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Rapid Assessment Report of 3-B Yemyen Cyclone Affected Areas in Kech and Gawadar Districts, Southern Balochistan, Pakistan Page 1 of 13 Rapid Assessment Report of 3-B Yemyen Cyclone affected areas in Kech and Gawadar Districts, Southern Balochistan, Pakistan Joint Assessment Team - Pakistan-Humanitarian Forum (PHF): Member Organizations: Oxfam GB, Concern Worldwide, Catholic Relief Service (CRS), Church World Service-P/A. Period: July 1 – 3, 2007 Page 2 of 13 1. Assessment team and Methodology A joint assessment was undertook in collaboration with interested member organization of Pakistan Humanitarian Forum ( PHF), Oxfam GB, Concern world wide, Catholic Relief Service, Church World Service-P/A with active support of Rural Community Development Council (RCDC) and Makran Resources Centre (MRC) local partner organizations of Turabt and Gawadar for assessing the immediate needs of Cyclone affected communities in Gwadar and Kech districts of Baluchistan. Save the Children –UK team were already arrived a day before the joint assessment team to Turbat. They participated in collecting secondary data and shared the field findings of the villages which their team visited before our arrival. Save also shared the market survey in Turbat and contact information and details of their visit to different government department and officials. Caritas Pakistan, Quetta staff member (Mr. Nisar) also joined the Gawadar assessment team on the last day of the assessment at Gawadar District. List of organisations / staff members - part of the assessment team Sr. Name Organization Gender 1 Gulshan Maznani Oxfam GB Female 2 Syed Sulaiman Concern Worldwide Male 2. Gul Wali Khan Catholic Relief Service Male 3. Shalim Kamran Dost Oxfam GB Male 4. Shagufta Ali Catholic Relief Service (CRS) Female 6 Adman Khan Church World Service-P/A Male 7 Mohammad Tariq Oxfam GB Male 1.1 Methodology and sources of information: Team were comprised of seven staff from 4 organizations divided into two groups. One group for Kech and other for Gawadar District. The assessment team visited most affected Union Councils (UCs), Kushkalat, Gokdan, Kalatuk, Nodez and Nasirabad of tehsil Turbat, district Kech and Pasni, Dasht areas of district Gawadar. The assessment team used participatory approach to collect the information, the major techniques were used meetings with communities and focus group discussion with men and women, key informative interviews, including district Nazim, EDO health, EDO livestock, director of food department, Road and High way authorities, National NGOs (SPO, NCHD, NRSP) and representative of local NGOs. 1.2 Objective of the Assessment • The objective of the joint rapid assessment was to visit the affected communities/areas, assess the situation, collect first hand information of the damages/destruction and analyse the situation, so that each individual partner organization can decide and strategize for response to this disaster. Page 3 of 13 DISTRICTS WISE FLOOD SITUATION SEVERELY AFFECTED MODERATELY AFFECTED 2.Background to disaster 2.1 Type of Disaster Heavy rainfall due to cyclone 03 B Yemyin resulted in massive flooding in local rivers and streams of District Kech of Balochistan Province on June 26, 2007. The rains and subsequent flooding left twenty-four dead and hundreds injured. A large number of the population of up to 2,50,000 is severely affected which is approximately 50 percent of the total population. Turbat Tehsil of District Kech has received more then 190 mm of rains in just two days. Union Councils (UCs) of Nasirabad, Nodez, Ginna and Kalatuk were the hardest hit by the back flow of water from the Mirrani Dam Reservoir. Many villages in the above mentioned UCs are inundated. The Sorap dam bursted and washed away villages in UC Gokdan 2.2 Date and time The cyclone hit the districts kech on June 26, 2007 at 21:30 hours according to local communities of Trubat Tehsil. 2.3 Affected areas Heavy rain and cyclone 03 B Yemyin had most of its impact in eight UCs of Turbat tehsil, Kushkalat, Gokdan, Kalatuk, Nodez, Nasirabad, Ginna, Pidrak and Dasht i.e of Kech district causing destroyed to houses, orchards, livestock and water supply systems and all infrastructure. 100% of houses are destroyed in each village where it hit while several other were partially damaged. The heavy rains have also destroyed the road network, 200 Km of the Gawadar to Turbat and entire infrastructure of the Tehsil Trubat, including disconnection of electricity since it occurred. As per report of villagers of village Talib bazaar two people died in the village and both were male. A brief of the damages is as under: Kech District ketch is consisted of four Tehsils ( Sub districts), the total population and other information is available cording to the census of 1998 District: Kech Tehsil: 4 (Turbat, Dasht, Bulida) Union Councils: 10 (Kashokalat, Gokdan, Ginna Kalatuk, Nodez, Nasirabad, Pidrak, Dasht, Bolida and Hoshab) Population: 413,204 (estimated) Area: 22,539 Sq.km Page 4 of 13 Rural areas: 83.4% Urban areas: 16.6% Male: 216,566 Female: 196,638 Ethnic: Baloach Population according to censes 1998 S.N Tehsil Population 1 Turbat 194961 2 Buleda 73107 3 Tump 86515 4 Dasht 58621 5 Total 413204 6 Number of UCs 38 Details of most affected UCs and villages in District Kech (Turbat) UC Village Kushkalat Aliabad Munshi Bazaar Kahanpusht Maliki Bagh Gokdan Dannok Tanzak Gokdan Bahman Dehath Patahn Kaur Nodez Nodez Solband Shekhan Gabun Godi Balochabad Meero Bazaar Nasirabad Nasirabad Khairabad Meer e Bazaar Lalain Charbuk Danchop Dan Dal e Bazaar Pulani Hoshab Hoshab Ginnan Ginna Dasht 3.Key findings of the Assessment 3. 1 Health and Hygiene Page 5 of 13 As majority of the families have lost shelter and all household items are washed away so, women and children are facing a lot of health problem in the affected areas. Due to the hot weather and unavailability of food, safe drinking water and number of the families are shifted to the schools and other safer places so they have small place for living so congested accommodation has increased a lot of problem in the health. Also they do not have enough cooking pots, clothes, since last four days all men, women and children are wearing same clothes, which is very hygienic for health purpose. At the moment personal hygiene is totally ignored because food, shelter and drinking water are first priority of communities. Also a lot of animals are died and dead animals are scattered around the villages since disaster occurred so, everywhere smell of dead bodies, which could be cause of diseases, in affected community if it not removed timely. Most of the population complained for skin diseases; diarrhoea, fever and water borne diseases. Population is scattered so access to the basic health units are very poor and unavailability of medicine in Basic Health Units (BHU). Some of the women in village Paragokwar reported that there was little death of newborn children in last 4 days. 3. 2 Shelter: Torrential rainfall due to cyclone 03B YEMYEN resulted in massive flooding in local rivers and streams in District Kech, Gawader of Baluchsitan on June 26th2007. The team visited the most affected villages in five Union Councils in Tehsil Turbat (Kushkalat, Gokden, Nasirabad, Nodez and, Kalatuk Union Councils): • According to the government reports, 250,000 people are affected only in Kech district of Baluchistan with flooding. The affected community reported that most damage has happened due to the flash flood and then back-flow of water from the Mirani Dam’s reservoir. Due to the back-flow of flood water, the mud houses and huts become rubbles in a short time and buried with mud. This disaster reminds the severe destruction and damages happened by 2005 earthquake in NWFP and AJK or miseries of Tsunami destruction. • In Kushkalat and Gokdan UCs, most of these villages were severely affected by 1998 flood. However, majority of the villages affected in Nasirabad, Nodez, Ginna and Pidark UCs were not affected in 1998 floods and they were not expecting that the floods will reach to their villages and were unaware and unprepared. • An estimated total of 50% houses are completely or partially destroyed in 8 UCs of Tehsil Turbat, District Kech of Baluchistan. • Due to flash floods, tens of villages in these UCs are completely washed away which came in their way. For example the team visited village “Shinzuk” in Gokdan UC where 200 household were living before this disaster. 95% of the houses in this village are severely damaged and almost 30-35% houses were completely washed away while the rest are raised to the ground and become rubbles. • The houses which were made of mud blocks with iron Garder as beam or wooden beam with dates palm tree leaves and plastic sheet used for roofing and mud plastered on the top. These are the traditional houses in majority of Page 6 of 13 the rural villages in Baluchistan which are destroyed. Another type of houses which are destroyed by flash flood are the traditional huts made of wooden skeleton with column and beam covered by dates palm tree leave. These local materials are available in Turbat market but are not enough to meet such a huge requirement. However, this could be explored in other neighbouring districts. • The affected community reported that they were caught unexpectedly and did not had enough time to shift much of their household belongings to the safer places, rather they tried to moved their family members and children to be survived. • These affected community members have taken refuges in school and other public buildings in and around these villages. In a few places the team observed that affected people were living in congestion and were exposed to different diseases and social and protection issues as well • The team also visited a few spontaneous makeshift villages living under open sky and had pitched a few tents air-dropped by Pakistan Army helicopters along with food stuff.
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