ANNEXURE-I

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NDM DIVISION

Human lives lost in the wake of Tsunami/ Tide Wave in the Bay of Bengal- 26^th December 2004

Annexure  -II

Ministry of Home Affairs
NDM Division  

DETAILS OF IMPACT OF THE TSUNAMIS OF 26^TH DECEMBER, 2004 - ON THE MAIN LAND

NR = Not Reported.

Note:-  The Tsunamis have caused extensive damage in Nicobar Islands ,  which will require more or less rebuilt/ reconstruction.  

ANNEXURE  III

Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs  

Detailed situation report on the impact of Earthquake/Tsunami in Indonesia , A & N Islands and other coastal States- Relief, rehabilitation and other follow-up measures

The relief and rescue operations by the State Governments/UT Administrations are continuing in full-fledged manner round the clock. The Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments/UT Administrations and has pressed into service all the necessary resources required. The main focus is now on prevention of outbreak of epidemics and relief & rescue operations in the affected areas with special attention to  Nicobar Group of Islands . Medical Teams and Medical First Responders/Para medics have been deployed in the affected areas. National level medical teams led by the Senior officers are camping in the affected States/UTs to monitor the situation  and coordinate with the local administration. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been constantly monitoring the situation and no outbreak of epidemics has been reported  from anywhere so far except in a limited area of Tamil Nadu where there is a report of people suffering from diarrhea. Necessary medical attention has already been provided. Provisions for necessary inoculation for measles and anti-cholera tablets have been adequately.

 982 MT of relief material have been mobilized for Nicobar Group of Islands of which 295 MT have been delivered. The remaining 687 MT of relief material is lined up for dispatch/delivery. The MOD (INCP/IDS) have been requested to step up airlifting/airdropping of relief material to Nicobar Group of Island . The Navy is making arrangements to reach supplies to Car Nicobar through ferry by boats by Ship to the shore. The Navy and Indian Coast Guard have further augmented the relief and rescue operations by deploying additional ships in the affected Nicobar Group of islands.

Aftershocks of varying intensities are still continuing in various locations in Andaman Region.. Details of aftershocks received are as under :  

 In view of continued aftershocks, which are generally accompanied with such events, the State Government have been requested to remain vigilant without affecting the relief and rescue operations and normal life.

The fourth meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted for monitoring relief and rehabilitation measures was held on 31^st December, 2004 . GOM desired that assessment may be made about the specific items of the relief material required for Andaman Group of Islands so that only such relief material could be dispatched, the services of the NGOs /volunteers may be utilized for making food packets, additional  officers from National level may be positioned for coordinating the distribution of relief,   and the following actions have been initiated

Aboriginals (Tribes) of Andaman & Nicobar Islands are reported to be safe. The number of  tribes as per 2001 Survey viz Andamanese (43) Onges (96) Jarawas (240) Sentinelese (39) have been found safe. Survey for Shompens (398) is under progress and out of the 28,653 Nicoborese, 656 have lost their lives as per the latest reports.

An Ex-gratia of Rs.1.00 lakh has been announced to the next of the kin of the deceased from the PM National Relief Fund, in addition to the assistance available from the National Contingency Relief Fund. The National fund has been  augmented  by Rs. 500.00 crore.

STATE/UT WISE STATUS

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

  ANDAMAN ISLANDS

   Shipping: 

A four member team from Naval Dockyard Vizag are at Port Blair for repairs. A technical Team from Delhi has also been sent for assistance. One harbour at Port Blair is now fully functioning and is receiving large ships. Two earthquake design experts stationed at Port Blair for advice on  reconstruction of  Harbours/Jetties

Civil Aviation: 

Port Blair airport which was damaged is now functional. 4385 passengers have been  moved out  between 27^th to 31^th December. Indian Airlines and Jet Airways are operating to evacuate the passengers.

Telecom:  

The telephone facilities which were temporarily disrupted have now been made functional  but there is congestion in connectivity in some areas. A senior level officer from the Department of Tele- Communication is camping at Port Blair with his team to complete restoration of  tele- links in all the major areas  by 03.01.2005. Adequate equipment including INMARSAT have been provided at Port Blair. Two sets of POLNET equipment are being sent for restoration of the network. ISRO has established two Satellite phones on 31^st December 2004 .

Relief and Rescue: 

Andaman Group of Islands   was affected to a much lesser extent.  Relief measures by UT Administration is continuing. 6 Relief camps have been opened in Port Blair. Indian Naval  Ship (Jyoti) deployed in eastern coast of Tamil Nadu has been diverted to A& N and is expected to reach Port Blair. There is sufficient drinking water supply in Port Blair and surplus water is being air dropped in other Islands . The power supply has improved to 40% due to deployment of DG sets.  

NICOBAR ISLANDS  

Shipping: 

All small harbours and jetties have been damaged and not possible to park any vessels. Efforts on to restore the facilities. Pending restoration of shipping facilities, the supplies are being airlifted.  The Navy is making arrangements to reach supplies to Car Nicobar through ferry by boats by Ship to the shore. Indian Coast Guards ships have reached Hut Bay and Cambel Bay with relief materials  

Civil Aviation: 

The airport made functional for Air Force flights for both An-32 and IL-76 flights. The link has been established on the small airstrip at Camp Bell Bay and the Dornier aircraft is running. MOD has pressed into service 3 IL-76 and 5 AN-32 aircrafts specifically for relief operations to Car Nicobar.   

Telecommunications:

The telephone lines and equipments completely washed away. 31 Telephone exchanges have been made operational in A&N Islands . MHA dispatched 8 satellite phones with two operators.  The link established at Car Nicobar from 28^th December 2004 . Of the above, 6 satellite Phones made available to the Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar for being installed in the other Islands. BSNL  deputing 6 teams of 18 people along with the equipments to establish point-to- point communication in these Group of Islands. 10 INMARSAT Terminals  have been placed   to the affected Islands . ISRO has established 3 Satellite based telephone links on 31^st December,2004 .  

Rescue and Relief:

Of the 38 inhabited islands, 30 islands are affected. Survey of all islands have been completed by 31^st December. The situation in Car Nicobar Groups of Islands is improving rapidly. 12 Ships of Navy and Coast Guards and 16 Aircrafts fixed wings/Helicopters have been pressed in to service for relief and rescue work. Food packets are being airdropped and 3 relief camps have been opened in Car Nicobar. About 3000 persons have been accommodated in the relief camps.  

Three Naval ships with food, water etc. were dispatched to Nancowri Group Islands on 30^th December,2004 . The medical teams, disaster management Teams and Volunteers have been deputed for relief and rescue works. One Indian Navy Ship (INS Brahmptura) with two Chetak helicopters and relief supplies has sailed from Mumbai on 31^st December,2004 for deployment in Southern Group of A& N Islands . Indian Naval Ships and Indian Coast Guard Ships are deployed at the affected Islands of – Hut Bay , Kamrota, Chowra, Nancowry, Tarasa, Pulo Milan, Kondul, Car Nicobar,Great Nicobar. Indian Navy is augmenting the relief and rescue operations by deploying major naval ships with large quantities of relief assistance. 2 Indian Coast Guard helicopters and 6 ships are deployed in Nicobar Islands for relief operations.  

Mass cremation/burial of dead bodies is being undertaken on day to day basis. To prevent the outbreak of epidemics supply of drinking water in the Nicobar Group of islands has been accorded priority, 32  medical officers from National level are assisting the A&N Administration, Emergency medicines and sanitation items have been dispatched/delivered. Situation is being monitored by the Ministry of Health and no report of any outbreak of epidemics has been received so far.  

Relief materials (food packets, Drinking water, emergency medicines, household kits, milk etc.) are being received and airdropped/dispatched to affected Islands . One Joint Secretary from MHA is camping at  Nicobar / Andaman Islands and  coordinating relief and rescue operations. It is reported that situation in Car Nicobar Group of Islands is expected to return to normalcy by 04.01.2005 except water and power supplies.  A brief status of relief supplies, supply of high priority items and deployment of medical teams/disaster management teams  is given below separately:  

Status of Relief Materials movement for  Nicobar Islands (0800 hrs. 01.01.05)  

Status of delivery of High Priority Items  

 Status of deployment of Medical Teams/Disaster Response Teams and Volunteers  

            Supply of Petroleum Products (POL)  

Full demand of POL products is being met. LPG stocks are being replenished on priority and additional 300 KL Kerosene has been released.  ATF at Car Nicobar at Car Nicobar has been tested and found that products meet the specification.   A team of officers of IOC is camping in Port Blair to monitor the stock and supplies. A dedicated tanker(MT Harsha) has been detailed for supplies  to Port Blair from Haldia, which is excepted to reach Port Blair on 03.01.2005. Status of POL supply as on date is as under:  

 MAINLAND (ANDHRA PRADESH, KERALA, TAMILNADU, PONDICHERRY )  

Shipping: 

All seaports harbors are now fully functional including for export consignments.

Civil Aviation: 

All Airports are functional.

National highway: 

All national Highway are functional.

Telecommunications: 

There was temporary disruption in telecom facilities in the coastal areas.  The telecommunication facilities have since been restored.

Relief and Rescue:  

Andhra Pradesh:

The State Government had taken relief, rescue and evacuated people to the safer places and provided food packets, distributed 25 Kg of rice to each affected families, Rs.1500 for fully damaged houses, Rs. 750 for partly damaged houses and Rs. 750 for clothes and utensils. Medical teams have been deputed  in the affected villages. 4 Coast Guards ships and 5 Naval ships helped in search and rescue.  

Kerala:

State Government has deployed 224 doctors in the affected areas.  Dornier and two helicopters were deployed for search and rescue in Kerala.  

Tamil Nadu:

The State Government of Tamil Nadu has diverted municipal Staff to help in the cremation/burial of dead bodies. Army was  pressed into service at Nagapattinam to restore the road as well to assist in the extraction of bodies from the boats, which are stacked one over the other.  400 CRPF recruits were made available and two Chetak Helicopters and Two Dornier Aircrafts were deployed for search and rescue. The Navy had sent their diving team to assist in the  rescue operations. People reported stranded have mostly been evacuated by the State Government with the assistance from diving teams of Navy. Indian Naval ships are deployed at Nagipattnam.A three member team headed by Consultant in Medicine had reached Chennai and is coordinating with 15 member team constituted from CGHS Chennai for providing medical relief.  

Pondicherry :

The Government of Pondicherry are making ex-gratia @ Rs. 1.0 lakh  to the kind of deceased, cremation expenses @ Rs.5,000/-, medical expenses @ Rs.5000/-, housing subsidy @ Rs.10,000/- and cash assistance @ 2000/- . Pondicherry Administration has requested to provide one lakh pieces each of Blankets, Sarees, Dhotis and Bedsheets,50,000 Pieces of CGI Sheets and 18000 Pieces of fishing nets. The government of  Karnataka has been requested to provide the relief materials and move by road.

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