SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

South West Monsoon

As per IMD report, yesterday’s monsoon low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Orissa-West Bengal Coast has developed into a well-marked low-pressure area. It is likely to concentrate into a depression during next 24 hours (13th August). Under its influence, widespread rainfall is likely to occur over Orissa and coastal areas of West Bengal during next 48 hours (13th & 14th August). Widespread rainfall is also likely over remaining parts of West Bengal & Sikkim, Jharkhand, , East Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during same period. The rainfall activity is likely to increase further over Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh after 48 hours (13th & 14th August).

Today Weather Update: Scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls are likely over Orissa, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal during next 24 hours and isolated heavy to very heavy falls thereafter. Isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hrs. and scattered heavy to very heavy falls with isolated extremely heavy falls thereafter. Isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over Western Himalayan Region, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Chhattisgarh.

The following table shows the level of water in rivers and dams. 9 rivers are flowing at danger levels with a moderate flooding trend and rest of the 13 rivers is flowing in a low flooding trend. River Inflow Flood District State Trend Forecast Flow Trends of Dams & River touching Moderated Flood situation Kosi Baltara Khagharia Bihar Steady Bagmati Benibad Bihar Steady Adhwara Group Ekmighat Bihar Falling Ganga Farakka Murshidabad West Bengal Falling Bagmati Hayaghat Dharbhanga Bihar Falling Kosi Kursela Katihar Bihar Falling Burhi Gandak Rosera Bihar Falling Burhi Gandak Samastipur Samastipur Bihar Falling Low Flood Situation Ghaghra Ayodhya Faizabad Uttar Pradesh Rising Kosi Basua Supaul Bihar Rising Ganga Colgong/ Kahalgaon Bhagalpur Bihar Falling Ghaghra Darauli Siwan Bihar Steady Ghaghra Elgin Bridge Barabanki Uttar Pradesh Rising Gorakhpur Rapti Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh Falling (Birdghat) Kamla Balan Jhanjharpur Madhubani Bihar Rising Adhwara Group Kamtaul Darbhanga Bihar Falling Ganga Khadda Kushinagar Uttar Pradesh Falling Burhi Gandak Khagaria Khagharia Bihar Falling Burhi Gandak Muzaffarpur Sikandarpur Bihar Falling Puthimari Puthimari (NTX) Kamrup Assam Falling Ghaghra Turtipar Ballia Uttar Pradesh Steady Dams where the Full reservoir level is not exceeded Hirakud Dam Mahanadi Sambalpur Orissa Fall

AFFECTED STATES • Bihar: 19 Districts of Bihar affected due floods since the 1st week of August. Approximately 14,363,000 people have been affected in 186 blocks, 1874 Panchayats, 7254 villages in districts of Muzaffarpur, , Saharsa, Patna, Bhagalpur, East Champaran, Darbhanga, Supaul, West Champaran, Katihar, Madhubani, Samastipur, , Naland, Khagaria, Gopalganj, Madhepura, Araria, Begusarai. It has been estimated that 1.191 million Ha of crop area has been damaged while the estimated value of damaged crop is 26.307 million INR. The damaged houses 1 SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

are 125459 [fully (42,080)] and partially (85,174)] and estimated to be about 98.153 million INR. The damage incurred to public properties has been valued at 43.30 million INR • Uttar Pradesh: The river flow has started to recede from most of the affected districts, and about 2201 villages in 22 districts with population of 1.718 million have been affected. The worst affected districts are Gorakhpur, Shravasti, Bhraich, Maharajgnaj, Bairampur, Basti, Gonda, Mau, Balia, Devria, Azamgarh and Barabanki. • Maharashtra: In Amravati sub-division area, 51 villages in 8 blocks with population of 4,861 were affected as several houses were submerged in the low-lying areas of the blocks. Certain sections of the State Highways were reported to be submerged under water causing disruption in vehicular movement. • Gujarat: Districts of Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Porbandar, Surender Nagar and Amreli were reported to have been affected as the villages in the low lying areas of the districts were marooned with rainwater. 688,000 people have been affected. The water level in Narmada dam was reported to be within full reservoir capacity. While dams in the state are on alert of warning levels. Sections of 17 state and 184 Panchayat roads were damaged due to fresh spell of rains. • Assam: the overall flood situation is improving with waters level of all rivers receding below danger levels 5946 villages in 26 districts have been affected with a population of 6,748,165 in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Nalibari, Dhurbi, Goalpara, Kampru, Bongaigaon, Morigaon, Jorhat, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Darrang, Sonitpur. Damage to 69 dyke’s embankments and 968 PWD roads and 539 semi-permanent timber bridges have been reported, and land erosion continues in the districts of Barpeta, Nalbair, Bogaigaon, Dhubri and water logging persists in low lying areas of the affected districts. • Karnataka: Due to heavy rains, low lying villages and houses were submerged in the districts of Belgaum and Baglkot, as river Krishna was flowing above the flood warning levels. In Belgaum 14 bridges and 6 roads were submerged under water. The vehicular movement has been temporally suspended in these areas till the water recedes. In 18 districts 10412 villages with a population of 945,000 have been affected. • Kerala: 9 districts with a population of 172,000 have been affected due to rains in the northern parts of the state. • Orissa: Incessant rains over southern districts triggered by the low pressure (11th August) over Bay of Bengal lashed several parts of Rayagada, Gajapati and Kalahandi. In Rayagada Landslide has been reported in Sunakhandi Panchayat of Kalyansinghpur Block. Another landslide on the railway tracks in Sikarpai Panchayat disrupted the rail communication and the Hirakhand train has been halted. Road communication has been disrupted at some of the places in Muniguda block due to overflowing of rivers, but as per the latest reports received, water has started to recede. In Kalahandi all the 13 blocks of the districts were affected due to the heavy rains on 11th August. Major rivers like Tel and Hati are receding and situation is improving. Damages were mostly to the public utility. In Gajapati: Around 5000 population of Kashinagar block was affected by the flash floods in Vanshadhara River. • Reported Deaths: The total number of deaths since June of this year 1752 people lost their lives. During the last 48 hrs Bihar had 32 deaths reported but the provisional reported deaths is 180, in Uttar Pradesh 176 deaths reported; in Gujarat 29 deaths reported due to drowning and 8 persons missing; In Orissa 13 people died due to epidemic reported from 2 PHCs (Tikiri and Kashipur) in Kashipur Block.

ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES:

• Relief camps opened by the state government: In Bihar 1037 relief camps are operational; in Assam 128,606 persons have been accommodated in 669 relief camps and 282 temporary relief shelters are accommodating about 332,412 people while 9 camps continues in Dhemaji and Bongaigon and 1000 homeless families have been accommodated in temporary shelters on dykes and high places in Dhemaji district; in Uttar Pradesh 120,000 people have been accommodated in 250 relief camps.; in Andhra Pradesh 14 relief camps have been operational to accommodate 6,650 people; in Karnataka 133 relief camps have been setup to house 12,000 people ; in Kerala 36 relief camps have accommodated 2089 people; in Gujarat 13 relief camps have been set up and accommodating 4000 people; in Karnataka 156 relief camps continue to 2 SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

operate and accommodate 312,000 people; in Kerala 83 relief camps continue to operate and accommodate 4130 people. • Assistance from Defence, Govt of , army columns of Engineer Task force has been deployed in Assam; in Uttar Pradesh (Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj districts); in Bihar, the teams has been deployed in Samastipur, and Begusarai for rescue operations; in Uttar Pradesh one team is deployed in Gorakhpur; in Kerala teams have been deployed in Kozikode, Alappusha, Idukki, Wayanad and Malappuram; in Gujarat teams have deployed from Gandhinagar and Rajkot. The India Air Force has supported Bihar government in airlifting 21.7 tonnes of food items to the affected districts. • Evacuation Operation: In Bihar 105814 people have been evacuated to safer places, in Uttar Pradesh 162,200 people have been evacuated; in Gujarat 16565 people have been evacuated to safer places; in Assam 40,000 people have been evacuated from Dhemaji ; in Orissa Early warning was issued and people were shifted and housed in a school in Kashinagar. Free kitchen was run for two days and now with the receding of water, situation is improving and people have started moving back to their houses; in Bhadrak District administration is on alert and the sub collector is camping at Dhamnagar to monitor the situation and other concerned govt. officers are instructed to keep a close watch on the situation; in Jajpur Dtrict administration is keeping a close vigil on the situation especially in Korei, Dasrathipur, Jajpur, Bari and Danagadi block as habitation in these blocks is likely to be affected with further rise in the water level of Baitarani river system. ODRAFs with officers from OSDMA have been deployed to Bhadrak and Jajpur. • Medical teams: In Bihar, 428 medical teams have been deployed in Muzafarpur, East Champaran West Champaran, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Dharbhanga,,Katihar, Madhubani, Gopalganj, Samastipur, Sheohar, Madhepura, Begusarai, and 248 cattle camps have been opened in Muzafarpur, Sitamarhi, Katihar, Madhubani, Supaul, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Samastipur, Madhepura, Begusarai; In Gujarat 439 ,medical teams and 249 medical officers and 1090 para-medical staff have been deployed in the affected districts. • Relief items provided: the state government of Bihar has provided Wheat-62554.25 qtls, Rice- 18199.70 qtls, Chura (Beaten Rice) -5592.00 qtls, Gur (jagery) - 849.45 qtls, Sattu(whole grains powder)-46.65qtls., Candles -117618, Match Box-60388, Salt- 245.05qls & Polythene Sheets distributed- 35923, Cash distributed (INR) 49.886 million, 30800 food packets were air dropped in Darbhanga, Madhubani, East Champaran, Samastipur & Begusarai while 12400 food packets were distributed and 39 tube wells installed. In Uttar Pradesh the relief items include wheat-1622.70 qtls, Rice 29366.50qtls, salt 2012.34 qtls, channa (Chick Peas) 431.93 qtls, Gur (jaggery) – 230.23 qtls, Potatoes 2719.99 qtls, Dal( lental ) 65704 qtls, Kerosene 423033 liters , candles -180751, Salt- 245.05qls & Polythene Sheets distributed- 87373, Cash distributed to families of dead persons is (INR) 26.973 million while total ex-gratia amount released by state government is INR 80.604 million. Air dropping was done over districts of Maharajganj, Sharvasti, Sitapur, Kushinagar, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Basti, Devria, Mauo, Lakhimpur, Ballia. In Assam 84091 polythene sheets distributed, PHE Dept has distributed water-purifying chemicals in affected villages, 1723 hand tube wells installed and 65789 people have been treated for water related infection.

UN INTERVENTIONS:

• UNICEF in Bihar has provided 1800 life straws to the most vulnerable communities for safe drinking water in flood-affected districts and five trucks with relief materials to flood affected districts based on the request of the district administration in the last 2 days. Supplies have been despatched for Samastipur, Madhepura, East Champaran, Saharsa and Supaul districts. The supply includes polythene sheets, PUR sachets for purification of water, bleaching powder, ORS, Jerry Cans, Candles, Matchboxes and IFA tablets. This will benefit about 30,000 affected people, mostly women and children. Additional rapid assessment has been conducted in Madhubani and . 50 Medical Teams consisting of two doctors each are conducting health camps in the flood-affected districts and mass measles immunization drives for most vulnerable children up to 10 years of age. UNICEF is supporting the Government in setting up a surveillance system for early detection and management of outbreak of diseases. 600 cases of fever have 3 SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

been reported in Khagaria. UNICEF has placed medical focal teams in 10 districts and examined 21,000 patients in last three days. Also continuing the flood relief activities through its NGO network in 11 districts namely Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Sheohar, Khagaria, Supaul, Saharsa, Sheohar and also through Mahila Samakhya in 4 districts namely Madhubani, Darbhanga, Supaul and Sheohar.

In Uttar Pradesh 7 Staff members have been designated as focal points for the 7 most affected districts; they are the lead coordinators in these districts. Partnerships have been developed with Art of Living (an internationally recognized organization), National Cadet Corps and Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP). Two teams have gone to Bahraich and Barabanki today to set up health/relief camps in these districts. Two more camps have been set up in partnership with Art of Living in Gorakhpur district. At least 250 persons have benefited from these camps. The latter organization has distributed food items, clothes, medicines and provided medical services through reputed doctors. 18 Doctors on contract with UNICEF have been deployed in affected districts to work with district administration and evolve partnership with NGOs and other organizations.

In Assam Co-ordination with State administration and partner NGOs on rapid response is being done. UNICEF is assisting the state authorities in health and sanitation sector. UNICEF has arranged for supplies of items worth $ 79,000 so far in Assam. These include Mosquito Nets, PUR sachets, ORS, Water testing kits, Jerry cans, sanitary pans, water distribution kits and recreation kits.

In Orissa In collaboration with UN agencies and NGOs, UNICEF is closely monitoring the situation. Planning is being done for further pre-positioning of supplies. UNICEF is actively assisting the authorities in preparing contingency plans for containment of disease outbreaks and early restoration of disrupted services like immunisation and restoration of safe drinking water supply. A plan for preparedness, raising awareness at the community levels and building capacities for timely response has been developed by UNICEF which would focus on interventions in Health, Nutrition, Water & Sanitation and Education sectors

• UNDP through its on-going programme with the state government is supporting the State Government of Bihar and Assam. In Bihar the staff members are assisting the district administration in coordinating and managing relief and temporary shelter needs and also are a part of the NGO coordination meeting in Patna.

• WHO in association with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI, has been closely monitoring the disease situation in the flood-affected districts of Bihar. To strengthen the existing disease surveillance programme and risk assessment, a team from WHO India Country Office is presently visiting Patna and flood-affected districts. The state government has established a disease- monitoring centre at Patna. The centre has computer facilities and is linked to the medical teams, which are located in the flood-affected districts. So far there are 57 medical teams in the field. The WHO provided technical advice and promoted the use of recently modified reporting format under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme. The team also held discussions with the state government to initiate the measles vaccination programme in the selected flood areas.

NGO’s INITIATIVES :

• Sphere India: A national coalition of humanitarian agencies, has issued an Emergency Relief Appeal for Floods Victims of India on 7th August 2007 requesting the donor community to consider priority support through their partner organizations engaged in the five worst affected states. In Bihar the URS-IAG met on August 10, 2007 to review the response plan and mapped the district wise response of different INGOs and International agencies. The summary of the meeting is as follows : 22 INGO's/Sphere India Members and about 23 NGO's participated in the meeting. Agencies updated the group on the status of there responses. To avoid duplication and identify common implementing or local partners a detailed village and block-wise list was also 4 SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

prepared and updated. Currently the NGO community is responding to about 1, 50,000 families/HH in 11 out of 19 flood affected districts of Bihar. Sitamarchi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, East Champaran and Darbhanga districts have got greater attention among the 11 districts where INGO's/NGO's are responding or planning to respond. A Core Committee of 8 organizations have been formed , the committee will meet every Thursday (16th August), prior to the general coordination meeting to be held every Friday (17th August). A Bihar flood response e-group will be formed for information management at state level. IDF and SCF have volunteered to be nodal agencies for coordination. IDF in and SCF on children issues. In Uttar Pradesh Inter Agency Group meeting are being held in UNICEF office today. Organisations -Oxfam, CRS, CARE, CASA, Plan International, Action Aid and other NGOs will participate in this Intra - Agency meeting to ensure cooperation and coordination in response, preparedness and rehabilitation measures are initiated. • EFICOR is present in Madhubani (3 blocks), Darbangla, Sapual districts and are providing relief items such as Food, drinking water and tarpaulin. EFICOR has done an assessment in Madhubani, and will target 3000-6000 families. • MDA along with their partners is present in 11 blocks of Muzaffarpur and through its 40 grain banks and pre-positioned stock shall target 2000 families • Medicine Sans Frontiers will focus on health (kalazaar) keeping with its core objective, and would be looking at working closely with the Bihar Health Society. • CASA along with its partner Abhigyan Disha shall respond to the needs in 4 districts in Bihar, Madhuban (Benipatti) , Sitamarhi (direct support in Bargania block), Darbhaga and Muzzafarpur,. Also it is planning to target 4,000 families in Maduban, and 2000 in Sitamarchi. • World Vision In Darbangha of Bhadurpur block, Bihar are covering 6000 families with - Rice (10 kgs), Flat rice/ chira (10 kgs), Flour/ atta (15kgs), Nutritious grams locally called Sattu (2kgs), Lentils locally called daal (2kgs), Salt (2 kgs), Black Sugar/ Guur (2 kgs) and would provide kitchen utensils, clothes to another 6000 families; in Ramnagar block of Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh covering 2000 families with '15kg Rice, 2 kg dal, 1Lit oil, turmeric 100gm, salt 1kg, candle 1pk, match 1 box, soap 1 pc. We are also planning to provide mosquito net and bleaching powder; In Orissa, completed our relief response in Bhogarai block Balasore district- clothes and utensils to 2000 families, water filters to 500 families, Seeds to 640 farming families and Roofing materials to 100 families; In Assam distributed 400 tarpaulins in Akajan, Ujonisisi Tongani, Kulajan and Modhya Goan panchayats in Dhemaji. • Oxfam along with their partners Adithi in Sitamarhi, Abhigyan Disha are present in Madhubani, Vatika and Samiti in Darbhanga to target 15,000 families, and have used 2 FRB boats in addition to 30 country boats for rescue work. Other support includes Community kitchen, first aid services, water and sanitation, health and hygiene education, temporary shelter support and dry food ration. Key intervention would be in areas of public health. Based on an assessment, planning for relief work is being done in Sitamarji, Madhugani and Darbhanga and it has already responded to the needs of 1000 families in Madhubani. • Oxfam Hong Kong has partnered with Integrated Development Foundation, in affected areas of Bihar: Katra,Minpur, Gayghat, Motipur, Sakra, Bandra, Musahri, Bochaha, Marual, Kurhani of Muzzafarpur ( 10 block 25 panchyat) and targeting 5,350 families that includes Livelihoods activities, dry foods, tarpaulin sheets , health (alum, halogen tablets, delivery kits) rescue (life jackets) in 25 panchayats in 10 blocks , life saving jackets being distributed. • CRS India has been responding to the needs in Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the North-East by having committed almost 600,000 USD to partners. In Bihar the funding commitment has been US$ 471,000 (including US$ 171,000 for high-energy biscuits) the response includes Food packages (including chuda, sattu, jaggery, ground nut, salt and biscuits), shelter materials and water protection materials (jerry cans, buckets, ORS, halogen tablets) for at least 10,000 families (figure likely to triple). 10 day ration of high energy biscuits for an estimated 262,313 women and children (estimated 52,000 families) to be distributed by CRS and other NGO/INGO partners. The targeted villages Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga for food/shelter/water and biscuit packages.Other Districts for high-energy biscuits – pending applications from other NGOs. In Assam the funding commitment has been US$ 246,000 and the response include supply of Mosquito nets- >5,000, Water storage- > 5,800, Hygiene kits (4 bathing soaps, 2 washing soap, 1 litre disinfectant/sanitary cloth)- > 12,000, ORS sachets (4 per household)- > 50,000, Fodder- >4,800, Cash for work- 7 days for 518 persons ,Health camps- 35,000 persons, 5 SITUATION REPORT (13 August 2007)

Handpumps- 7 villages and have targeted Eight districts (Bongagigaon, Dhubhri, Chirang, Dibhrugarh, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, & Kamup. In Orissa the funding commitment has been US$ 147,000 Tarpaulin- > 13,000 families, Health camps- 25 villages, 80 health camps, 50 toilets and 10 tubewells in Balasore. In Andhra Pradesh funding commitment has been US$113,000 and provided Family kits- 3,000 in Kurnool. In Gujarat the funding commitment has been US$ 21,000 Intermediary health needs of 4,000 families in Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Surendranagar and in West Bengal the funding commitment has been US$ 9,000 and provided Tarpaulin to 1,000 families in East Midnapore district. • Action Aid in Assam has carried out a rapid assessment in North Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Baska, Morigaon and Nalbari. They are operating a control room in Guwahati to access updates from the districts and forward information to other NGOs and civil society organizations. In Bihar extended its support by providing temporary shelter, first aid boxes, and water purification tablets. It is has also provided water tanks besides distributing drinking water in the affected areas reaching to 35000families. In Uttar Pradesh through Musahar Manch has in responded by using the grain banks established in the villages for the food security at the house hold level, wherever the government is organizing health camps their volunteers are collaborating with them. Also they are directly working with about 7500 families fro food supply through grain banks as well as the local level government functionaries and PDS agents. • IFRC: The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) has been regularly in touch with its affected state branches. The disaster management centre in the same premises is tasked to keep round the clock vigil on the flood situation and to be in touch with the DM coordinators of the affected states. Further to the initial relief material released by the IRCS national headquarters The Assam state branch has deployed district disaster response team members who are coordinating the search, rescue and relief operation in the affected areas. On the request of the government almost 200 RC skilled volunteers have been deployed in various parts of the country to help the local authorities in providing relief. Moreover about a 1,000 RC volunteers carrying out relief operation in the state. Immediately a sum of INR 5,000 has been released to 20 affected districts to meet the operational cost of relief work and release 2,000 family packs (released by the national headquarters) on the basis of gravity of the problem in each district. The Bihar state branch is actively involved in search and rescue operation and assisting the local authorities in doing so. The state branch has dispatched 1,500 pieces of tarpaulin sheets, 500 kitchen sets and 500 pieces of male and female clothing each has been released and 2,000 assorted clothes. The district branches have deployed 40 boats. They have distributed 15 metric tonnes of beaten rice and 5 metric tonnes of roasted gram powder. They have also distributed 1000 tarpaulin sheets. In total 300 Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to coordinate the relief work with 14 boats for search and rescue operation and 2,500 people’s lives have been saved. Local Red Cross volunteers are also providing first aid and other medical services particularly in marooned and far of areas, up till date they have provided medical services to 2,500 people. The affected district and sub-district branches are also distributing assorted clothes in large quantity to affected people who have been impelled to migrate to safety. • IDF (Integrated Development Foundation) is present in Muzaffarpur district. They are working in 3 Blocks of Muzaffarpur with 105 Grain Banks at community Level, more than 100 life jackets at community level and more than 100 delivery kits and 30 volunteers working round the clock in rescue work. We has pre-positioned halogen tablets, ORS packets and bleaching powders, supported by UNICEF through MDA. We are also planning to serve 5350 families with 25 kg of food grains and 3250 polythene sheets in altogether 10 blocks involving 5 local NGOs partners in Muzaffarpur. The programme is supported by OXFAM Hong Kong. • Concern Worldwide India in Orissa is planning to provide livelihood restoration support to about 2,500 households in Bhograi block of Balasore district in Orissa. These include seeds support for rabi crop and wage employment for 20 days for landless and agricultural labourers. Wage employment could be used for house repair, home stead raising, creation of community assets that could reduce their vulnerability etc. In Bihar Concern will be providing immediate relief to 10,000 flood affected households in Madhubani, Darbanga and Sitamarhi. The relief will be carried out by our local partner organizations GPSVS and Nav Jagriti. GPSVS will reach out to 5,000 households in Pulparas, Ghogardiha and Jhanjharpur blocks of Madhubani and 2,500 households of Singhwara Block of Darbanga. Nav Jagriti will cover 2,500 households in block of Sitamarhi district.The relief package includes dry food for 10 days (sattu,

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flattened rice, jaggery and salt), non food items mainly for drinking water and ORS for 10,000 families. In addition to this we will provide tarpaulin sheets to 6,500 families and cooking utensil sets to 4,000 households whose houses have been washed away. The distribution is expected to begin by 14th August. • DanChurchAid has mobilized DKK 1,150,000 to support the flood response programme of its partners, namely CASA, LWS India and UELCI. The relief support is being provided in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal.

------Sources: • Disaster Management Division, MHA • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • Central Water Commission (CWC) • SphereIndia

For Further Information contact:

Mr. Sushil Kumar Assistant Resident Representative (DRM) UNDP e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 91-9818534995

Mr G Padmanabhan Emergency Analyst UNDP e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 91-98104 02937

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