Situation Report 17 - 1000 hrs 03.01.2005

SPECIAL SITREP-17

1000 hrs. 03.01.05

No.32-5/2004-NDM-I

Government of India

Ministry of Home Affairs

Subject: Impact of Earthquake in Indonesia , A &N Islands and other coastal States –Relief, Rehabilitation and other follow up measures

The Tsunamis have caused extensive damage in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the States of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and UT of Pondicherry. 96 aftershocks of intensities between 5.0 to 7.0 on Richter scale have been reported so far. The death toll is now at 9479. This is likely to go up once confirmation regarding 5681 missing persons/feared dead (as per preliminary survey) in the Nicobar Group of Islands is received. The details of deaths, missing and relief camps are in Annexure I. The details of damage to crops, dwelling units and population affected are in Annexure-II.

2. Rs. 250 crore to Tamil Nadu, Rs. 100 crore each to AP and Kerala have been provided from NCCF. Separately Rs. 35 crore to Pondicherry and Rs. 100 crore to A&N Islands has been given. An Integrated Relief Command (IRC) for the Andaman & Nicobar Groups of Islands has become operational. Three Central Teams under overall supervision of Secretary (BM), Ministry of Home Affairs are leaving between 4^th to 6^th January 2005 to visit Tamil Nadu , AP and Kerala for assessment.

3. The massive relief and rescue operations mounted by the Government of India in association with States/UTs are continuing. Focus is on establishing communication network, drinking water, restoration of power supply, prevention of outbreak of epidemics and relief & rescue operations in the affected areas of Nicobar Group of Islands where 31 Telephone exchanges have been made operational, 22 satellite phones are functional, most of the affected islands have been connected with Police Wireless which has enhanced the communication facilities. 40% of the normal power supply has been restored in Port Blair. Medical relief is under continuous surveillance by MoH. Medical expert team led by DGHS has arrived in Port Blair for networking health efforts. No report of outbreak of epidemics has been received so far.

4. The situation in various islands in Andaman district is stabilizing rapidly and life is returning to normalcy except little Andaman, which was worst affected in Andaman District. Situation is improving in other islands. Water supply has been restored at Katchal and Kamorta islands.

5. Relief materials (211.41 MT food items, 197.18 MT drinking water, 58.83 MT medicines/disinfectant, 7798 tents, 22563 torches, 688 Gen. Sets/Pump sets) have been delivered so far. The status of relief materials movement is in Annexure-III

6. 1362 personnel of Central Para Military Forces (additional 58 BSF personnel on way) including specialists Search and Rescue Teams; 80 Doctors and 20 nurses of Central Institutions are deployed in various Islands besides the efforts of Armed Forces.

7. The detailed situation report is in the Annexure IV.

8. The Island wise details for A&N Islands is in Annexure-V

9. The situation report can also be viewed at Web www.ndmindia.nic.in.

(S.K. Swami)

Director (NDM.I)

Tel: 23092698/Fax 23093750

Mobile : 9811061089

Email: skswami@hub.nic.in

ANNEXURE-I

1000 hrs. 03.01.05

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

Name of States/ UT/	Districts/Islands	Human lives lost	Total Persons missing including fishermen	Persons moved to safer places	No. of Relief Camps/persons in the camps
A & N Islands	Neil	00	29
	Car Nicobar	306	448	3637	8/NR
	Chowara	39	36	09
	Great Nicobar/Cambell Bay	71	16	724	NR/4000
	Kondul	18		200
	Kamorta	04	145	300	3/1500
	Katchal	96	4657	100	3/3759
	Little Andaman	37	12	2588
	Little Nicobar	00
	Nancowry	05	36
	Pilmillow	230
	Trinket	03	230
	Terassa	01	52		NR/68
	South Andaman	08	20	1578	11/3993
	Total	818	5681*	9136	25/ 13320
Andhra Pradesh	Krishna	35
	Guntur	04
	Nellore	20
	Parkasham	36
	West Godavari	08
	East Godavari	03
	Visakhapatnam	00
	Total	106	7	33,864	People gone back. All 65 Relief Camps closed
Kerala	Kollam	130
	Allappuzha	31
	Ernakulam	5
	Total	166	2	55557	85/ 55557
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	206
	Cuddalore	603
	Kancheepuram	124
	Kanyakumari	817
	Nagapattinam	5925
	Pudukottai	15
	Ramanathapuram	6
	Tiruneveli	4
	Thoothukudi	3
	Thiruvallur	28
	Thanjavur	24
	Tiruvarur	12
	Villupuram	47
	Total	7814		472515	402/ 307939
Pondicherry	Karaikal	468
	Pondicherry	107
	Total	575	106	70,000	48/ 8140
	Grand Total	9479	5796	641072	**560/ 384956

*Information is based on the Survey being undertaken of inhabitated Islands

** The variation is because some people have left relief camps and more camps have been opened in A&N Islands but number of persons is not reported.

@ Kerala has reduced death figures from 168 to 166 due to deletion of wrong entry.

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

Total stock lifted as on 02.01.2005 at0900 hrs. 724.71 MT ( 389.71 MT by Air and335.00 by Ship)

Stock planned to be lifted as on 03.01.2005 388 MT ( 128 MT by air and 260 MT by Ship)

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

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

Shipping: One harbour at Port Blair is now fully functional and is receiving large ships.

Civil Aviation: Port Blair airport which was damaged is now functional. The total air lift capacity from mainland to Car Nicobar and Port Blair has been augmented to 100 Mt (Approx) and 20 MT by Civil Aircrafts.

Telecom: The telephone facilities which were temporarily disrupted are functional.

Power : Entire power supply in A & N Islands is through D.G. sets. 20 MW capacity in Port Blair is severely affected and as per the assessment of NTPC and CEA, repair could be completed in four weeks time. Two units of 10 MW and one unit of 1 MW has been made operational The power supply has improved to 40%. Pending operationalization 100% power supply, alternative arrangements are being made by transferring one 15 MW set from Rangat to Port Blair. In addition, DG sets etc are also being arranged from different locations. It is expected that 70% of the normal supply will be obtained in two weeks and 80 % in three weeks. The power situation is normal in middle Andaman Island . In other Islands arrangements are being to restore the power supply.

Relief and Rescue: Relief measures by UT Administration are continuing. 11 Relief camps have been opened in Andaman district.. Indian Naval Ship (Jyoti) deployed in eastern coast of Tamil Nadu has been diverted to A& N. There is sufficient drinking water supply in Port Blair and surplus water is being air dropped in other Islands . One ship MV Nancowry carrying 356 passengers and relief material including food items, vegetables, drinking water etc. departed from Chennai in the intervening night 1^st and 2^nd January,2004 . 11 more ships of Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways are scheduled from Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkatta carrying the passengers and relief material. The situation in various islands is stabilizing rapidly and life is returning to normalcy in Andaman district except little Andaman which was worst affected in Andaman District.

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. Two Jetties are likely to be made functional in next 24hrs.

Civil Aviation: The airport is 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 operating.

Telecommunications: The telephone lines and equipments completely washed away. 31 Telephone exchanges have been made operational in A&N Islands . 22 satellite Phones are also operational. BSNL has deputed 6 teams of 18 people along with the equipments to establish point-to- point communication in these Group of Islands. Communication has been established in all affected islands through Police Wireless.

Power: There are 27 medium and small DG sets of which 20 had been washed away. The remaining 7 are operational and supply power to Car Nicohar, Kamorda and Cambell Bay . DG sets have been dispatched and some of them have been made operational and it is expected that in a day or two, all these D.G sets will be operational.

Health: 32 medical officers and 20 nurses from National level are assisting the A&N Administration. Additional 10 paramedics are being deployed. Emergency medicines and sanitation items have been dispatched/delivered.

Rescue and Relief: Of the 38 inhabited islands, 30 islands are affected. Survey of all islands have been completed. The situation in Car Nicobar Groups of Islands is improving rapidly. 14 Ships of Navy and Coast Guards and 16 Aircrafts fixed wings/Helicopters have been pressed in to service for relief and rescue work. 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.

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. 2 IAS, 5 DANICS and 3 DANIPS officers have reached for assisting A&N administration. 80 BSF personnel also reached on 3rdJanuary 2005.78.81 MT of relief materials from Karnataka are being dispatched on 3^rd January by road to Chennai for onward shipment. 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, and deployment of medical teams/disaster management teams is given in Annexure-III.

Full demand of POL products is being met. LPG stocks are being replenished on priority and additional 500 KL Kerosene has been released. ATF at Car Nicobar at Car Nicobar has been tested and found that products meet the specification. In addition to the existing 4 ATF re-fuellers , 2 additional are being provided of which one has been airlifted from Kolkata on 1^st January 2005 . A dedicated tanker(MT Harsha) with carrying 1400 KL ATF, 450 KL SKO and 500 KL HSD has been detailed for supplies to Port Blair from Haldia, which is excepted to reach Port Blair on 04.01.2005. There is sufficient stock to cover Petrol (30 days), Diesel (19 days), Kerosene (22 days), ATF (7 days at Andaman and 60 days at Car Nicobar) and LPG (14 days).

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

National highway: All national Highway are functional. The Ministry of Surface Transport have constituted and deployed Field level teams in all affected States/UTs for assessment of damage and repairs.

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

Supply of Petroleum Products (POL): Full demand of POL products is being met including LPG in the affected areas on priority. Additional Kerosene 10,000 KL each to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, 7,000 KL to Kerala and 400 KL to Pondicherry has been released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Andhra Pradesh: The relief and rescue operation are being continued by the State Government. 4 Coast Guards ships and 5 Naval ships helped in search and rescue.101 Stationery medical Teams, 72 mobile medical teams and 568 para medical teams have been deployed to provide medical aid to the victims. The situation has improved considerably and people have since returned to their homes from the relief camps.

Kerala: Relief operations are continuing and Army, Navy and Coast Guards have been assisting the local administration. The priority being accorded to supply of fumigation and disinfectant in affected areas to avoid outbreak of epidemics. Roads have been cleared and supply of drinking has been restored. Adequate medical arrangements have been made. State Government has deployed 224 doctors in the affected areas. The situation has improved considerably. Out of 2.07 lakh people staying in relief camps, about 1.5 lakh have returned to their homes.

Tamil Nadu: Relief operations are continuing and Army, Navy and Coast Guards have been assisting the local administration. Two Chetak Helicopters, Two Dornier Aircrafts, Indian Naval ships and one Coast Guard helicopters were deployed at Nagipattnam. Union Health Minister is camping at Chennai and coordinating with the State authorities for providing medical relief and prevent outbreak of epidemics.

Pondicherry : Relief operations are continuing and Army and Navy have been assisting the local administration. One ship of Coast Guard is also engaged in relief and rescue operations in Karikal area. 9600 Sarees, 14,800 Bed Sheets, 15100 Dhotis/Lungies, 15000 Towels, 26200 Blankets and 3200 Slippers/Chappals are being sent by Karnataka to Karaikal by road for distribution to the victims.

Details	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala	Tamil Nadu	Pondicherry	Total
1	2	3	4	5	7
Coastal Length affected in Km	985	250	1000	25	2260
Penetration of water into main land in Km.	0.50-2.0	1-2	1-1.5	0.30-3.0
Average height of the tidal wave	5 Mtrs.	3-5 Mtrs.	7-10 Mtrs.	10 Mtrs.
No. of Villages affected	301	187	362	33	883
Population affected (in lakh)	2.11	24.70	6.91	0.43	34.15
Dwelling units	1557	11832	112748	10061	136198
Cattle lost	195	NR	5477	506	6178
Cropped area(Ha)	790	NR	2589	792	4171

Item	Total resources mobilized (in MT)	Already Delivered (in MT) -Upto 0800 hrs –2nd Jan, 2005	Delivery being done on 3^rd Jan. 2005	Planned for dispatch/deliveryMT
Food items	281.51	211.41	73.83	70.10
Water	240.18	197.18	99.75	43.00
Emergency medicines/disinfectants	91.13	58.83	12.70	32.30
Tentage	388.75	188.05	46.00	200.70
Clothing	147.84	86.84	15.80	61.00
Lighting material	18.76	18.75	1.25	0.01
Diesel Gen. Sets./pumps	124.98	90.98	30.80	34.00
House hold items	3.50	3.50	0.00	0.00
Equip. & Machinery	241.00	153.00	0.00	88.00
Total	1537.65	1008.54	280.13	529.11

Item	Quantity already delivered	Dispatched as on 02.01.05 at 0800hrs	Planned for 03.01.05
Water (MT)	197	61	58
Food Packets(MT)	6	00	02
Food Stuff (MT)	206	54	55
Small Tents (No.)	7157	730	1500
Large Tents (No.)	641	385	00
Torches	22563	1700	00
Generators/pump sets.	688	208	130

Type (number of persons)	Mobilized	Deployed
Specialized Medical Intervention Teams	148	148
Disaster Response Teams	1890	1704
Disaster Volunteers Teams	100	100
Total	2138	1952

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