– ROHINGYA RESPONSE Situation Update: 25 June 2018

Highlights  Access to the roads within Kutupalong Camp has been restricted to vehicles less than 3 mt trucks (net weight) over the past week, in an effort to maintain humanitarian access and transport of relief items within the camp, while allowing for ongoing repair and construction on road infrastructure.  During the week of 14-21 June, 97 mm of rain was reported. A total of 727 Rohingya in the camps throughout Cox’s Bazar district were reportedly affected by weather related incidents: 55 people were affected by landlides, 425 people were affected by windstorms, 234 people were affected by floods and 13 people were affected by water-logging (ISCG, June 2018).  It is estimated that there will be over 200 mm of rain accumulation over the next week in Cox’s Bazar District (windy.com).

Access Constraints  The Physical Road Access Constraints Map was updated and made available to the humanitarian community. The map is accessible through the Logsitics Sector webpage: https://logcluster.org/sector/bangl17  Current Physical Access Constraints in and around Kutupalong Camp are the following: o Access within Kutupalong Camp is restricted to 3 mt trucks (net weight) and less, to ensure that repairs and reinforcement works to existing infrastructure are able to be completed with minimal interuption. o Fish Road is currently closed while bricking is ongoing. o Lambasia Road is currently accessible by 4x4 only due to a culvert replacement. o The Ukhiya-Balukhali Army Road is closed north of the Logistics & Engineering Hub while the road is being bricked. o The Logistics & Engineering Hub is currently only accessible from the south along the Ukhiya- Balukhali Army Road. o There are four culverts that are being worked on south of the MSF Hospital along the Ukhiya- Balukhali Army Road which may present delays to pass. o All regions of Kutupalong Camp remain accessible by foot.  Current Physical Access Constraints in Cox’s Bazar District: o There are currently no physical road access constraints reported throughout Cox’s Bazar. o With the amount of rain forecasted to fall over the upcoming week, flooding on roads throughout Cox’s Bazar is possible. Any flooding restricting vehicle access throughout Cox’s Bazar will be reported through the Logistics Sector Physical Road Access Constriants map.

Common Storage

 Ukhiya Logistics Hub: The Logistics Sector has been granted extended use of the Logistics Hub located at the Ukhiya Degree College. The Ukhiya Logistics Hub will remain operational until August 2018 for use by the humanitarian community. There is 2,800 m3 of storage space available for use by the humanitarian community for relief items.

 Logistics & Engineering Hub in Madhu Chara: The Logistics & Engineering Hub in Madhu Chara is operational, although currently only accessible from the south along the Ukhiya-Balukhali Army road. The current capacity of the Logistics & Engineering Hub for common storage for the humanitarian community is 2,400 m3.

 Teknaf Logistics Hub: The Teknaf Logistics Hub in Leda is fully operational with 800 m3 of common storage space and is available for use by the humanitarian community.

http://www.logcluster.org/sector/bangl17 BANGLADESH – ROHINGYA RESPONSE Situation Update: 25 June 2018

 Unchiprang Common Storage: HI/Atlas is providing 400 m3 of free-to-user common storage in Unchiprang for use by the humanitarian community. Storage at the Unchiprang site facilitated through HI/Atlas can be accessed by sending an email to [email protected].

 Logistics Sector common storage can be accessed by submitting a Service Request Form to [email protected].

Customs & Clearance  It is reported that there is congestion at the Sea Port due to reduced working hours during Ramadan as well as increased importation of cargo at the port. Standard scaled storage fees apply to containers remaining in Chittagong Port storage over the initial three days of free storage.  The Bangladesh Customs Information section of the Bangladesh Logistics Capacity Assessment (LCA) is available here.

Operational Gaps & Constraints  The Sector is currently funded at 61 percent and requires additional funding to ensure that Logistics Sector support including free-to-user common storage services can continue to be made available on behalf of the humanitarian community.

Coordination and Information Management  The Logistics Sector updated the Physical Road Access Constraints map three times to reflect the changes in access constraints to Kutupalong Camp and the surrounding area over the course of the week. It was made available on the Logistics Sector Bangladesh webpage www.logcluster.org/sector/bangl17 and shared through the dedicated mailing list and Logistics Sector CXB skype group.  The Logistics Sector has a series of General Logistics Planning Maps for and Upazilla’s in Cox’s Bazar District available on the Logistics Sector webpage through the following links: o Chittagong District o Cox’s Bazar Sadar o Ramu o o Ukhiya Upazila  The next Logistics Sector Coordination meeting will be held on 2 July 2018: https://logcluster.org/event/coordination-meeting-coxs-bazar-2-july-2018

Contacts Contacts: Logistics Sector Coordination Officer Lucy Styles [email protected] Information Management Officer Alex Parisien [email protected] Service(s) Support Officer Priya Pradhanang [email protected] Ukhiya Hub Manager Ashim Shrestha [email protected] Madhu Chara Hub Manager Shilpa Anjali [email protected]

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