5th Sep Orissa floods members update

Sphere-URS update: ORI/FLOODS/06-NO 1
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Care India ( Mr. Sorajit Chatterjee) as on 5th September 06

• 12 districts are affected with floods and four heavily affected.
• About 2.5 lakhs people have been displaced.
• In Kendrapada district 4 blocks are severely affected.
• In 3 blocks of Kendrapara blocks the damage assessment has been carried out.
• The immediate needs are
 Shelter/tents
 Safe drinking water.
 Boats for transportation.
 Utensils
• Coordination is in progress at Bhubaneswar with Special Relief Commissioner and at district level with the respective district collectors.
• Agencies feel that there is improved coordination in the recent floods.
• To be sharing minutes of district level meetings in future with Sphere India members.




CRS India,( Mr. Rajan Mohanty) as on 5th September 06


• CRS is working in four flood affected districts of Orissa , they include Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kandhamal and Balasore.
• CRS in the process of providing temporary shelter needs to about 8500 households including health camps.
• All the targeted families would get (15 x 12) Propylene Sheets and ( 6x4) mats for flooring would be provided ton selected families.
• Every evening coordination meetings takes pace with Orissa Disaster Mitigation Mission (ODMM).
• Concern over district-level coordination in the initial phase, however things would improve.




LWSI, (K.G. Mathaikutty) as on 5th September 06

• LWSI is working in Kendrapara and Jajpur districts.
• Distribution of polythene sheets 4500 families for shelter purposes.
• A pair of blankets and bed sheets has also been distributed to the 4500 targeted families.
• Family kits are in the process of distribution.
• Preparing appeal for furthering funding.



SCF, (Mr. Laxminarayan Anand) as on 5th September 06

• Relief in the worst flood affected districts is only made available to road side populations.
• All the schools in the flood affected districts are closed.
• Change of district administration head in Kendrapara district.
• SCF is relying on partners information and secondary data.

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