dan Church Aid is funding CASA for these relief activities. • A team comprising of 5 specialist and 40 national staff of Medicines Sans Frontier (MSF) is working in Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts with special emphasis on Health and Antenatal Care. They have made a preliminary assessment of the Medical needs, water and sanitation in the area and monitoring health situation in the relief camps and have extended medical services. They also have 4 basic medical eprep kits (each serving approx. 100 people for 1 week) • World Vision India has provided Rice, lentil, oil, and medical assistance to 6000 families and Tarpaulin to 3500 families in Dhemaji, Udalguri and Kamrup District of Assam. • Action Aid is presently intervening in the districts of Nalbari, Darrang, Dhemaji and Jorhat with the help local Community Based Organisations and local NGOs. Interventions include medical support, water purification agents and disinfectants, veterinary support and shelter materials. In Morigaon, Action Aid team has started working since 22nd July and is assisting local community partners in organizing safe sanitation and drinking water awareness camps. In Nalbari, a major intervention with the support of European Union Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) for the most vulnerable families among the affected will be initiated. A 3 member expert team of Action Aid has also arrived in the capital city -Guwahati and will visit Morigaon and to facilitate professional handling of emergency relief. • Lutheran World Service (LWS) is supporting the flood affected victims with Halogen tablets, Bleaching powder, lime dust, 10,000 reinforced fabricated polythene sheets, non food family relief kit, mosquito net, blankets, bed sheet, adults & children garments and ration like -rice, dal, presses rice and Molasses. • ECHO has decided to provide financial assistance to NGO’s i.e Oxfam and Action Aid mainly to provide humanitarian assistance to the affected people. • Catholic Relief Services (CRS) –has provided food support and medical assistance. They wiil be involve in cleanliness drives so that incidence of epidemic is obviated. Food for work programme will be undertaken for restoration. Books and seeds are planned to be distributed. The need of books for children who lost all their books will be fulfilled to the extent possible. • Medicines Sans Frontier (MSF) -are working in the area of Basic Health and Antenatal Care in Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts. Malaria prone areas like Ruhinikhata and Balagaon have been given adequate attention. During the floods, disease monitoring in Relief Camps has been done. • NEADS- The area of operation of the organization is Jorhat and Golaghat districts. During the floods they have assisted the District Administration in rescue and relief. They have helped in organizing of medical camps. Majuli and Janjimukh areas in and Bankhual area of have been effectively covered by them.1000 families have been targeted for relief package help including tarpaulins with aid from OXFAM. Awareness camps are being organized. • Nehru Yuvak Kendra: 1450 volunteers have worked in close coordination with the District administration in the flood affected districts. Rs 20000 per district have been recently approved by the Ministry to be spent on medical support in consultation with the DCs. • NEADS- The area of operation of the organization is Jorhat and Golaghat districts. During the floods they have assisted the District Administration in rescue and relief. They have helped in organizing of medical camps. Majuli and Janjimukh areas in Jorhat district and Bankhual area of Golaghat district have been effectively covered by them.1000 families have been targeted for relief package help including tarpaulins with aid from OXFAM. Awareness camps are being organized. • Mahila Mehfil, Morigaon - The relief operations were carried out in blocks of Lahorighat, Bhurbandha and Mayong. Bleaching Powder and tin sheets have been distributed. Rice has been distributed with Govt. support. They have tied up with OXFAM to support 2000 families with a relief package consisting of food items including Potato and Garlic. 40 worst affected villages have been targeted. • DESHBANDHU CLUB, SILCHAR- They have provided food and medical support to flood affected people in Cachar and Hailakandi districts in the Barak Valley. • SHANTI SADHANA ASHRAM- are working in Kamrup, , Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Dhubri .They have targeted to take care of the orphans, widows, pregnant women, newborn babies and lactating mothers .This work will be undertaken in tandem with the Voluntary Health Association of Assam with whom they have a tie-up. They will further assist in the post flood phase in the Agriculture and Health sectors. • BIRD- Conducted a study on living with floods- survival plan for Majuli’. A road map for restoration and technical support necessary for the farming community is being worked out with a tie-up with ABITA. • MANAB SHAKTI JAGARAN, NALBARI- food and medical support was extended in association with OXFAM. The rehabilitation of fish farmers has to be taken as a priority. • BRAHMAJAL-have provided drinking water to the flood affected people in about 72,000 pouch packets in Kamrup and Metropolitan districts. • ASSAM CENTRE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT- They have covered the border villages of Kamrup and Darrang, Health camps have been organized in the districts of Darrang and Marigaon Hajo and Nalbari are further target areas. Assistance has also been extended to the diary farmers of Amlighat in Morigaon Hajo and Nalbari. Assistance has also been extended to the diary farmers of Amlighat in Morigaon. • VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ASSAM- They have organized medical camps in five districts. Treatment camps were of four days duration. They have 106 grass root level organizations as working partners. Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Darrang, Golaghat and Nagaon have been effectively covered. They have a tie up with RVC in Dhemaji and the Manab Shakti Jagaran in Nalbari. Medicines, ORS, bleaching powder etc have been distributed

NEEDS:• be taken up shortly.

• Paddy Seedlings in the areas where the flood intensity had been less. As well technical support and inputs for appropriate and alternative crops including Rabi crops in the coming period. High Yielding variety paddy seeds and saplings, local short duration variety paddy seeds and crops compatible with silted lands need to be propagated. Crops, which can be harvested in 60-80 days, will be beneficial. The sowing period for Sali corps is about to get over with in a weeks time. • Makeshift bathrooms in the relief camps required and special treatment facilities for the patients with chronic diseases. • Awareness programmes for the flood victims on different aspects like health, sanitation, coping mechanism, alternative livelihoods strategies, etc during emergencies and other periods as well. • There is a demand for Food for work programme in the affected areas of Nalbari. • Family kits containing mosquito nets, bed sheets, utensils and tarpaulins for the families whose houses and other utilities have been washed away completely. • Loans to the flood victims for their rehabilitation. • Assistance for the dairy farmers in Amlighat in Morigaon district, due to washing away of miltch cows in the ongoing floods. • Severe damages to the houses is a critical problem at present and displaced people need safe shelter houses, as the temporary shelters are not in sufficient nos. Support for roofing materials like tin and bamboo has also been demanded. • Health care services in the ongoing shelter camps and centers. Post natal and neo-natal care ought to be taken up. • The state PWD roads which have been damaged at different places need immediate bridging. • Bleaching powder and Phenyl required in large quantities in the affected districts. • Vaccination of the livestock in the affected areas.

CHANNEL FOR DELIVERY & CONTACT DETAILS:

State Control Room: Relief Commissioner’s Office : 91-361-2230982 / 2268691 / 2264847 / 91-361– 2262898 (Telephone) 2268600 (Telephone) 2226480 (Fax) 91- 361 – 2261901(Fax) Sat phone : 7639445668

Satellite phone details : Chief Secretary’s Office:7639445664 Nalbari dist. Administration :7639445660 Barpeta dist. Administration 7639445672

Detail of Airport facilities available: There are six airports located at Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tejpur, Jorhat, Silchar & Lilabari in the state

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: • Chief secretary’s Office • Relief Commissioners office • UNDP Assam Team • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • Central Water Commission (CWC) • Maps of India • Media reports