Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP) TABLE OF CONTENTS Area Profile ........................................................................ 2 Background of recent Monsoon Rainfall ............................. 2 Situation............................................................................. 2 Problems faced by communities: ........................................ 6 Immediate Needs: .............................................................. 7 Response by Humanitarian Actors and Government Authorities: ........................................................................ 7 Pictures ............................................................................. 8 1 SITREP REPORT-HEAVY RAINFALL 2020-BADIN 1. Area Profile Background Badin is hazard-prone district of Sindh province & it is a part of the Lower Indus plain formed by the alluvial deposits of the Indus River. It comprises of five talukas out of which two talukas are coastal, these talukas include Matli, Talhar, Tando Bago, Badin and Golarchi. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers; the general elevation of the district is about 50 ft. above sea level. Badin is also the headquarters of the district and has a total population of 455,295 that makes up 1/4th or 25.23% population of the district. 71% population of Taluka Badin is rural while the rest 29% is urban. Demography The entire population of Badin district is 18, 04,516 persons out of 51.67% are male and 48.32% are female (who are living in 359376 households (78.62% are located in rural areas and 21.38% in urban areas.43.27% lives in urban and 56.74% lives in rural areas.) Male and female composition of population is 51.68% and 48.32% respectively. The 82% percent of the urban and 79.89% percent of the rural population is Muslim. 18.85% percent are Hindus. However, the projected population of the district till year 2025 is estimated to be 2280177 souls. 2. Background of recent Monsoon Rainfall The first spell of monsoon rainfall entered in district Badin on August 7, 2020 and continued till August 12, 2020, where a total of 22.23 mm rainfall was recorded. The second spell started on August 16 and ended on August 19, 2020; the reported total rainfall was 21.62 mm. The third spell started on August 22, 2020 and still continued; the reported rainfall till date for the third spell is 159 mm. The heavy shower was reported on August 25, 2020, where total rainfall in a day was reported 108.8. The total reported rainfall in the month of August 2020 is 202.85. It is expected that it will shower again on August 30 & 31, 2020. However total rain fall 203.2 mm is reported till filling the report. 3. Situation The Provincial Government of Sindh has declared ‘Monsoon Flood Emergency’ on dated August 25, 2020 vide letter no: CTC (SGA&CD) ME-01/2020 in whole province. District Badin is also badly affected by the third, fourth, & fifth heavy spell of rainfall, where almost all rural and around 70% of urban and semi-urban areas have inundated with the stagnant water. The routine life of affected population is completely disturbed. In rural areas, almost 80% of crops in the district are badly affected and damaged due to heavy rainfall. The main crops standing in fields are Tomato, Chili, Cotton, Rice and Sugarcane. Estimates 2 of 82848 households including 362494 souls of 35 union councils of Taluka Badin, Talhar, Tando Bago and Golarchi are more affected in terms of devastation of livelihood sources like agriculture, livestock, fisheries and small shops. Many katcha houses and available WASH Facilities have been are either completed or partially damaged of these areas. The affected communities are also facing problems related to access to facilities like health and water supply due to stagnant water on road and other katcha ways. The stagnant water has also brought the increase of mosquito and other insects, which may cause the outbreak of malaria in the district, while intake of dirty water may cause the diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. Many people are still not evacuated to safe places and no any temporary camps are identified, where the affected communities can be accommodated. Some communities have moved to nearby road side and developed inappropriate shelter through household sleeping items. There is no any facility for safe drinking water at the sites, where people have moved on temporary basis. The Food Items are also flooded and finished in many areas. There no any proper sanitation facilities at the evacuation sites. Since 24th August 2020, almost in whole district the cellular networks are also not working properly, which creates hurdles for the communities to reach the authorities, humanitarian actors, local CSOs and Media. The internet is also going very slow, which creates disturbance in coordination by the humanitarian actors. One of the main reasons of flooding is the faulty structure of Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) and its sub-drains Ameer Shah Sam, Seerani Drain and others also caught the over flowing, which could not take water and dispose off in the sea. But instead of getting water, the drains are throwing water back, which develops pressure on the embankments and getting breaches. At some points the drained water is overtopping the banks and water is entering in the agricultural fields and in the residential areas/villages. The LBOD was designed to channel excessive irrigation water during floods and the runoff of waterlogged lands in Shaheed Benazirabad (formally Nawabshah), Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts into the Arabian Sea at Shah Samado creek in district Badin. The project, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB), was additionally meant to carry industrial and municipal effluent from urban centers. Furthermore, due to technical gaps in the design, Technical, operational and monitoring system, the LBOD drain has in fact been causing heavy damage and losses of human Populations, Livestock, Land , Livelihood, Crops and biodiversity, especially when the lower Sindh area is hit by heavy rains and cyclones. The cyclone1999, rain flood 2003 and 2011 caused massive losses of Crops ,Livelihood, Livestock and land in Badin ,Diplo ( Tharparker) and Mirpurkhas District of Sindh Province in Pakistan. The designed capacity of LBOD is 4,500 cusec, while during the heavy rains it flows more than 8,000 cusec. Currently its recorded flow is 6,500 cusec. The upper district Shaheed Benaizabad, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas are dewatering the stagnant flood water into it and the sea level is rising due to high tide of full moon days. The pressure is increasing on the LBOD in district Badin, which may cause increased flows and more breaches in it and its sub-drains because on one side its 3 getting excessive water of upper districts and on other hand its getting back from sea due to high tides. Similarly, the drain swelled beyond its capacity which resulted in breaches and overflows. During the current monsoon floods, the existence of the drain has had a similar impact and breached in various parts from Jhudho ( Mirpurkhas) to Pangrio ,Shadi large and kadhan ( Badin )and main breach was occurred at RD 283 in Union Council Saman Sarkar in Tehsil Tando Bago of District Badin, which has directly affected 11 UCs i.e. Saman Sarkar, Olya Pir bodlo, Malkani, Khairpur Gamboh, Pangrio, Shadi Large, Khadaro, Olya Khan Shah Dargah, Olya Jarkas, Saeed Khan Bhurgri and Khalif Qasim. The reported breaches are as follows: S# Location Drain Name and Measurement of Type Breach 1. RD – 283 (UC: Saman) LBOD 200 ft 2 RD -228 LBOD 50 ft 3. Khorwah Tando Muhammad 10 ft Khan Drain 4. UC Tarai Matli Drain 15 ft 5. Village Yousif Bhoot (UC Pir Bodlo) LBOD 15 ft Affected Union Councils with estimated population: DATA OF AFFECTEES BY FLOOD 2020 As of August 30, 2020 Affect S. # Tehsil/ ed # NO Affecte N UC VILLAG POPULA F M Taluka Villag HHS d HHs o ES TION es 1 Abdullah Shah 108 60 3110 2500 21,770 10449 11321 Bhugra 2 Memon 133 80 3823 3000 26,758 12843 13915 3 Kadi Kazia 116 90 3321 2600 23,245 11157 12088 4 Lowari Sharif 122 80 3493 2700 24,452 11736 12716 5 Mithi-III 85 60 2435 1950 17,048 8183 8865 6 Nindo Shahar 121 95 3468 2500 24,275 11652 12623 7 Seerani 97 70 2787 2300 19,508 9363 10145 Badin Chakar Khan 8 Panhwar 66 45 1889 1500 13,220 6345 6875 Shaheed Dodo Soomro at 9 Lakho Pir 94 65 2700 2100 18,900 9072 9828 10 Pir Fateh Shah 67 50 1921 1550 13,450 6456 6994 Mitho Khan 11 Chandio 49 35 1410 1100 9,870 4737 5133 12 Behdmi 87 65 2511 2000 17,579 8437 9142 4 Shaheed Rani at Allah Dino 13 Jamali 68 55 1959 1550 13,715 6583 7132 Total in Tehsil Badin 1213 850 34827 27350 243,790 117,013 126,777 14 Ahmed Rajo 230 160 7548 6000 52,836 25361 27475 15 Gharo 112 75 3436 2750 24,051 11544 12507 16 Kario Ghanwar 78 50 2173 1750 15,214 7652 7562 Shaheed 17 Khorwah 116 80 3340 2650 23,383 11223 12160 Fazil 18 Rahoo Rahuki 108 65 3002 2400 21,015 10087 10928 19 Tarai 109 70 3066 2450 21,464 10302 11162 20 Dhadarko 118 80 3524 2800 24,670 11841 12829 21 Fatehabad 74 50 2148 1700 15,038 7718 7320 Total in Tehsil SF Rahoo 945 630 28237 22500 197,671 95728 101943 22 Pero Lashari 145 100 4142 3300 29,000 13920 15080 23 Saeedpur 118 80 3358 2600 23,510 11284 12226 Mir Sahib Khan Talpur at 24 Talhar Dabehro 77 55 2200 1750 15,400 7392 8008 Haji Muhammad Ashraf Thebo 25 at Rip Sharif 109 80 3116 2500 21,813 10470 11343 Total in Tehsil Talhar 449 315 12816 10150 89,723 43066 46657 26 Dei Jurkas 130 95 3684 3000 25,792 12380 13412 27 Khadhro 109 75 3048 2500 21,340 10243 11097 Khairpur