Updates of NRSP's Response to Floods 2011, As of November 13
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1 Update – As of 13th November, 2011 Introduction – Cause of the Disaster While the memories of devastating 2010 floods are still fresh, another deluge has hit the province of Sindh. Year 2011 monsoon rains started from 10th August caused havoc and created a flood like situation in southern districts of Sindh and the rains are continued increasing the miseries of people in the affected areas. District Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tando Allahyar, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tharparkar, Shaheed Benazirabad,Thatta and Umerkot are among the worst hit areas and millions of people are stranded in flooded villages. Due to the heavy and uninterrupted rains number of canals and surface drains have over topped due to excess water discharges. Various breaches in canals and drains connected with Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) have left thousands of villages inundated. A large number of people, including women and children, have been displaced who have taken shelter on road side, canal embankments and other nearby government buildings. Some people have lost their lives, thousands have become homeless, cattle died, and standing crops have perished. Communication system in the affected areas has also been severely disturbed resulting in further miseries. Some of the mobile networks are not working or reception is very poor, similarly internet services are also often not available Proactive Role of NRSP – Rapid Assessment of the Disaster NRSP operates in almost all flood affected area of the District Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Shaheed Benazirabad, Tando Allahyar and Tando Mohammad Khan. NRSP has been able to conduct a rapid assessment of flood damages. To complete this assessment, the organisation has capitalised its network of Local Support Organizations, Community Organisations and activists to facilitate information collection providing a full and up to date overview of the scale of the disaster, and the location of those affected. In the 173 UCs of 5 districts 678,456 households were surveyed. The findings are based on the field observations and meetings with the affected communities attributing percentage to the affected population against total population of the surveyed UCs. Following is demographic information of the 5 districts. Table-1 S.No District Tehsils Union Estimated Estimated councils Households Population 1 Badin 5 46 263,464 1,424,304 2 Mirpurkhas 6 41 2 01,031 1,186,083 3 Tando Mohammad Khan 3 16 89,981 547,829 4 Tando Allahyar 3 19 102,524 614,814 5 Shaheed Benazirabad 4 51 222,487 1,389,608 Total 21 173 678,456 5,162,638 Source: BISP National Poverty Score Card Survey 2 Scope & Extent of Damage According to the survey made by NRSP immediately after the spread of floods through its network of grass roots level institutions, the spread of the damage stood as follows: 1- District Badin; 12 UCs of Taluka Badin, 8 UCs of Taluka Shaheed Fazil Rahu,12 UCs Taluka Matli,4 UCs Taluka Talhar and 10 UCs of Taluka Tando Bago 2- District Mirpurkhas; 6 UCs of Taluka Digri, 6 UCs of Taluka Jhudo, 8 UCs of Kot Ghulam Muhammad, 4 UCs of Taluka Mirpurkhas, 3 UCs of Taluka Hussain Bux Mari and 6 UCs of Taluka Sindhri. 3- District Tando Mohammad Khan; 6 UCs of Taluka Tando Mohammad Khan, 5 UCs of Taluka Shah Karim and 4 UCs of Taluka Tando Ghulam Hyder 4- District Tando Allah Yar ; 5UCs of Taluka Chamber, 6 UCs of Taluka Jhando Mari, 8 UCs of Taluka TandoAllahyar 5- District Shaheed Benazirabad; 14 UCs of Taluka Daur, 12 UCs of Taluka Kazi Ahmed, 12 UCs of Taluka Sakrand, 13 UCs of Taluka Shaheed Benazirabad. It is evident from the tables below that 68% of the total population of affected union councils of District Badin, 75% of District Mirpurkhas and 39% of District Tando Mohammad Khan, 36% of District Tando Allahyar, 48% of District Shaheed Benazirabad has been severely hit. (see Annex- 1 for details at UC level). District Badin Table-2a Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population (%) Badin 353,734 281,970 80% Matli 351,496 199,008 57% Shaheed Fazil Rahu 264,642 227,220 86% Talhar 136,456 77,108 57% TandoBago 314,391 269,267 86% Grand Total 14,207,19 1,054,573 75% District Mirpurkhas Table-2b Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population (%) Digri 188,322 164,773 87% HussainBux Mari 104,111 88,780 85% Jhudo 188,122 177,707 94% Kot Ghulam Muhammad 233,540 166,586 71% Mirpurkhas 129,192 109,329 84% Sindhri 183,543 153,860 83% Grand Total 1,026,830 861,035 83% District Tando Mohammad Khan Table-2c Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population(%) Shah Kareem 165,283 72,444 44% Tando Ghulam Hyder 149,302 63,368 42% Tando Muhammad Khan 194,044 91,652 47% Grant Total 508,629 185,528 36% 3 District TandoAllahyar Table-2d Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population(%) Chamber 156,749 76,141 49% Jhando Mari 191,387 76,649 40% Tando Allahyar 263,548 67,162 25% Grant Total 611,684 219,952 36% District Shaheed Benazirabad Table-2e Taluka Total Population Affected Population Affected Population(%) Daur 400,476 274,654 69% Qazi Ahmed 321,134 201,672 63% Sakrand 348,003 175,883 51% Nawabshah 319,995 221,834 69% Grant Total 1,389,608 874,043 62% Rain Floods have caused damage to the houses, Livestock, Crops and Businesses in the affected areas. However; a detailed survey is required to assess the exact damages in each of these sectors. According to the PDMA report 11-09-2011 District Area Affected(Acres) Crops Area Affected (Acres) Badin 984,805 343,510 Tando Mohammad Khan 344,070 68,049 Mirpurkhas 819,833 134,229 Thatta 168,269 142,275 Tando Allahyar 369,685 66,527 Immediate Relief Needs Based on the rapid assessment, following needs were identified by the affected communities as immediate relief. Table-3 Figures are Number of HHs Food WASH Livestock Others District Shelter Health Supplies Intervention Feed (NFI) Badin 98,109 49,054 18,6407 230,958 98,109 58,865 Mirpurkhas 72,969 36,485 13,8641 174,039 72,969 43,781 Tando Mohammad Khan 18,673 9,336 35,478 83,374 18,673 11,204 Shaheed 70,001 35,001 13,3002 222,487 70,001 42,001 Benazirabad 4 Tando Allahyar 18,518 9,259 35,184 102,524 18,518 11,111 Grand Total 278,270 139,135 528,712 813,382 278,270 166,962 A more comprehensive assessment of WASH needs in District Badin done by NRSP jointly with another local partner Sukaar Foundation has resulted as follows; Total 41 locations were visited by assessment team. These locations are included 16 formal camps, 14 villages and 11 informal camps. It was found that people in the relief camps confront serious health and civic issues. Supply of cooked food remains irregular and insufficient. Women and Children face great risks of water borne diseases in absence of clean drinking water and necessary health cover. Overall Recommendations The general immediate recommendations for intervening WASH activities are; - Installation of temporary toilets - Distribution of soaps for hand washing - Distribution of hygiène kits including sanitary-pads/mosquito-nets - Distribution of water purifying tablets/sachets - Repair of existing water sources - Distribution of water storage /collection vessels - Distribution of IEC material and imparting hygiene awareness /education - Disease surveillance (especially water borne/related) 5 Emergency Relief Interventions by NRSP Update – As of 13th November, 2011 As of 13th November, NRSP has assisted 450,936 households of the flood affected districts of Badin, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Thatta, Hyderabad and Tando Mohammad Khan and in Shelter, Health, Livestock Care, WASH and food supplies. District wise summary of emergency response is given as under; Table-4 All figures are number of beneficiary HHs Mirpur Shaheed Tando M. Intervention Badin Thatta Hyderabad Total Khas Benazirabad Khan Shelter 4,853 9,045 500 1,911 95 2,189 18,593 Food Items 28,512 6,137 - - - - 34,649 Health 11,064 5,987 - - - 994 18,045 Livestock Care 988 1,367 285 - - 2,264 4,904 Wash 186,736 115,736 - 8,526 1,140 19,209 331,347 Non-Food Items 19,013 9,222 - 4,925 950 354 34,464 Cooked Food - 8,934 - - - - 8,934 Total 251,166 156,428 785 15,362 2,185 25,010 450,936 Table-4A: Detailed Summary of NRSP Relief Interventions Beneficiary Households S. No. Nature of Activity Mirpur Shaheed Tando Total Badin Thatta Hyderabad Khas Benazirabad M. Khan A. Shelter and other Infrastructure Support Provision of 1 4,608 8,745 500 985 95 2,189 17,122 Tents/Terpaulins 2 Floor Mat 245 300 0 926 0 0 1,471 Sub-Total for Shelter 4,853 9,045 500 1,911 95 2,189 18,593 B. Food Items 1 Un-cooked Food 28,512 6,137 0 0 0 0 34,649 Sub-Total for Food 28,512 6,137 0 0 0 0 34,649 C. Health OPD services 1 provided in Medical 5,502 3,023 0 0 0 497 9,022 camps 2 Medicines provided 5,502 2,664 0 0 0 497 8,663 3 First Aid Kit 60 300 0 0 0 0 360 Sub-Total for Medical Aid 11,064 5,987 0 0 0 994 18,045 D. Livestock Care Livestock 1 988 1,367 285 0 0 2,264 4,904 Vaccination Sub-Total for Livestock 988 1,367 285 0 0 2,264 4,904 Care E. WASH 1 Aqua tab 33,103 30,685 0 0 0 1,434 65,222 Provision of Drinking 2 43,296 26,170 0 0 0 3,634 73,100 Water 6 3 Jerry Can 44,163 18,817 0 1,970 190 3,937 69,077 4 Bucket 18,493 16,191 0 646 0 4,375 39,705 5 Sanitary Pad 162 212 0 0 0 0 374 6 Hygiene Session 1,616 11,920 0 0 0 4,901 18,437 Construction of Pit 7 2,244 861 0 0 0 0 3,105 Latrines 8 Plastic Lota 200 198 0 0 0 199 597 9 Mug 28,712 198 0 0 0 199 29,109 10 Soap 4,059 778 0 0 0 0 4,837 11 Mosquito Net 662 4,072 0 1,970 190 0 6,894 12 Blanket 1,324 290 0 3,940 760 0 6,314 13 Water Blander 1,967 145 0 0 0 0 2,112 14 Hygiene Kit 6,735 5,199 0 0 0 530 12,464 Sub-Total for Emergency 186,736 115,736 0 8,526 1,140 19,209 331,347 WASH Support F.