SITUATION REPORT - BIHAR FLOODS

NAME OF THE DISASTER: FLOODS DATE: 15.07.04 at 7:30 PM

Rain in the upper catchment areas of Nepal has resulted in the rise of the water levels of all the major rivers of Bihar and so far 16 districts (out of a total of 38 districts) have been affected by the flood waters.

11.128 million people are affected by the unprecedented floods in Darbhanga, Madhubhani, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and East Champaran Districts. Situation is grim with continuous rains over the northern portion of the state and is likely to get critical with rain/thundershowers forecasted over Bihar by the Indian Meteorological department. As per the Central Water Commission report, river Kamala Balan, Budhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kosi, Mahananda and Adhwara group of rivers are flowing above the danger level. The districts so far affected are Supaul, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, W.Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Khagaria , Sheohar, Madhubani, Araria, Saharsa , E. Champaran, Katihar, Kishanganj & Samastipur. The worst affected districts are Darbhanga, Sheohar, Madhubani and Sitamarhi. Sitamarhi, Darbhanga & Sheoher districts are cut off from the state head quarter.In many districts Rail & Road communications are also cut off.

DAMAGES DETAILS: No. of District Affected 16 No. of Block Affected 127 No. of Panchayat affected 1529 No. of Villages affected 4889 Flood Affected Area 4.3253 million Hect. Population affected 11.128 million No of Human lives lost 41 No. of Cattle lives lost 557 No of house damages 283225 Estimated value of damage to houses 24.056 million Rs. Estimated value of damage of public properties 43.63 million Rs. Crop damaged 1.069 million Hect. Estimated value of damaged crop 447.62 million Rs.

o The road communication between Darbhanga-Muzaffarpur road, Muzaffarpur-Sheohar, Sitamarhi-Sheohar and Sitamarhi- Muzaffarpur road has been totally cut off o Rail communication between Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur- Darbhanga has been totally disrupted.

DAMAGE DETAILS OF AFFECTED DISTRICTS

THE GOVT OF BIHAR FORM – 9 REPORT No. of affected Houses damaged Estd crop damage (Rs Panchayats Villages Persons Animals Affected area (million ha) million) Pucca Kucha Total Non

No. District Blocks Fully Partly Total Fully Partly Total million million Agric Ag Total Cropped Fully Partly Fully Partly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7a 7b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1Supaul 9 24 26 50 102 47 149 0.287 0.063 0.062 0.236 0.298 0.05 88.40 0 3369 3369 2Darbhanga 4 10 14 24 46 29 75 1.012 0 0.094 0 0.094 0.094 5.48 15 10 25 3Bhagalpur 4 22 22 118 9 127 0.088 0 0.01 0.001 0.011 0.0002 3.50 40 40 4W. Champaran 1 6 8 14 23 10 33 0.044 0.0005 0.016 0.005 0.021 0.015 54.00 7 363 250 620 5Muzaffarpur 5 352055120701900.60000 0 5555 6Sitamarhi 17 200732736432218642.6590000 0 6 6 7Khagaria 5 40 40 68 68 0.278 0.065 0.018 0.008 0.026 0.012 87.15 8 8 8Sheohar 4 15 19 34 118 118 0.317 0.0007 0.013 0.004 0.017 0.013 337.00 0 9Madhubani 21 290 54 344 832 142 974 0.875 0.087 0.01 0.006 0.016 0.01 60.68 17305 17305 10Araria 9 105 83 188 300 290 590 1.65 0.34 2.927 0.463 3.39 0.6 60.02 219500 219500 11Saharsha 6 53 29 82 133 56 189 0.497 0.223 0.021 0.03 0.051 0.021 71.15 152 152 12E.Champran 18 138 34 172 460 120 580 1.5 0.115 0.14 0.05 0.19 0.144 3,310.00 1150 2747 9475 27794 41166 13Samastipur 8 104 6 110 460 30 490 1.1 0 0.069 0.024 0.093 0.047 290.07 0 14Madhepura 6 21 21 40 40 0.088 0.004 0.042 0.004 0.046 0.001 0.70 175 175 15Katihar 3 26 19 45 193 40 233 0.113 0.008 0.06 0.012 0.072 0.06 100.00 0 16Kishanganj 7 23 32 55 169 169 0.02 0.004 0.0003 0 0.0003 0.002 8.00 23 463 318 804 Total 127 1029 500 1529 3430 1459 4889 11.128 0.9102 3.4823 0.843 4.325 1.0692 4476.15 1157 2770 10356 268942 283225 Note: Pucca house means houses made of cement and bricks, Kucha house means the one made of traditional materials Public Ani Popul property mal Families given shelter ation damaged Lives lost s No. of on Boats Centres (Rs belo village roads/ million) ngin s rail g to surrou tracks Dist Value ML/ Relief nded / roof Rs Hu Ani SF/ camp Popu- with tops No. million man mal AL Families s lation water etc. Motor Govt Pvt Total Relief Health Vet 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27A 27B 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 1 1.08 0.08 171 4 1 154 155 14 10 7 2 0 0 12 45 57 12 12 1 3 0.1 0.2 7 5 3 3 4 0.35 0 700 3500 54 54 5 1.1 0 0 6 0 0 22 16 15000 230 299 529 23 16 13 7 0.055 0 10 115 115 8 0 10.7 7 27 17 74 91 27 9 4 9 7.38 0.05 1 1.64 1.64 10 22 18 2 10 90000 186 40000 92 10 102 22 22 16 11 0.933 0 1 32900 12 3 363 366 8 8 8 12 150.5 12.5 7 530 46880 43 218750 1 42 270 312 5 13 0 0 1 420 420 5 14 0.3 0 3 46 46 6 8 5 15 0 0 5 74 79 3 3 18500 16 0.4 2.1 386 7 1880 237 0 1 7 24 31 7 6 Tota 18500 l 184.2 43.63 44 557 0 171037 300 279130 237 0 2 411 1951 2362 124 94 62

GOVERNMENT MEASURES

• State Govt. is carrying out rescue and relief operations in all flood affected districts. • Chief Secretary, GoB has directed all the departmental heads to have regular Coordination meeting for the floods 2004 for better response to the emergency situation at 5 P.M. every day. • Cabinet meeting on 13th July 2004 was held to assess the flood situations of various districts of the Bihar. • Six flood relief columns are present in Bihar as on 12.07.04. Their deployment is as follows. 1. 2 x columns deployed and carrying out rescue and relief operations in Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts. 2. 2x columns airlifted from Gwalior and reroute to Dharbhanga by road under difficult conditions became effective on 13th July 2004. 3. 2x columns airlifted from Agra and being grouped into small teams for speedy induction by helicopters to the affected areas of Dharbhanga and Madhubhani Districts on 13th July 2004. • Indian Air Force (IAF) and Army has been called in for supporting the administration in carrying out the relief and rescue operations. • Three IAF chopper has been pressed into action to provide relief materials in the affected areas. About 4,500 readymade food packets have been distributed / airdropped in the districts of Sitamarhi, Darbhange and Sheohar • Three MI-8 and one Chetak helicopter will be made available to the state today. • Adequate stocks of food grains are available with FCI in Bihar. • Three hundred tents have been moved from Orissa and two hundred tents are being made available by the Govt. of Gujarat to the State to meet the requirement of Shelter. Govt. of Orissa is sending 300nos of tents/tarpaulins as per telephonic communication from Special Relief Commissioner’s information. So far 279130 people are provided with shelter. • State Govt. of Maharashtra and Gujarat have been advised to assist Bihar State in procurement of polythene sheets. • Support from Gujarat Govt. will reach by today • Govt. of Orissa is sending 300nos of tents/tarpaulins as per telephonic communication from Special Relief Commissioner’s information • Ministry of Petroleum has been requested to provide 400,000 litres of K Oil to Bihar. • Ministry of Health has been requested to provide 5 million halogen tablets and to send a specialist team to flood affected areas of Assam to advice the State Govt. on actions to be taken to prevent the outbreak of epidemic situation. • Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying have been advised to assist the Govt. of Bihar in the procurement of fodder. Railways will provide rakes for movement of fodder. The department has also been requested to provide 500,000 units each of HS/BQ/FMD vaccine for cattle. • Four satellite phones and onsite emergency co-ordination kits have been provided to the Govt. of Bihar by MHA • Teams consisting of 03 communication specialist with advance communication equipments were supported by the Ministry of Home Affairs to restore the communication link of the emergency situation. As per instruction of the Chief Secretary two sets have been sent to Sheohar, Sitamarhi and one of the complete set will be installed in the Chief Secretaries chamber. One more specialist with specialized communication equipments supported by MHA has sent to Darbhanga, which will help the district administration to restore communication. Another set of equipment is expected to reach by tomorrow to help the state administration to maintain link with the affected districts. • District Project Officers of UNDP- GOI DRM programme have been asked to initiate Coordination meetings every day. • A 05 member HAM Radio Team has arrived on 15th July 2004 at Patna with 3 sets of equipment to be installed in the communication cut off districts. • A State Level coordination meeting was held on 15th July 2004 in the presence of INGOs and NGOs of Bihar. • The central Govt. has already released Calamity relief fund of Rs.305.25 million. • 411 boats have been deployed for rescue and evacuation operations. • Air dropping of food packets, candle, and matchbox has increased to eight Districts. • Details of Relef Camps and Material distributed No. of Match Box distributed 31989 No. of Candle distributed 87945 No. of Relief Camps 124 No. of health Camps 94 No. of Veterinary Camp 62

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE • Indian Red Cross Society has distributed 155 pieces of polythene and 500 packets of Chura and Gur in Aurai block of Muzaffarpur district. The National disaster Response team of the Indian Red Cross Society is to undertake preliminary assessment in Bihar during the next 3 days • UNICEF has been requested to support with 1600000 polythenes. • OXFAM is supporting with 6000 Dry Food Packets to the flood victims of Madhubani District of Bihar.

CHANNEL FOR DELIVERY AND CONTACT DETAILS

Airports: Patna, Purnea, Bihiya and Darbhanga.

Disaster Management Department, Bihar: 91- 0612 – 2226945 (Telephone) 2225786 (Fax) State Control Room: 91 – 0612 - 226305 (Telephone) UNDP- Bihar Team Overall Coordination & Management- Dillip K Bhanja - 9431417148

State Control Room- Manoj Dash – 9431254811 Documentation- Rituparna Satpati-06123106898

V-Sat Phone Details installed for Emergency Communication supported by Ministry of Home Affairs,GoI

Place Of Installation Contact No. Contact Persons Chief Secretary Office 0873763096170 Aslam District Magistrate Office, 0873763096173 Goutam Sitamarhi District Magistrate Office, 0873763096169 Sareet Sheohar District Magistrate Office, 0873763096161 Biswajit

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

• Disaster Management Department, Govt. of Bihar • Media Report • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • Central Water Commission (CWC) • UNDP Bihar Team

BRIEF FLOOD HISTORY OF THE AREA

Bihar, the land-locked central Indian state that lies in the Gangetic basin, accounts for 16.5% of the flood- prone area and 22.1% of the flood-affected population in India. The rivers that regularly inundate the plains are the Ganga, Kosi , Gandak and Son. The 1996 flood affected 31 districts; 207 people and 66 cattle were killed. It destroyed 66,955 dwellings in the state. Due to floods in 1999, about 800,000 people were displaced in Bihar. During the 2001 flood, 22 districts, 183 blocks, 1653 Panchayats and 5,477 villages were affected. A total of 1.02 million hectares were affected. The flood affected 8.13 million people and took 203 lives. During the 2002 floods, 25 districts, 205 Blocks, 8208 villages were affected and a total of 0.810 million Ha (4.67 billion Rs.) were affected and; 434 people and 1380 cattle were killed. During the 2003 floods, 24 districts, 172 Blocks, 5064 villages were affected. A total of 0.6 million Ha (0.62 billion Rs.) were affected and; 237 people and 106 cattle were killed.