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Flood Preparedness in Bihar 2018 Disaster Management Department Government of Bihar Contents •Initial Forecast by IMD •Floods in Bihar •Flood Preparedness by Disaster Management Department, Govt. of Bihar •SOP for Flood Preparedness First Stage Forecast of Southwest Monsoon Season-2018 Rainfall by IMD • Quantitatively, the monsoon seasonal rainfall is likely to be 97% of the Long Period Average (LPA) with an error of ± 5%. • Forecast assessment suggests 42% of probability for near normal monsoon rainfall. • IMD will issue the update forecasts in early June, 2018 as a part of the second stage long range forecast of monsoon rainfall. Extremely F.P. Flood Prone Supaul Araria Total Districts – 38 Madhepura Purnea Flood Prone Districts - 28 W. Vaishali Champaran Begusarai Saran Katihar Nalanda Madhubani Sheikhpura Sitamarhi Kishanganj Khagaria Bhojpur Muzzafarpur Lakhisarai Bhagalpur Patna E. Siwan Champaran Samastipur Gopalganj Katihar Buxar Saharsa Darbhanga Population affected by Major Floods Population Affected Year District Affected (in Lakhs) 2004 20 212.99 2007 22 244.42 2008 18 50.93 2009 16 22.03 2011 25 71.43 2013 20 72.34 2014 20 30.00 2016 31 88.23 2017 19 171.64 Flood Response 2017 • 19 out of 38 districts affected • 187 out of 534 Blocks affected • Death toll: 649 • Population affected: 171.64 lakh • Deployment of Army, NDRF and SDRF in flood response: Army NDRF SDRF No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Teams Boats Teams Boats Teams Boats 7 70 28 118 16 92 Flood Response 2017 Relief Camps • 1358 relief camps were setup for 4.2 lakh people • Cooked meal, medical, toilet facilities • Providing clothing, utensils, soaps, hair oil, comb, sanitary napkins etc. from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund • Payment of Rs. 15000/- for the birth of a girl child and Rs. 10000/- for the birth of a boy child in case delivery of baby takes place either in the relief camp or in the process of evacuation of pregnant lady Community Kitchen • Operational points – Highways, Railway Stations, MDM & Anganwadi Centres, Schools, Community Centres etc. • Special attention on hygiene • Cooked food including Rice, Daal, Vegetables • Total ban on fried food • 2569 community kitchen provided food for 492174 people Distribution of Dry Ration/Food Packets • Rice-6 kg, Pulse-1 kg, Potato-2 kg / Soya Bean-½ kg, Salt-½ kg, Turmeric-Small Packet, Halogen tablets & ORS Packets Flood Response 2017 Medical Facilities • Establishment of 24x7 control room with toll free number • Establishment of Medical Camps & Mobile Medical Camps • Provision of Boat Ambulance in large numbers • Spraying of bleaching powder • Ensuring availability of essential / life saving drugs eg. ASVs, ARVs, ORS, halogen tablets etc. Summary of Medical Facilities Sl. No. Medical Facilities No. 1 Health Camps 441 2 Boat Ambulance 42 3 Mobile Health Camps 395 4 No. of flood affected patients treated 1,40,000 5 Institutional Delivery of women from flood affected areas 681 Flood Response 2017 Gratuitous Relief (GR) • Govt. provided Rs. 6000/- as GR to all flood affected families (Rs. 3000/- as Cash Dole + Rs. 3000/- for food grains) for all flood affected families • GR was provided to affected families through RTGS only • State Govt. disbursed total of Rs. 2290 crore as GR to affected families • Upon feedback from field and for better monitoring government decided to provide GR through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) from this year onwards. Flood Preparedness Review at Highest Level • Hon’ble Chief Minister reviews the flood preparedness with all concerned State Departments and District Magistrate. First flood preparedness review meeting will be held in the first week of June under his chairmanship. • Second review meeting by Hon’ble Chief Minister will be held in the month of July. • Hon’ble Minister Disaster Management Department also holds the flood preparedness review meetings. A review meeting under his chairmanship will be held in last week of May 2018 with Add. District Magistrate / I/c officer of disaster management of district. • A series of review meetings are being held by Principal Secretary-DMD with District Magistrate / Add. District Magistrate of all the districts. Strengthening of State & District Emergency Operation Centre -SEOC & DEOC • For better coordinated and efficient disaster response State is strengthening State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) and District Emergency Operation Centres (DEOCs) of the State. • Expression of Interest (EoI) for SEOC strengthening has been floated • The new SEOC complex is bestowed with “Earthquake Resistant Base Isolation Technique” • Based on the advanced Information Communication Technology (ICT), SEOC will also be equipped with various tele-communication channels for redundancy • Database of Mobile Network Service providers in Bihar being arranged for Mass Messaging of Early Warning and Disaster Alert to reach maximum number of residents of the state. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) • Govt of Bihar in 2010 has given sanction for raising of one Battalion of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on the line of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). • 12 out of 18 sanctioned teams are currently functioning • In 2018, State Government decided to raise strength of SDRF from 18 teams to 50 teams. • One team each will be placed in all 38 districts and rest 12 shall be stationed in Patna as reserve. • Posts for additional 32 teams have been sanctioned by competent authority of the government. Deployment of SDRF in Flood Prone Districts Sl. No. District Response Districts SDRF Deployment 1 Khagaria Khagaria, Begusarai, Naugachia 2 Sitamarhi Sitamarhi, Seohar 3 Purnea Districts under Purnea Division 4 Bhagalpur Bhagalpur, Banka, Mungher, Seikhpura, Lakhisarai 5 Madhubani Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur 6 Madhepura Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul 7 Vaishali Vaishali, Samastipur Deployment of NDRF in Flood Prone Districts Sl. No. District Status NDRF Deployment 1 Patna Permanently Deployed 2 Supaul 3 Gopalganj 4 Muzzafarpur Additionally prepositioned during flood period 5 Vaishali All district authorities requested to review Flood Preparedness as per Updated Standard Operating Procedure sent to all district authorities vide Letter no. 1253 dated 10.05.2018 Plans for Flood Preparedness as per SOP • Status of Rain Gauge • Identification of vulnerable people of the society in flood prone areas • Identification of Relief shelter and assuring basic facilities in the shelter • Protection of Embankments • Information and Communication Dissemination • Setting up of District Emergency Operation Centre cum Control Room Resource Mapping • Availability of Country Boats • Polythene sheets and basic food materials • Contingency plan of Medicine for Humans • Arrangement of Fodder and Medicine for Domestic animals • Procurement of Generator Set, Petromax • Temporary godown to be identified for storage of foodgrains in pre-flood period to ensure availability of foodgrains during flood period. • Large Nets (Mahajal) for rescue Plans for Flood Preparedness as per SOP • Mobile medical Team & medical camp • Arrangement of Potable Drinking water with installation of hand pumps at elevated areas of flood prone villages • Repair of Roads • Contingency Plan for deployment of Lifejackets /Boats / Motorboats • Training of divers • Training of community and Capacity Building Plans for Flood Preparedness as per SOP •Setting up of Relief and Rescue Team •Mock Exercise / Mock drills •Nodal Officer Nomination and District Level task Force Constitution •Alternate cropping Scheme for farmers of flood affected regions .
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