SITREP NO-107/2007 1700 hours 32-20/2007-NDM-I Ministry of Home Affairs (Disaster Management Division)

Dated, 15TH September, 2007

Subject: SOUTHWEST MONSOON-2007: DAILY FLOOD SITUATION REPORT

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS AS ON 15.09.2007

RAINFALL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY (during last 24 hours)

ASSAM ™ Light to Moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State. ™ 03 deaths have been reported in the State during last 24 hours. ™ Due to recent heavy rainfall Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj districts have been affected severely. ™ Widespread heavy rainfall of last week has resulted in an alarming rise of water levels in all major rivers, including Brahmaputra, causing the third wave of flood in the State. ™ River Brahmaputra is continuously flowing above its danger level in Dibrugarh, Neamatighat, Tezpur and Dhubri inundating low lying areas forcing people living in low-lying areas in lower and upper to vacate their houses and move to higher grounds. ™ So far, 9644 villages in 26 districts with population of 101.67 lakh are reported to have been affected in the state. ™ In all, about 820 Relief Camps & 217 relief centres in 15 severely affected districts continue to run in the State in which about 3,68,555 people are accommodated. ™ 2675 boats have been pressed into service in the affected districts for rescue and relief operations. ™ Army and NDRF have been deployed in the State for rescue and relief operations.

BIHAR ™ Light to Moderate rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State. ™ So far, 10,733 villages in 22 districts (239 blocks & 2969 Panchayats) with population of 224.18 lakh are reported to have been affected in the state. ™ 609 medical teams continue to be deployed in the affected districts of the State for providing medical care. ™ 1672 Relief Camps continue to run in the State in which about

1 10,05,637 people have been accommodated.

MIZORAM • Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported in the State. • 02 human deaths have been reported in the State during last 24 hours. • Due to heavy rainfall Kolassib, , Aizwal and districts have been affected severely. About 1000 houses are reported to have been submerged under water in these districts. • A landslide is also reported to have occurred in upper reaches of Aizwal city blocking vehicular/traffic movement for the city. • Due to heavy incessant rainfall, a flash flood is reported to have occurred in . • Due to several landslides in Mamit district, communication links to the district are totally cut off from other parts of the State. • Jhum cultivations are also reported to have damaged due to recent flash flood. • An Electricity sub-station in Aizwal is reported to have been damaged as a little portion of this sub-station had sunk and subsided. The electricity supply from this station is temporarily disrupted.

Loss of Human lives • As per provisional information received from the affected States, 05 human deaths have been reported during the last 24 hrs. The cumulative number of people who have lost their lives during the South West Monsoon so far is 2655.

IMD • Yesterday’s low pressure area over north-west Bay of Bengal has become less marked. However, the associated cyclonic circulation over northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal off Orissa-north Andhra Pradesh coasts persist and extend upto mid-tropospheric levels. • A north-south trough from the above system extends upto south Tamil Nadu. Under their influence, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is likely over coastal areas of South Orissa, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu with isolated heavy falls over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, coastal Tamil Nadu during next 2-3 days. • Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is also likely over south interior peninsula during the same period and over adjoining central peninsula from 18th onwards.

2 CWC ™ There are 01 High Flood, 23 Moderate and 22 Low flood situation sites.

Warning (for next 24 hours)

• Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over south Coastal Orissa, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, , coastal Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Outlook (for subsequent two days) • Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy fall is likely over south & adjoining central peninsular . • Scattered rainfall activity is likely over northeast India.

CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION

According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) report dated 15TH September, 2007, there are 01 High flood, 23 Moderate and 22 Low flood situation sites. The details of High flood situation site is as under:-

™ In Assam, river Kushiyara at Karimganj is flowing at 16.28m with falling trend against the danger level of 14.94m and the previous highest flood level (HFL) of 16.39m on 13.06.2006.

ASSAM ™ Light to Moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours. ™ 03 deaths have been reported in the State during last 24 hours. ™ Due to recent heavy rainfall Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj districts have been affected severely. ™ Widespread heavy rainfall of last week has resulted in an alarming rise of water levels in all major rivers, including Brahmaputra, causing the third wave of flood in the State. ™ River Brahmaputra is continuously flowing above its danger level in Dibrugarh, Neamatighat, Tezpur and Dhubri inundating low lying areas forcing people living in low-lying areas in lower and upper Assam to vacate their houses and move to higher grounds for shelter. ™ 9644 villages in 26 districts with population of 101.67 lakh are reported to have been affected so far in the state. ™ In all, about 820 Relief Camps & 217 relief centres in 15 severely affected districts continue to run in the State in which about 3,68,555 people are accommodated.

3 ™ 2675 boats have been pressed into service in the affected districts for rescue and relief operations. ™ Army and NDRF have been deployed in the State for rescue and relief operations.

BIHAR ™ Light to Moderate rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours. ™ No human death has been reported in the State during last 24 hours. ™ 10,733 villages in 22 districts (239 blocks & 2969 Panchayats) with population of 224.18 lakh are reported to have been affected in the state. ™ 609 medical teams continue to be deployed in the affected districts of the State for providing medical care. ™ 1672 Relief Camps continue to run in the State in which about 10,05,637 people have been accommodated. ™ 7273 boats continue to be deployed in the affected areas of the State for rescue and relief operations. ™ 1009 cattle camps continue to run in the affected districts of the State.

MIZORAM • Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported in the State during last 24 hrs. • 02 human deaths have been reported in the State during last 24 hours. • Due to heavy rainfall Kolassib, Lunglei, Aizwal and Mamit districts have been affected severely. About 1000 houses are reported to have been submerged under water in these districts. • A landslide is also reported to have occurred in upper reaches of Aizwal city blocking the vehicular/traffic movement for the city. • Due to heavy incessant rainfall, a flash flood is reported to have occurred in Saiha district. • Due to several landslides in Mamit district, communication to the district is totally cut off from other parts of the State. • Jhum cultivations are also reported to have damaged due to recent flash flood. • An Electricity sub-station in Aizwal is reported to have been damaged as a little portion of this sub-station had sunk and subsided. The electricity supply from this station is temporarily disrupted.

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™ Light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy showers has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours. ™ No human death has been reported in the State during last 24 hrs. ™ 10 Relief camps still continue to run in the State in which about 975 persons have been accommodated.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF) ON 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2007

™ In Assam, 04 teams consisting of 142 personnel continue to be deployed for rescue and relief operations in Silchar and Hailakandi districts.

LOGISTIC SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ON 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2007

Army ¾ In Assam, Seven Army columns along with seven Engineer Task Force teams continue to be deployed for rescue and relief operations in Hailakandi and Silchar.

Air Force ¾ One MI-17 helicopter dropped 3.7 tons food items and airlifted 04 passengers in 04 sorties in Silchar district.

RAINFALL SITUATION IN THE REST OF COUNTRY DURING LAST 24 HRS

• The rainfall activity in the rest of the States/UTs is reported to be insignificant during the last 24 hours.

• Details of the extent of damage and rescue and relief work are appended in Annexure-I & Annexure-II separately.

(B.MURALI KUMAR) DIRECTOR (DM-I) TELEFAX: 23092696

Distribution:- 1. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister (Shri T. K. A. Nair)

5 2. Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan 3. Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam), 7, Race Course Road, New . 4. Prime Minister’s Office (Shri Sanjay Mitra, Joint Secretary). 5. Sr.PPS to Vice-Chairman, NDMA, Centaur Hotel, New Delhi.(Fax- 25655019) 6. Cabinet Secretariat (Dr. S.B. Agnihotri, Joint Secretary, opted to download from website). 7. Brig Sanjiv Laumas, DACIDS (Ops & Logistics) Room No.10, INCP, Gate No-11, South Block, New Delhi. (Fax-23005226, 23005137)

Copy to:- 1. PS to HM/PS to MOS (R) 2. PS to HS/PPS to Secretary (BM)/JS-(DM-I)/JS (DM-DAC Fax- 23382417)/ Director (PR)/Master Folder.

6 Annexure – I SITREP NO – 107/2007 15th September, 2007: 1700 hours Extent of Damage (cumulative figures) (Provisional) Date when Population No. of No. of districts No. of villages No. of cattle/ Cropped area No. of houses damaged Total value of damage (Rs. in Lakh) Total (in lakh) updated affected human affected affected Live- stock lost affected i) Crop damage (in lakh) lives (in ha) ii) houses (fully) lost iii) houses (partially) iv) Public property

Fully partially Andhra Pradesh 12.09.2007 9.59 57 11 47 47172 56000 13624 188796 i) 7.60 (Crop area) 1329.97 ii) 702.56 (damaged houses) iii) 619.81 ((public properties) 11.09.2007 N.R N.R. 11 N.R N.R. N.R. 16 N.R. i) 6.00 (fully damaged houses) 6.00

Assam 13.09.2007 98.85 77 26 9464 NR 6,01,000 15345 NR N.R. N.R. Bihar 14.09.2007 224.18 704 22 10733 786 17,53,000 320014 341232 i) 128423.04 (crop area) 357433.98 ii) 83878.29 (damaged houses) iii) 145132.65 (Public property) Chhattisgarh 10.09.2007 1.96 13 08 164 54 2560 1342 11312 i) 17.26 (crop area) 2395.30 ii) 278.14 (fully damaged houses) ii) 549.62 ( partially damaged houses) iii) 1550.28 (public property) Goa 14.09.2007 0.003 03 Nil Nil Nil Neg 05 483 i) 3.68 (crop area) 109.32 ii) 2.91 (fully damaged houses) iii) 80.83 (partially damaged houses) iv) 21.90 (public property) Gujarat 12.09.2007 14.87 418 29 937 9707 468342 3777 37979 i) 10514.68 (crop area) 15327.62 ii) 275.31 (fully damaged houses) iii) 537.63 (partially damaged houses) iv)4000.00 (public properties) 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

Himachal Pradesh 21.08.2007 1.23 52 09 984 707 1630 1022 2003 i) 5101.38 (crop area) 119079.98 ii) 715.28 (fully damaged houses) iii) 507.63 (partially damaged houses) iii) 112755.69 (public property) 05.09.2007 Nil 02 01 N.R. 02 962 295 691 i) 57.72 (crop area) 104.95 ii) 29.50 (fully damaged) iii) 17.73 (partially damaged) J & K 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 12.09.2007 19.54 165 25 1412 7536 237480 55470 75627 i) 60017.98 (crop area) 172866.98 ii) 11004.00 (fully damaged) iii) 2134.00 (partially damaged) iv) 99711.00 (public property) Kerala 15.09.2007 17.74 252 14 1504 2811 35414 2040 50052 i) 18378.00 (crop area) 70509.13 ii) 745.59 (fully damaged houses) iii) 2384.08 (partially damaged houses) iv) 49001.46 (public property) 13.09.2007 1.87 69 15 710 294 4239 1459 16390 i) 175.45 (crop area) 893.70 ii) 191.38 (fully damaged houses) iii) 297.89 (partially damaged houses) iii) 228.98 (public property) Mizoram 23.07.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nagaland 13.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 13.09.2007 1.35 140 N.R. 5297 1477 N.R. 5778 41267 N.R. N.R. 13.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 90 Nil Nil Nil Nil Orissa 13.09.2007 16.87 33 12 1917 19501 1,60,000 9353 18457 i) 709.61 (damaged houses) 25493.71 ii) 24784.10 (public property) Punjab 15.09.2007 0.015 07 06 246 18 28134 75 452 i) 127.37 (crop area) 147.36 ii) 9.13 (fully damaged houses) iii) 10.86 (partially damaged houses) Rajasthan 14.09.2007 2.94 63 11 1296 5114 Neg. 898 9160 i) 259.00 (crop area) 25263.05 ii)132.81 (fully damaged houses) iii) 320.98 (partially damaged houses) iv) 24550.26 (public properties) 13.09.2007 Nil 08 Nil Nil Nil Nil 03 Nil Nil Nil Tamil Nadu 11.09.2007 Nil 47 Nil Nil 153 Nil 102 603 i) 102.00 (fully damaged houses) 403.50 ii) 301.50 (partially damaged houses) 21.08.2007 12.43 216 22 2546 157 162566 300 1136 i) 121954.86 (damaged crop) 172879.86 ii) 50925 (damaged houses) 15.09.2007 N.R. 79 N.R. N.R. 237 N.R. 107 696 N.R. N.R. West Bengal 13.09.2007 69.64 248 04 3837 4085 2213177 152524 245236 i) 7834.55 (crop area) 15954,13 ii) 7932.02 (houses damaged) iii) 187.56 (public property) And & Nicobar 13.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Chandigarh 13.06.2007 Daman & diu 07.08.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Dadra & Nagar Haveli 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Delhi Lakshadweep 12.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Pondicherry 11.09.2007 0.003 02 02 NR 150 2,15,000 27 132 i) 0.959 (crop area) 26.715 ii) .03 (fully damaged houses) iii) 23.046 (partially damaged houses) iii) 2.68 (public properties) Total 493.081 2655 228 41094 99961 5939594 583576 1041704 980225.255

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Rescue and Relief (Provisional)

Name of States/ UTs Date when No. of persons No. of relief camps No. of persons GR paid, if any, specify the item and amount No. of medical No. of cattle updated evacuated opened accommodated in teams deployed camps opened the relief camps

Andhra Pradesh 12.09.2007 1,72,369 101 1,72,369 N.R. N.R. N.R. Arunachal Pradesh 11.09.2007 N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. Assam 13.09.2007 - 751 317408 Rice-135997.2 qtl, Dal-22816.1qtl, Salt-6950.98qtls, Chira-1291 qtl 517 Nil & Gur -594 qtl, Kerosene-13.30 kl, Mustard oil-71.16 kl Bihar 14.09.2007 1005637 1672 1005637 Wheat – 721922.87 Q, Rice– 587987.41Q, Chura– 9260.42Q, Gur – 609 1009 1315 Q, Satu-46.65Q, Candles– 200072, Match Box–158259, Salt – 305.99 Q and Polythene Sheets – 330082 and 82881 food packets airdropped Chhattisgarh 10.09.2007 12134 76 13198 375.84 20 Nil Goa 14.09.2007 279 01 N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. Gujarat 12.09.2007 103894 889 103894 Nil 1022 Nil Haryana 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Himachal Pradesh 21.08.2007 Nil 08 08 2.48 Lakh 02 Nil Jharkhand 28.08.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil 04 Nil J & K 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Karnataka 12.09.2007 29887 179 29887 4730.98 179 Nil Kerala 15.09.2007 1398771 7475 1398771 Food & medicine Nil Nil Madhya Pradesh 13.09.2007 N.R. N.R. N.R. 495.45 lakh N.R. N.R. Manipur Mizoram 23.07.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nagaland 13.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Maharashtra 13.09.2007 30,645 N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. Meghalaya 13.09.2007 Nil 76 13198 375.84 Nil Nil Orissa 13.09.2007 70,290 17 15,420 Chuda, Gur, Match Box, Candle, Polythene, Cattle feed distributed 45 03 Punjab 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Food items Nil Nil Rajasthan 14.09.2007 2164 30 1711 N .R. 125 N.R. Sikkim Tripura 13.09.2007 Nil 55 2959 Nil Nil Nil Tamil Nadu 11.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Uttar Pradesh 21.08.2007 68,000 185 67,000 Rice-25,000 ton, Wheat-1240 ton, Salt-1670 ton, Dal-500 ton, Gud- Nil Nil 200 ton, Puri packet-2,45,000, Pulse-640 ton, Kerosene Oil- 3,86,000 ltr, Candle-1,71,000, Match Box-3,32,000, Polythene- 83,000 mtr Uttarakhand 15.09.2007 N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. West Bengal 13.09.2007 35699 975 158705 Rice-8183 MT, Wheat-300 MT, RC-309 lakh, Rs.3.20 lakh cash 773 246 And & Nicobar 13.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Chandigarh 13.06.2007 Daman & Diu 07.08.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Dadra & Nagar Haveli 15.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Delhi Lakshadweep 12.09.2007 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Pondicherry 11.09.2007 455 02 455 Nil Nil Nil

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