PAKISTAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY SINDH PROVINCIAL BRANCH Situation update No. 03 (15-08-2011) on Monsoon Rainfalls in Sindh In District Badin, Heavy intermittent rains played havoc prompting shifting of around 40,000 rain- affected people to 86 relief camps set up in all five talukas of the district Badin. About 1,500 villages and crops over a large swathe of land were flooded when more than 40 breaches occurred in the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD), along with over 20 saline water drains and irrigation canals, after heavy rain battered southern Sindh’s Badin district. The armed forces have started a rescue operation to shift to safer places the people stranded in different parts of district Badin. Ten advanced boats o f Pakistan Navy are also taking part in the rescue operation. Aerial monitoring of the operation is also being conducted with the help of helicopters. Recent rains in southern Sindh have resulted in loss of more than Rs. 23 billion to major Kharif crops and vegetables, a growers’ body has estimated. Some areas received more than 300ml rainfall, which damaged the irrigation and transport infrastructure. Rains hit Badin, Golarchi, Tando Bago, Matli, Tando Muhammad Khan district, Tando Allahyar district, Tando Ghulam Ali, Mirpurkhas, Mithi, Hyderabad and some parts of Matiari district. The Details of the affected People brought in the Relief Camps established in Govt. Schools and buildings in Badin are as follows: Taulka No. of families Men Women Childern Total No.’s affected Badin 1865 2031 2210 6563 10804 Tando Bago 1780 2258 2329 6660 11247 Golarchi 545 757 719 1723 3199 Matli 528 566 628 1398 2592 Talhar 94 102 114 290 506 Totals 4812 5714 6000 16634 28348 The No’s are increasing. The Details of the losses in affected areas are as follows for District Tharparkar: S# Details Mithi Diplo Chachro Nangarparkar Total 1 Total Rain Fall Taluka wise up 436 484 288 248 1456 to 14-8-2011 (10-14/8/2011) Av: 364 Total Relief Camps 12 28 3 3 46 2 established 3 No. of displaced families 215 1213 0 0 1428 4 No. of displaced persons 1505 8491 0 0 9996 5 Total villages affected 6 22 0 0 28 125 6 Siran Colony Mithi is low lying Houses 0 0 0 125/730 730 area Persons Mithi, Kaloi, 7 Most affected Union Councils Bhakuo Dabhro, Kanti, Pilloo & 16 & Mohrano Bhitaro, Chelhar, Virawah Bolhari, Jesse-jo-par Khetlari & Chachro & Mithrio Sobhiyar Charan 8 Most affected villages near Santoro Farm, Sulleman Chandio, Rangar Bangli, Noor Shah, Gulan-ji- Naukot (Barrage Deh) Mori 9 No. of Medical Camps 5 22 3 3 33 10 No. of Mobile Medical Teams 0 3 0 0 3 11 No. of Veterinary Camps 3 8 4 4 19 12 Persons Injured 1 0 0 0 1 13 Persons Died 1 0 0 0 1 14 No. of Animals Died 298 348 235 278 1159 15 Houses Damaged Partially 151 790 240 125 1306 16 Houses Damaged Fully 85 345 0 65 495 17 Major Crops Damaged Cotton, Sugarcane & Chillies 18 Communication between main cities partially damaged and Badin-Wango-Mithi road disconnected at 4 different places Summary of Losses/Damages due to Rain/Flash Flood 2011 Mitthi, District Tharparka Houses Relief Persons in Village Persons Area Crop Area Damaged Persond Persons Cattle Head Camps Relief Affected Affected Affected Affected Partially Fully Died Injured Perished Established Camps 28 9996 8,000 1306 495 1 1 1159 46 15,000 Acres Cropped 55,000 Area Acres Affected Irrigated from Area 18000 Acres In Mirpur Khas, most of the areas badly affected due to heavy rain and breach of Mitharo Canal and over flowing of Left bank out fall drain (LBOD) and all sline water from different small channel fall in LBOD. The affected areas are (Talukas) Juhudo, Digri, Mirpur Khas Town, Goth Ghulam Muhammad, H.B. Mari and Sindhri of Mirpur Khas District. Two Lac population have been affected and government has established Relief camp in Government school and other buildings but still thousands people are on the roads without shelter in the open sky. Most of the people in the flood hit area have houses which are damaged or destroyed. Pepole have lost most of their belonging house hold things. Agriculture has been totally destroyed. Clean water sources have been contaminated. Communication, road links mostly under water. PRCS Response Update: PRCS Sindh PHQ has already sent the Following items for the DP Stock to the District Branch Mirpur Khas: S.No. Relief Itmes Quantity 1. Tents 100 2. Stoves (Carosine) 200 3. Blankets 500 4. Hygiene Kits 200 5. Tarpaulin Sheets 200 6. Utensils 50 Sets 7. Sleeping Mats 300 8. Mineral Water 8600 Bottles The above Relief Items are also to be dispatched to the District Badin and Thatta today. Trucks are being loaded from the PRCS Sindh warehouse at Karachi. A team consists of PRCS Sindh EP&R Coordinator Mr. Fawwad and PRCS Sindh Field Officer Mr. Zaki Ali had left for Rapid assessment of these affected Districts. PRCS Rapid Assessment team had a meeting with DCO Mirpur Khas and office bearers of the District branch and they are arranging food item and medical assistance with the cooperation of health department in Mirpur Khas town. During assessment of Mirpur Khas Town, Mr. Raees Ahmed Khan (Vise Chairman of PRCS, Sindh), Hon. Secretary Mr. Azhar Abbas and District Branch Team had also accompanied. PRCS District Branch Secretaries and DMO’s along with the volunteers are in close coordination with DCO’s in Badin and Tharparkar. They have collected the basic data of the affected population. Relief Operation shall be started as soon as the Relief Items received in the District Branches. Report Compiled by PMER Pakistan Red Crescent Sindh .