Preliminary Appeal India Floods in Northern Andhra Pradesh
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SECRETARIAT - 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland - TEL: +41 22 791 6033 - FAX: +41 22 791 6506 www.actalliance.org Preliminary Appeal India Floods in Northern Andhra Pradesh – IND133 Preliminary Appeal Target: US$ 243,343 Balance Requested: US$ 243,343 Geneva, 29 July 2013 Dear Colleagues, Torrential rain in the south-eastern India state of Andhra Pradesh has claimed 22 lives. More than 300 villages are currently inundated by flood waters and 20,000 people were evacuated to prevent further deaths. The infrastructure is heavily affected, some areas are only accessible by helicopters, villages are cut off from electricity and the number of people affected by water-borne disease is increasing. An estimated 150,000 people are affected by the floods having their houses damaged and crops destroyed. India Air Force helicopters are dropping food, medicines and water packets in the flood-hit villages of Khammam district. In addition, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has taken up rescue operations in 40 flood ravaged villages and has evacuated villagers to approximately 100 camps. Despite the relief support provided by the state Government there are gaps which need to be filled to ensure families are supported. ACT member, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of India (UELCI) and Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) have deployed staff to the affected areas to carry out a rapid needs assessment and to initiate emergency response actions. CASA is planning to provide food and non-food items to a total of 3,000 families in the districts of Khammam and West Godavari. UELCI is targeting the same area and will also provide assistance to families living in East Godovari. UELCI will support 6,410 families in terms of food and non-food items and 1,000 households will receive shelter repair assistance. Both, CASA and UELCI will carry out a detailed needs assessment which will be used to fine-tune the project and to formulate a full appeal. The durations of the relief projects are 45 days for CASA and 2 month for UELCI. Prel. Appeal IND133: Andhra Pradesh Flood 2 ACT REQUESTING MEMBERS Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) page 5 United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) page 9 KEY PARAMETERS: CASA UELCI Project Start/Completion Dates 1 August – 30 September 2013 1 August – 31 October 2013 Geographic areas of response Khammam and West Godavari Khammam, West- and East Godavari Sectors of response & projected Food: 3,000 families Food: 6,410 families target population per sector Non-Food Items: 3,000 families Non-Food Items: 6,410 families Shelter: 1,000 families TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY APPEAL REQUIREMENTS BY ACT MEMBER AND SECTOR: Preliminary Appeal CASA UELCI Total Requirements Requirements Total requirements US$ 91,955 151,388 243,343 Less: pledges/contributions US$ 0 0 0 Balance of requirements US$ 91,955 151,388 243,343 TABLE 2: REPORTING SCHEDULE Type of Report CASA UELCI Situation reports Weekly (first month) Weekly (first month) Interim narrative and financial report NA NA Final narrative and financial report 31 October 2013 30 November 2013 Audit report and management letter 30 November 2013 31 December 2013 Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts: US dollar Euro Account Number - 240-432629.60A Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z Account Name: ACT Alliance UBS AG 8, rue du Rhône P.O. Box 2600 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Swift address: UBSWCHZH80A Please also inform the Director of Finance Jean-Daniel Birmele ([email protected]) and the Senior Programme Officer, Sudhanshu Singh of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers. We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation. For further information please contact: ACT Senior Programme Officer, Sudhanshu Singh (phone +41 22 791 6035 or mobile +41 79 285 2916) or Jean-Daniel Birmele, Director of Finance (phone +41 22 791 6038) ACT Web Site address: http://www.actalliance.org Jean-Daniel Birmele Director of Finance and Officer in Charge ACT Alliance Secretariat Prel. Appeal IND133: Andhra Pradesh Flood 3 I. NARRATIVE SUMMARY DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY Incessant rains across northern Andhra Pradesh have caused rivers to overflow inundating low-lying areas. The Godavari River is flowing well above the danger level in the northern Telangana districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam and East and West Godavari. Currently more than 300 villages in 12 mandals in Bhadrachalam and Palvancha divisions are still inundated by flood waters. More than 20,000 people from marooned areas have been evacuated to 100 relief camps opened by the state authorities. The heavy rains and floods have so far claimed 22 lives, disrupted road transport and damaged over thousands of acres of standing crops in six districts according to official reports. As at 22 July 300 flood affected villages were without electricity for the third consecutive day. There are also rising health concerns as there has been an increase in the cases of malaria in some of the flood affected areas. In East and West Godavari hundreds of villages were cut-off from the rest of the state. District administration has evacuated people from many low-lying villages and arranged sand bags to prevent further flooding. According to Indian Meteorological Department, Andhra Pradesh (AP) has received 40% excess rainfall so far this monsoon season. Irrigation projects on river Godavari have been inundated. Hundreds of villages were marooned in Khammam and West and East Godavari districts due to the incessant rain and flooding of rivers. The meteorological centre based in Hyderabad has warned of heavier rains in ten districts of Andhra Pradesh, especially in Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh, over the next few days. The State is experiencing unabated rains for almost two weeks now and the villages situated at coastal region have borne the brunt. The floods in the districts have seriously affected over 150,000 people. Villagers are using makeshift rafts to move around, while schools were shut and fishermen were asked not to venture out to fish in the rivers. Many villages in the north Telangana region are marooned. 5,204 houses have been damaged, and electricity supplies to 804 villages was disrupted and later restored in 480 villages. The heavy rain and floods have damaged over 148,236 hectares of standing crops and 294 tanks were breached. Some the major crops in the region such as rice, soybean and cotton those are at nursery stage has damaged to the large extent. The heavy rainfall has not only caused damage to the houses and infrastructure but has devastated people’s livelihood and the normal everyday lives of the people. The economically disadvantaged and most vulnerable have suffered the most from the heavy rains and destruction of agriculture. Many of the houses have been seriously damaged in the rains and resulting floods. (Source of the above mentioned information: Field Staff of UELCI & CASA + Media: NDTV, The Hindu & the pioneer) ACTIONS TO DATE AND EMERGENCY NEEDS The State government has deployed three Indian Air Force helicopters to drop food, medicines and water packets in the flood-hit villages of Khammam district. Around 40 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel also arrived at Mahadevpur mandal headquarters to take up rescue operations in 40 flood ravaged villages and evacuated the villagers to flood relief camps. ACT member, United Evangelical Lutheran Church of India executive staff, along with member churches in the flood affected areas have carried out a rapid needs assessment. Based on the ground reality and the needs assessment was carried out amongst church members to purchase dried rations (sufficient for one day) to be distributed amongst 1,535 vulnerable flood affected poor people. Prel. Appeal IND133: Andhra Pradesh Flood 4 Similarly, CASA has also deployed their field staff to assess the flood situation on the ground. The Rotary Club and Lions club has distributed rice, water and medicine among a few flood affected people in Bhadrachalam. The Government of Andhra Pradesh Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation have announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh (US$ 3,448) each to the families of deceased persons. At this point of time the most urgent needs are: dry rations water and non-food items to meet their food and household needs over the crisis period. Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) PROPOSED EMERGENCY RESPONSE OVERALL GOAL: The goal of the programme will be to mitigate the effects of the floods on the human population and help them on the path of recovery. OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Objective1: To ensure that the affected population have food and basic household items to tide them over the crisis period. Indicator: 3,000 families are provided with dry ration, blankets, utensil sets, and clothing. Activity: These items were chosen based on field team recommendations, damages by the floods, prevailing climatic conditions in the area and request from the communities. As the reference communities have lost most of their household items in the flood waters, providing the above mentioned items will help these communities restore some normalcy to their lives. PROPOSED ASSISTANCE: Description Type Output Indicator Outcome Food - Rice 3,000 target 3,000 Households 3,000 Households - Lentils HHs received received adequate food secured immediate basic - Refined vegetable oil dry ration kit. rations according to food and nutrition needs - Turmeric & chilli need for a period of 15 are met for the crisis powder days period of 15 days - Salt - Blankets NFIs 100% beneficiaries NFIs are used by the - Utensil sets distributed to received NFI items.