Minutes of Meeting with Honorable CM of Uttarakhand

State Inter Agency Group Utta rakhand

Meeting of Hon’ble Chief Minister and Civil Society Organizations

Venue- Room no 101, Secretariat, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Date- 16 July 2013

Background:

Due to continuous rainfall in Uttarakhand since 14 th of June resulted in increase of water level in the major rivers and its tributaries, incidents of cloud burst resulting into flash flood and landslides has caused extensive damages to lives (people and livestock) and infrastructure.

A meeting was called upon by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Mr. Vijay Bahuguna inviting the members of Sphere India and Inter Agency Group (IAG) and other National, International and local organization engaged in relief and rehabilitation work in current disaster in the state.

Discussion and Decisions:

• Hon’ble CM showed his concern about coordination among the Government and Humanitarian organisation, and appealed everyone to come forward to support affected communities by joining the efforts being made by the State Government.

• He also added that at district level there is need to establish coordination between local administration and NGOs for relief and response works. Hon’ble CM also announced that at State level Mr. S.K. Mattoo President Revenue council / Resident commissioner Uttarakhand will be nodal officer and he will ensure coordination between GO and NGO.

• Organisation viz. Plan India, TATA Relief, CARE, CRS, Karuna, Save the Children DISHA and IAG presented their ongoing relief work and appraised about their future plan of action in brief.

• Hon’ble Chief Minister also tried to establish a direct dialogue with the field staff of various organisations on mobile to have updates from the field and tried to understand if any problem/hurdle is being faced by them during relief work. He also has taken updates on support being given by the government agencies during relief and humanitarian activities.

• Meeting was followed up with Mr. Matoo and Mr. Vinod phonia, focusing on the further joint action point and agreed on conduct Joint sectoral assessment with Sphere India and IAG.

• It is agreed that there is a need to establish a state level Government and NGO platform to dialogue on policy and implementation.

Sphere India, Building No. 3, Flat No. 401/3, Sona Apartments, Kaushilya Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 Tele: +91-11-46070374, 75. Fax: +91-11-46070379, E-mail: [email protected] , Website: www.sphereindia.org.in State Inter Agency Group Utta rakhand

List of Participants:

Sl.No Name Designation/Organization District involved in

1. Mr. Shakeb Nabi Projec t Manager, (Uttarkashi and Rudrapryag)

Christian Aid

2. Mr. Kennedy Dhanabalan Director, Rudraprayag, & Uttarkashi, Chamoli

EFICOR

3. Mr. Harshan Manager, Rudraprayag, & Uttarkashi, Chamoli

EFICOR

4. Mr. Girish Peter State Officer, Rudrapray ag, Uttarkhashi, Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli Caritas India

5. Mr. Ray Kancharla Humanitarian DRR Manager, Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal, Dehradun, Rudra Prayag, Chamoli Save the Children

6. Mr. Biswa Ranjan Patnaik Regional Program Rudraprayag and Pithoragar h Director/ CARE India

7. Mr. Samuel Peter Director Disaster Management,

Habitat for Humanity India Trust

8. Mr. Robert Kumar Dy. Director -CH Tehri & Uttarkashi Department/

Emmanuel Hospital Association

9. Mr. Amit Bhardwaj Programme Coordinator / TBD International Organization

for Migration

10. Mr.Suraj Kumar Sahani Manager, Risk Management Rudraprayag

/Integrated Social Welfare

Agency (BISWA)

11. Jaya Kumar

Discipleship Center Chamoli

12. Mr. B.N. Biswal Deputy Manager Rudraprayag, Uttarakashi and Cha moli (Emergency )

LWSI, Kolkata

13. Mr. Kamal Nayan Banodi Appropriate technology Rudraprayag, Chamoli, India

14. Mr. Lawrence Singh Project co -ordinator/ Agnes Tehri Garhwal Kunze Society 'Hope project'

15. Dr Kishor Nautiyal Executive Director/ Tehri Garhwal and Chamoli SAMVEDI

16. Mr. Sadananda Sr. Manager UKHIMATH TEHSIL, RUDRAPRAYAG Chakravarty Indo Global Social Services

17. Mr.Nirupam Jha Programme Manager Augustmuni and Chandrapuri World Vision India 18. Mr. Munish Kaushik Cordaid and Chairperson Inter Agency Sphere India 19. Mr. Venk at R Velagala Director Program Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi & Chamoli Implementation/

Plan India

20. Barsha Chakraborty Programme Officer Action Rudra Prayag, Chamoli, Tehri Garwal and Aid India Pithoragarh 21. Ms. Geeta Mazumdar Program Coordinator UK, R. prayag, Chamoli, Tehri and Pauri Garhwal Catholic Relief Services 22. Ms. P. Kusum Ghidiyal Uttarakhand Voluntary Health Association 23. Mr. Sanjeev Issachar Hope Project

24. Mr. Bharat Patwal Institute for Development Support (IDS)

25. Mr. Suresh sathpathi Churches Auxiliary for Social Action + Mountain Forum Himalayas 26. Mr. Puran Bartwal People Science Institute

27. Mr. Gyan Singh Rawat Shri Bhuvneshwri Mahila Ashram 28. Mr. M. M. Doval Coordinator, Inter Agency Group Uttarakhand 29. Aranya Ranjan Uttarakhand Jan Jagriti Sansthan 30. Kamal Gupta National Education Development Center 31. Mr. Satish Pingal Indian Red Cross

32. Mr. Jaywant Pratap Singh Director Asia, Tehri, Rudraprayag and Chamoli Kinderhilfswerk Global Care 33. Mr. D.J. Vinay Paul Programme Director Rudraprayag Help a child of India 34. Mr. Suresh Balodi Plan -India, Uttarakhand

35. Mr. J.K. Nayak Exe. Director, CDDMASS 4 Villages in Kedarnath

36. Bharat Patwal ADRA Rudraprayag

37. Mr. Vikrant Mahajan CEO, Sphere India

38. Mr. Martin Positive Community Impact 39. Mr. Shekhar Aid et Action

40. Mr. Anil Verma Chairman, DDMC, Indian Red Cross 41. Fr. Pious Philip Director, Rudraprayag, Srinagar,UK and Tehri

Karuna Social Service Society

42. Mr. Durga Prasad Coordinator/Mount Rudraprayag , Chamoli,Tehri G and Pithoraharh Valley Development Agency (MVDA) 43. Mr. Ranjit Singh Director, Rudraprayag ADAN 44. Shailender David Director, Rudraprayag SASA

45. Mr. K.N. Tiwari Director, Uttarkashi Disha 46. Mr. Balwir Singh Representing: Sarbandani Sewa Society, Shri. Guru Uttarkashi Singh Sabha Mumbai and Bhai Ghanyaiyaji Sewa Mumbai 47. Ms. Shvangi Chuhan SEEDS Rudraprayag, Chamoli

48. Vinod Kothari TATA Motors

49. Rajiv Kumar T^ATA Steel Uttarkashi

50. Col. (Retd) Arun TISS Mamgain

51. Ms. Bachendri Pal TATA Steel Uttarkashi

52. Dr. Yashpal Bi sht TATA

53. Mahesh Kamble TISS

54. Anand Prakash Helage India

55. Dr. Malavika Chauhan Sir Ratan Tata Trust/Himothran 56. Krishna Avtar Helage India