Rajasthan floods second interagency meeting minutes 5th Sep

Minutes of the Second meeting of ‘Interagency Emergency Response Group-Rajasthan’

Date: September 05, 2006

Venue: CRS; A-93 Shiv Marg, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur

Time: 16:30 hrs

Participants:
Mr. Ravi Gill, ADRA
Mr. Anil Joseph World Vision
Mr. Tejram Jat, Culture for Health and Unity (unit of PRAYAS)
Ms. Nitu Shahi, Save the Children, UK
Mr. Sanjay Nirala, Save the Children, UK
Mr. Suvabrata Dey, CRS
Mr. Varun Sharma CRS
Mr. Upendra Sontakke CRS

Agenda:

Share information on Rajasthan floods situation and the interventions planned by each of the participating agencies

Sharing information on floods and intervention in Rajasthan

Catholic Relief Services
• A team of CRS visited Barmer, Udaipur and Banswara area to assess the situation and completed a detailed assessment across Barmer, Udaipur and Banswara. The key needs identified are:

 Temporary shelter
 Drinking water
 Dry ration
 Family Kit ( utensils for self survival)
 Medical support
 Fodder
 Veterinary Camp

• CRS has planned to implement a short term flood relief program. It has planned to reach out to 4,050 families for food; 1,669 families with shelter (tarpaulin and bamboo poles); 1,538 families with family kits; 30 villages with their fodder requirements for their cattle; provision of logistic support to provide safe drinking water for 38 villages; and also organize medical camps and vetennary camps in pre-selected villages.
• Raised concerns over emerging situation of fever, cough and other skin diseases in Barmer and also possibility of malaria in coming months.
• CRS has planned for $ 1,11,258/- and 49 MT of food (Title – II) for flood relief and recovery operation support to the selected area circulated in the first meeting. This program will be implemented approximately for 3 months till the end of November, 2006.

Center for Health and Equity
• Completed a detailed assessment across Barmer and Jaisalmer area.
• State administration has appointed 40 teams of doctors to work in medical camps.
• A delegation of CHE meets with State Health Minister to present the real situation of flood relief activities.
• A team of doctors in leadership of Dr. Narendra kumar (Prayas) already working in Barmer area .
• CHE distributing relief material by Lok Adhikar Network in Barmer area.

World Vision
• Initially distributed relief materials mainly food to 1,200 families in Sam Block, Fategarh tahsil of Jaisalmer district on the very next day of flood. The relief package consisted of:

i) 20 kgs. rice
ii) 2 kgs. pulses
iii) 1 liter of vegetable oil
iv) Tarpaulin sheets

• Considering for Permanent Shelter assistance for 200 families planned in the same area to finalized in the by next week. But WVI restricted themselves within their current working area in Jaisalmer district.

ADRA
• Expressed their willingness to work in Barmer area and will be provide support in terms of shelter and other relief material.
• ADRA is yet to finalize their villages for flood relief operation

Save the Children, UK
• Sanctioned GBP 3,000 GBP for immediate relief.
• A team of SCF visited Barmer and Jaisalmer area to assess the situation and completed a detailed assessment. Their observation area as follows :
 State govt. providing dry ration for community Kitchens as well as individuals also.
 Village Malwa getting support from individual charities Gujarat states.
 Still Govt. relief restricted up-to road side villages only.
 No formal relief package has been announced by govt. for flood affected families.
 Government also supplying drinking water and trying to regulate the water supplying system of Thar.
 State govt. deputed additional officers to manage relief operation properly.
 Privet donor also distributing material in flood affected area.
 Lack of coordination between local NGOs restricted relief efforts.
 Children of flood affected families are out of school from last two weeks. Mid day meal program already suspended due to flood in the area.
 The team has prepared a detailed report which has been circulated to all the NGOs.
• Planned intervention with 800 families in 10 villages of Shiv block in Barmer where there is ongoing intervention.

ECHO
• An assessment team is reaching from Sept. 11, 2006 to Sept 14, 2006.

Next Meeting

• The next meeting date and time has not been fixed in the meeting. Organizations are requested to volunteer and propose.

• A yahoo group has been created to share information. The address for subscription is Rajasthanemeregncyresponse-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Courtery: Suvabrata Dey,CRS

Orissa flood pic

Courtesy: NATURE’S CLUB

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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Rajasthan coordination meeting minutes 31 August

Minutes of the first meeting of ‘Interagency Emergency Response Group-Rajasthan’

Date: 31st August 2006

Venue: Save the Children UK
Jaipur office
59, Shivaji Nagar
Civil Lines

Time: 1530 hrs

Participants:
Mr.Vijay Sharma, Action Aid
Mr.Vijay Goyal, BARC (Budget Analysis and Research Centre)
Mr.Suvabrata Dey, CRS
Mr.Tejram Jat, Culture for Health and Unity (unit of PRAYAS)
Ms Dharti Daftary, Save the Children UK
Ms.Nupur Pande, Save the Children UK
Mr.Mukesh Lath, Save the Children- Finland
Mr.Dipak Roy, UNICEF

Agenda:
1. Sharing information on Barmer floods and the interventions planned by each of the participating agencies
2. Deciding on next meeting and group norms

AGEND 1 Sharing information on floods and intervention in Rajasthan

Action Aid
• Working in 55 villages through Lok Adhikar Manch ( network of 22 local NGOs)
• Has constituted eight teams from the 22 NGOs to distribute relief in interior areas of Barmer
• Until 27th August’06, 100 containers of 20 lts capacity for water have been distributed. The undamaged village level water storage tanks are being filled with drinking water through tanks.
• Is providing drinking water through water tanks.
• Already released Rs. 2 lakhs from their ongoing project budgets through 6 partners.
• Completed a detailed assessment across Barmer, key needs in the feild:
- tents
- milk powder
• The country office has sanctioned a budget of Rs.20 lakhs for medium and long term interventions.

BARC and CHU
• A joint team visited Barmer in the first 4 days of the disaster. Shared their impressions:
- The administration's response was delayed
- Local NGOs had to advocate for urgent response.
- The administrative measures are inadequate especially in health and sanitation.
• BRAC shared its newsletter with details of the government budget analysis. The newsletter had important demographic information on Barmer and the loss due to floods
• CHU has raised appeals to doctors and medical colleges health relief activities in Barmer along with appeals to people to donate in kind and collected relief materials at two centers. This consignment would be taken by Action Aid and PUCL to the field.
• State administration has enrolled 28 fresh doctors on contractual basis to work in medical camps, CHU added.


The need for intervention in health relief was emphasized but SCUK and CRS said that they can support in all aspects of reaching to affected people with health care except for purchase and distribution of medicines.

- The need for advocating to state administration for reaching people with proper healthcare was identified.

Catholic Relief Services
• The final list of villages with names would be circulated by CRS by this evening. A tentative list of villages for intervention for flood relief intervention are:
o Udaipur (23 villages)
o Dungarpur(22 villages)
o Jaisalmer(10villages)
o Barmer (25 villages of Shiv block)
o Jodhpur (5 villages).
• Aiming at a relief period of 7 days and reaching out to 6300 families with 3300 from Barmer alone. CRS has an outlay of 49 MT of food. Equal number of families will be reached with fodder relief.
• Has sought from their head office for about US $ 80,000 to provide 2000 families with shelter (tarpaulin and bamboo poles) and family kit (utensils, mug, bucket, two plates, glasses, small bowls, food grain container and trunk)
• Supporting GRAVIS for health camps. 1 health camp to be held immediately and another one to be followed.
• GRAVIS is also covering 14 villages in Barmer with 5-6 water tanks and 5 cooking points to provide cooked food.
• GRAVIS and ANMs are distributing bleaching powder packets made by state administration of Barmer and Jodhpur
• Reported 4 deaths in the past 2 days due to water born diseases.
• Raised concerns about the fever, cough and other skin diseases in Barmer in the coming months.
• Appreciated and thanked SC UK for starting the inter agency meeting and offered to host the next meeting.

Save the Children, UK
• Sanctioned GBP 3000 GBP for immediate relief.
• Planned intervention in 10 villages of Shiv block in Barmer where there is ongoing intervention. List of villages covered by SCUK in Barmer under its ongoing program:
o Solankia
o Jaansinh ki Beri
o Ranasar
o Khudani
o Harsani
o Baleba
o Fogera
o Ratreri Khurd
o Jiney ki basti
o Sangoralia
• Intervention would be focused on children as far as possible
• The assessment team would be returning from Barmer and the report would be finalized by later next week and shared widely.
• SPHERE standards should be maintained and used wherever possible by all the agencies.
• Informed about the SPHERE URS (Unified Response team) in Delhi and encouraged the team to consider regular interagency meetings and interventions.
• Emphasized that the SPHERE standards must be followed as far as possible in the relief operations.

SC-Finland
• Has committed funding of € 20,000.
• Is not operational in Barmer, so would plan on intervention later next week.

UNICEF
Responding with the state administration:
• 8-10 shelter camps run by state administration with about 7000 to 8000 people
• Affected population is approx. 50,000, all scattered and this poses a challenge to reach out to.
• 17 villages are still under water.
• Immediate need is for hygiene promotion, water storage and basic hygiene.
• State has set up 38 mobile medical camps. Damage details from Barmer:
o 46 Sub Centers
o 2 PHCs
o 1 Community Health Center
• It has ordered for supplies worth US $ 200,000 for:
o 100,000 ORS packets,
o 50,000 IV fluids,
o chlorinated eye-caps,
o 1000 lts of skin lotion,
o 65 syntex tanks of 1000 lts,
o 900 number of 25 kgs pack of bleaching powder
o 3000 buckets
o 10,000 tarpaulin sheets
• One assessment team would be reaching Barmer on morning of 1st Sep’06.
• Expressed need for creating medical outposts and trauma counseling services.

AGENDA 2 Next Meeting
• Next meeting would be in CRS office on 5th Sep’06 at 1600 hrs. The address of CRS is A-93,Shivmarg, Shyam nagar, Ajmer road,Jaipur.
• A yahoo group has been created to share information. The address for subscription is Rajasthanemeregncyresponse-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Information Received on the phone and in separate meeting on 1st September.


World Vision
• Initial relief distributed to 1200 families in Sam Block, Fategarh tahsil of Jaisalmer district. The relief package consisted of:
o 20kg rice
o 2 kg dal
o 1 lt vegetable oil
o tarpaulin sheet
• Shelter assistance planned in the same area to finalized in the by next week.
• 30 volunteers and World vision staff is in Jaisalmer.
• Contact details Anil Joseph, Manager, 09829060877, jaipur_seed_india_adp@wvi.org

Oxfam GB
• An assessment team of 4 will leave for Barmer on Sept 5, 2006 with focus on water and sanitation along with public health
• The assessment report would be widely circulated
• Focus on ongoing 40 project villages in Barmer (12 villages in Balotra block)
• Partner agency Unnati is already present in Barmer.


S.No Name of agency Agency Representative Address and Contact numbers E-mail Id
1. SC UK Dharti M-9811679704 d.daftary@scfukindia.org
2. Amied-Alwar Noor -mohammad 2/70 kalakuan Housing Board-Alwavl
0744- 3201746[o]
M-9414641746 amied-alw@rediffmail.com
3 B.A.R.C
Vijay Goyal P-1, Tilak marg C-scheme Jaipur 0141-2385254(0)
M-9352527582 infobarcjaipur.org
4 Action Aid
Vijay Sharma B-20, Khandala House Shiv marg Bani park Jaipur
M:9413346969 NA
5 Centre for Health Equity
Tej Ram Jat 22,suraj nagar(East)
civil lines, Jaipur
Ph-0141-2220421
M- 9413046501 prayaszz@dataone.in
jattejram@yahoo.co.in
6 CRS/Rajasthan
Suvabrata Dey A-93,shiv marg
Shyam nagar,jaipur
M-9829933344 suvabrata@crsjaipur.org
7 SC Finland
Mukesh Lath 59,Shivaji nagar,
Suraj Nagar(E)
M-9314639281
8 SC UK Nupur Pande 59,Shivaji Nagar
Civil Lines
M-9828131005 n.pande@scfukindia.org
9 UNICEF
Dipak Roy B-9,Bhawani Singh Lane,
C-scheme, opposite Nehru Sahkar Bhawan,Jaipur
0141-2222639
2222694
M-9414041326
droy@unicef.org

SOURCE: Nupur Pande

Rajasthan flood pic

courtesy ActionAid

Rajasthan flood 29th August 06 update

Sphere-URS update: RAJ/FLOODS/06-NO 2
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Christian Aid (Mr. Anand Kumar) as on 29th August 06 (17.30hrs)


• Formation of 'NGO coordination committee" for undertaking relief and rehabilitation work in Rajasthan.

• Christian Aid is working through MLPC (Mines Labour Protection Campaign)
based in Jodhpur and SURE based in Barmer.

The following organizations are part of the 7 NGO joint coordination
committee
1)MLPC - Mr.Rana Sengupta
2)SURE - Ms.Lata Kachhavaha
3)LKS - Mr.Bhanvar Lal choudary
4) Lok shakti -
5) PRAYAS - Mota Ram
6) Mine Cooperatives- Mr.Hira Lal.
7) UNNATI Network

• The joint action committee has set up six temporary shelters and three
mobile units near Baitu.

• On 27 and 28th food was served to 1700 members
covering various villages between Haryali and Dunga. They are planning
to cover about 2500 to 3000 people per day.

• An information center set up in Baitu with an aim to provide
information to the people as well as to various organizations that are
coming in to provide relief.

The urgent needs are:
1. Water
2. Fuel
3. Temporary shelter
4. food for the children (Milk etc)
5. Trauma Counseling to the victims



Action Aid (Mr. Sudipta Kumar) as on 29th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

Action Aid & LOK ADHIKAAR NETWORK done so far:

LAN is a network of 23-partner organization. The work has started on the 23rd itself. The staff close to the areas of work had started working in the affected areas immediately in mobilizing food, distributing Food, supply food in camps, running one camp at Barmer, clothes& water and plastic canes of 10 and 15 liters to store water in Maluaa ..

Coordinated immediate relief work has started in the most interior villages:
• Cooked Food supplies
• Water Supplies

Special needs identified till now are

• Safe drinking water
• Baby food (Dry Milk Biscuites etc..)
• Dry Ration(Floor,Pulses, Spices ,Refind oil)
• Essential Medicines

Present Plan : Rapid Assessment for the 7 days :

The entire teams of 40 people have got together to carry out a Rapid Assessment of the situation. The questionnaire was developed and now people have moved to the affected villages for a one day field testing. The initial survey findings are on basic situations in of the village and individual households.

• Food Security (especially food for infants & children, food for lactating & pregnant women)
• Drinking Water
• Health Status and Morbidity Patterns
• Status of PHCs, Sub-Centres and ANM Centres
• Sanitary & Sanitation Needs (esp. Women)
• Fodder for Surviving Livestock
• Communication Needs (e.g. How do people contact family members & relatives outside? How do migrant family members get to know about the status of their families – e.g. Toll Free Query Number? Need for overall information centre)
• Clothing (esp. Warm Clothes)
• Pest Control & Mosquito Nets
• Temporary Shelter
• Restarting School & Anganwadi Services




SCF (Ms. Dharti Daftary) as on 29th August 06 (17.30 hrs)


 Have a zonal office based in Jaipur
 Have ongoing work in Barmer with SURE supported by DiPECHO
 SITREPS were coming from the team on the ground since 20th August.
The team is in touch with Action Aid, CARE, UNICEF and the District
administration.
 GBP 3000 has been sanctioned for immediate use.
 Assessment team has set out for Barmer and Jaisalmer this morning.
 A state level coordination meeting is planned on Friday afternoon to share
information and plans with INGOs and other stake holders at our Jaipur
office on 1st September, Friday at 3:30pm. Please encourage your state level representatives to join in. Save the Children address in Jaipur is 59, Shivaji Nagar,Suraj Nagar East, Civil Lines Jaipur. Contact person: Ms Nepar Pande ph: 09828131005



CRS (Mr. Suvabrata Dey) as on 29th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

CRS and its partners in Rajasthan are assessing the situation on day to day basis. CRS team is in field helping partners in assessment and developing coordination with Govt. and other agencies. As of today CRS is in process of approvals for 49 MTs commodities among four CPs as dry ration distribution and cooked food through community kitchens under CP Ajmer. At State level CRS is in touch with different agencies and exploring possibilities of collaboration where ever is possible


IRC ( Mr. Chandrasekhar) as on 29th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

The IRCS district branches have started relief at local level and the state branch is mobilizing relief materials to the affected states and coordinating the relief operation. The state branch has requested the RCS NHQ to provide relief materials like blankets, clothes, tents, milk powder, sugar, tea, edible oils etc.
Following the request of the state branch, the IRCS national headquarters is sending some relief materials i.e. saree, dhoti, kitchen sets, plastic buckets, towels, cotton blankets, bed sheets, medicines etc to the state branch for distribution among flood affected population in the state. The NHQ is constantly monitoring the situation.

The Federation is in constant touch with the national headquarters and collecting and updating and disseminating the information.



Echo-New Delhi Office (Mr. S M Aftab Alam) as on 29th August 06 (17.30 hrs)


• Have started receiving Sitreps and information on Flood situation in Rajasthan from ECHO Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) partners since 28.08.06 evening.




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District Magistrate (Mr. Subir Kumar) as on 28th August 06 (11.30 hrs)

• Emergency and rescue work has been carried out.

• Food and water packets are being distributed.

• Tarpaulin sheets and intermediary shelter s is the immediate need.

• About 25,000 houses have been damaged due to floods.




Care India (Mr. Balaji Singh)as on 28th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

• Care State representative has met today the state administration to seek further flood related information.
• Care is supporting with its Integrated Nutrition and Health Care (INHP ) programme in 9 flood affected districts of Rajasthan.
• Barmer district is not currently being supported by Care India.
• Care India is closely monitoring the situation.
• Water logging and stagnation is a concern in the villages of Barmer district.
• High level of prevalence of malaria is expected in the Barmer district.
• Barmer district has very low population density.
• It’s a sensitive region (border with Pakistan) and also well connected with roads.


Seeds India (Mr. Manu Gupta) as on 28th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

• Seeds India will conduct an assessment on the 30th and 31st of August in and around Barmer region.
• Seeds will focus on Shelter, water and sanitation needs of the affected populations.


UNICEF Rajasthan (Dr. Satish Kumar) as on 28th August 06 (17.30 hrs)

• About 100 villages are affected by the floods in the Barmer district.
• Unicef has sent assessment teams in the district.
• Have started mobilizing immunization stocks and water storage tanks.
• Intends to mobiles resources from other districts of Rajasthan programme.



29th August 2006

Arjun Khajuria