District Emergency Operations Centre Office of the District Collector, Alappuzha
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MANAGING THE DISASTER: A REPORT ON HANDLING OF KERALA FLOODS 2018 IN ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT District Emergency Operations Centre Office of the District Collector, Alappuzha 1 2 (This page intentionally kept blank) Contents Alappuzha District Profile ........................................... 5 Geography and Demography ................................................................................................................. 5 District Administration .......................................................................................................................... 6 Water resources ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Economic Activities in the District ...................................................................................................... 11 Hazard Profile ....................................................................................................................................... 12 District Disaster Management Authority ..................... 13 District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC) ............................................................................... 13 South West Monsoon 2018 ........................................ 14 Monsoon Floods: Phase 1 ..................................................................................................................... 15 Preparedness ........................................................................................................................15 During the monsoon .............................................................................................................17 Monsoon Floods: Phase II .................................................................................................................... 18 Rescue Operation .................................................................................................................................. 20 Fishermen: The local heroes in rescue operations .....................................................................24 Relief Camps: ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Effective Camp Management .................................................................................................28 Warehouse: ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Post Flood Activities ............................................................................................................................. 35 Coordination with national/ international NGOs .......................................................................35 Cleaning Drive .....................................................................................................................36 Kick starting „Recovery‟ .......................................................................................................37 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 38 3 List of Figures Figure 1 Sri Suhas S IAS, District Collector Alappuzha ..................................................................... 6 Figure 2: Multi hazard zonation map of Alleppey district. ................................................................. 8 Figure 3 : Flood prone areas in Alappuzha district ........................................................................... 9 Figure 4: Index map of Vembanad Lake ........................................................................................10 Figure 5 District Emergency Operations Centre ..............................................................................14 Figure 6 Satellite image of Alappuzha district before the floods (dated 6 February, 2018)....................18 Figure 7 Satellite image of Alappuzha district during the floods (dated 22 August, 2018) .....................19 Figure 8 A flooded house in Kainakary Village ...............................................................................20 Figure 9 Sri. Krishna Teja Mylavarapu IAS, Sub Collector leading the rescue operations of Kuttanad ..21 Figure 10 Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Sri. Thomas Isaac during the rescue operations in Kuttanad ...22 Figure 11 Smt P S Swarnamma, Deputy Collector (DM) leading the rescue operations at Chengannur 23 Figure 12 Reuters honours the Kerala fishermen by putting the news in the display board at Canary Wharf .........................................................................................................................................24 Figure 13 Boats are transported in Lorries to the affected areas .......................................................25 Figure 14 District Collector visiting the affected areas ....................................................................26 Figure 15 Bio-toilets intalled in relief camps ..................................................................................27 Figure 16 Hon'ble Minister for PWD & Registration .......................................................................30 Figure 17 Toilet complex at the Kanichuklangara Camp ..................................................................30 Figure 18 Visitor remarks by Mr Banku Bihari Sarkar, UNICEF ......................................................31 Figure 19 'Onasadya' being served in a relief camp .........................................................................31 Figure 20 Hon'ble Minister for Revenue Sri. E Chandrasekharan visiting the warehouse .....................32 Figure 21 Kits ready for distribution at the warehouse .....................................................................33 Figure 22 Officials and Volunteers at the Distribution Centre ...........................................................34 Figure 23 District Collector Sri Suhas S, IAS addressing the review meeting at the warehouse .............34 Figure 24 Delegation from TISS in a meeting with Panchayath representatives and UN officials ..........35 Figure 25 All set for the cleaning drive; A view in front of the collectorate .........................................36 Figure 26 Hon'ble Minister Sri. G Sudhakaran flagging off the cleaning drive at the collectorate .........36 Figure 27 Heads of different line departments at the World Bank review meeting ................................37 List of Tables 4 TABLE 1 ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHY: ................................................................... 5 TABLE 2 ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT ....................................... 7 TABLE 3 GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT ................................11 TABLE 4 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT .......................11 TABLE 5 LIVESTOCK POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT ..........................................................12 TABLE 6 STRUCTURE OF DDMA .............................................................................................13 TABLE 7 RAINFALL DEVIATION FROM NORMAL ..................................................................15 TABLE 8 NUMBER OF PERSON RESCUED BY EACH DEPARTMENT / NGO'S ETC..................22 TABLE 9 VARIOUS ACTORS IN THE RESCUE OPERATIONS...................................................26 Alappuzha District Profile Geography and Demography Alappuzha previously known as Alleppey is basically a sandy stretch of land criss crossed by numerous water bodies, rivers, canals and lagoons. It is also known as “The Venice of the East” due to presence of port and a pier, numerous bridges and a long and unbroken sea coast. Alappuzha was the most developed industrial and commercial centre of the Travancore and had trade relations with ancient Rome and Greece. Alappuzha district was formed in the year 1957 and covers a total area of 1414 sq km.The district has a population of 21,21,943 and 5,34,994 households (Census 2011). Density of population is 1504 per square kilometer. Sex ratio in the district is much higher than the national average with 1100 females to every 1000 males. The district is bordered by Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts in the east, Kollam district in the south, Ernakulam district in the north and Arabian Sea in the west. TABLE 1 ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHY: SNO ITEM NOS 1 Total Population 21,21,943 2 Male 10,10,252 3 Female 11,11,691 4 Rural Population 9,74,916 5 Urban 11,47,027 6 Scheduled Castes 201211 5 7 Scheduled Tribes 6574 8 Literates 1852797 District Administration The District Collector is the administrative head of the District Administration and is assisted by the Deputy Collectors holding charges of General matters, Land Acquisition, Land Reforms, Revenue Recovery, Election and Disaster Management. The District Collector also holds the charge of the District Magistrate. While performing the duties of the District Magistrate, (s)he is assisted by the Sub- divisional Magistrate and the Executive Magistrates. 1Sri Suhas S IAS heads the district administration from 07.06.2018 onwards. Figure 1 Sri Suhas S IAS, District Collector Alappuzha The Alapuzha district is administratively divided into two revenue divisions – Alappuzha and Chengannur and six taluks- Karthikapally, Ambalapuzha, Chertala, Chengannur, Kuttanad and Mavelikkara, with a total of 93 revenue villages. There are 1 District Panchayath, 5 1 Source: