BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DISASTER MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS AND POST SUPER    
    CYCLONE RELIEF, RESCUE   AND RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES  TAKEN IN THE          
                                                                    DISTRICT.

Wireless Message was first received on 26.10.99 from Revenue Department Control Room, Bhubaneswar about the severe cyclonic storm over North Andaman Sea and morning in West-North direction. All the Block Development Officers and Tahasildars were immediately informed through V.H.F. message to remain alert. Number of messages followed from Government, Special Relief Commissioner, Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Cuttack. Wide publicity was given in Penthakata, Chandrabhaga, Astaranga and Kakatpur and other low lying areas apprising public about the severity of the cyclonic storm and to move to safer places. The field functionaries were also kept informed to take precautionary measures and evacuation of people from low-lying areas.

The Cyclone Ravaged Village

        Since Sri. P.K. Mohapatra, I.A.S. Collector, Puri was then on training to Ahamadbad, Government specially deputed to Sri S.C. Mohapatra,I.A.S. Managing Director, OMFED, Bhubaneswar to manage  the situation. On 28.10.99 a meeting of all the district level officers of different departments was convened under the chairmanship of Sri S.C. Mohapatra, I.A.S. All the Officers were apprised of the problems and action plan was discussed to tackle up the situation. The leading N.G.Os. of Puri town and periphery such as  Remakrushna Mission, Bharata Seva Sangha, Aditya Bahini, Nilachala  Sarasat Sangha  and other small and big  Voluntary organizations were also requested in the meeting to tackle the unforeseen situation which was apprehended to be severe. Repeated wide publicity by mike also given from one end to the other end of the district. The B.D.Os and Tahasildars of the district were similarly instructed to make publicity and take step for rescue operation under the guidance of Senior Officers. Senior Officers were also deputed to different Blocks and to vulnerable areas to alert the people and take up evacuation/rescue by using Government vehicles and hired vehicles. On 28.10.99 night the people from low-lying areas were evacuated. About fifteen thousand people i.e. seven thousand from Puri town, two thousand from Brahmagiri area and six thousand from Astarang area were evacuated to safer places.

Relief & Rescue Operation                        Through Air

       The Civil Supplies Officer, Puri was advised to take stock of the food stuff, diesel, petrol and Kerosene and other essential commodities and be in readiness to procure dry food like chuda and Gur from depots at Jatni, Bhubaneswar & even outside.

   Because of the severity of cyclone and gradual increase of wind velocity of 180 KM to 250 Kms from 28.10.99 night, which continued till 30.10.99 morning, large-scale devastation was made in different parts of the district. Almost all 11 Blocks consisting of 204 G.P.s, 1714 Villages, one Municipality, 3 N.A.Cs are affected by the Super Cyclone.Around 15 lakhs population became vicitms of it. The severity of cyclonic storms was

A Villager reconstructing his house after                       the devastation

much experienced in Astarang, Kakatpur, Gop & Nimapara Block area including Konark & Nimapara NACs . Huge number of  trees were uprooted and blocked the road communication through out the district.  The communication system including V.H.F. was  totally disrupted, in most parts of the district from 28.10.99 . There was rioteous situation throughout the district because of devastation, intense initiative was taken up by the district administration right from 29.10.99 & as a result communication was restored from puri to Bhubaneswar on 31.10.99 evening also initiatives were taken to cut big trees from Pipili-Astarang, Nimapra-Konark & Puri-Konark road .By 02.11.99 most of the roads were cleared & relief operation started in addition to the existing distribution at block headquarters.

In the first phase 3 days relief in all the affected blocks including Urban Local Bodies from the reserved food stuff at block level and storage points of the district was given and later on it was extended to 5 days in Satyabadi, Kanas. Delang,Pipili Blocks and Pipili N.A.C.; 15 days in Nimapara, Gop Block, Nimapara NAC ,    Konark NAC , Astarang  Block and Kakatpur Block.

Soon after joining of Collector from training relief/rescue/restoration operation was accelerated. Because of the hard labour of the District Administration Police and other line departments, restoration work started and electricity connection was given to essential services, like P.H.D. water supply, Hospital, Telephone Exchange and other important places like connection to Temple of Lord Jagannath and grand road etc. Prior to restoration of electricity, important places of the town were lighted by means of generators.

The Lonely Child

       Thousands of pilgrims/tourists who visited prior to the incident continued to stay in different lodgings, guesthouse, Dharmasalas etc. Because of damage to the railway tracks and N.H. 203 the tourists could not leave Puri. Keeping in view the district administration requested the hotels. Lodgings and Dharmasalas etc. to accommodate the tourist free of costs About 5000 tourists stranded at Puri Railway Station were given relief of chuda, gur about 5 quintals. Railway Authority was given 10 quintals of rice to provide free food to stranded passengers. On 31.10.99 night two trains carrying most of the tourists left for Khurda road.

                   During the period Kerosene, Diesel, Petrol were made available to the tourists and public in general of Puri town by stringent rationing system. On opening of roads relief operation started and position improved from 4.11.99 when relief foodstuff could be made available at Astarang and Kakatpur areas.

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Distribution of Relief Materials

 Besides relief materials, food materials, old clothes, utensils etc.received from Kalinga Stadium and other agencies have been supplied to Gop, Kakatpur, Astarang and Nimapara Block mostly.

Free Kitchen

Enumeration of Human casualties 

                  As many as 301 death cases were reported by the Tahasildars. As per the provisions of    the Orissa Relief Code and sanction from PMRF in each death case the legal heir(s) of the deceased will be paid ex-gratia assistance of Rs.25,000/- out of CRF and Rs.50,000/- out of PMRF. Rs.75.75 lakhs under ex-gratia (CRF) and Rs.150.00 lakhs out of PMRF have been received as per the death reported.

                  Tahasil wise death toll and sanction of ex-gratia is as follows which have been assessed after enquiry. 

                         Payment of ex-gratia as well as final round enquiry of left out cases, if any, has since been completed.

Damage of House and payment of Assistance 

                        As per report of the Tahasildars of this district the damage caused to private houses are as follows. Payment of House building Assistance has been made @ Rs.2000/- for fully collapsed and Rs.1000/- for partly collapsed houses.

                         Tahasilwise disbursement position is indicated below.

Payment of House Building Assistance to the victims of Cyclone’99

Re-enquiry of the petitions received for sanction of House Building Assistance.

In 477 cases payment could not be made, as the beneficiaries have not yet turned up.

Housing Scheme by NGOs / Other State Governments / PSUs.

The NCT Delhi has adopted Puri District and taking reconstruction work. Besides, the following Public Sector Undertakings have come forward to assist the cyclone affected people in the following blocks.

Ø      Kakatpur Block                         Bharat Petrolium

Ø      Nimapara Block                          O.N.G.C.

Ø      Astarang Block                            Neyveli Lignite

Ø      Gop Block                                   Rastriya Chemicals & Fertilizers

Ø      Satyabadi Block                         HUDCO

 The ONGC has assured to construct 500 low cost houses in Nimapara Block. The missionary of Catholic Church, Puri has started construction of 525 numbers of such houses in Astarang Block, whose houses have been collapsed due to cyclone.

Construction of Multi-purpose Community Center 

                  Government have decided to construct 10 numbers of Multi-purpose Community Center though the IIT, Kharagpur for which 12 numbers of sites has been selected for such construction.

Ø      Puri sadar Block                  2 nos.

Ø      Astarang Block                    4 nos

Ø      Kakatpur Block                   3 nos.

Ø      Gop Block                           2 nos.

Ø      Konark (On sea)                  1 no.

Besides, the XAVIER Institute have proposed to construct 12 nos. of such centers at 2 gram panchyats i.e. Nuagada and Nagara GP under Astarang Block

Sand Cast

                          During  the Super Cyclone an area of 17.24 acres in village Gadabadaput under Kanas Block (Puri Tahasil ) was sand casted over the land of 40 numbers of Small and Marginal Farmers for which Rs.17,240/- is to be paid as compensation, against which allotment of Rs.17,000 has been received from SRC and paid.

Betel Vine

During the Super Cyclone 24,165 nos.  of betel vines were damaged. The details of damage are as under.

NCT Delhi has placed the following funds through Puri District Red Cross Societies, Puri for utilization towards repair of public utility buildings damaged in cyclone. 

Further a sum of Rs.1.55 Lakh received towards purchase of library books etc. and Rs. 0.15Lakh for 15 beds in Astaranga Hospital.Out of the above funds, the following amount has been paid to the Block Development Officers as under. 

                        Besides this Rs.5000000/- has been received out of CMRFOrissa, which has been placed at the disposal of Block Development Officer Kakatpur and Gop to the tune of Rs.30.00 lakhs and Rs.20.00 lakhs respectively for restoration work.

Allotment & Expenditure Position (1999-2000)

The table below will indicate the allotment and expenditure position of CDR.

Spl. I.A.Y. 

 CREDIT LINKED RURAL HOUSING SCHEME (ORHDC)

                         Credit linked Rural Housing scheme in cyclone-affected areas of Puri district is to be financed through ORHDC with the assistance of District Administration and Tahasil Agencies.

                         The selection of beneficiaries is through conduct of lottery. The lottery is in process in Tahasils.   The details of ORHDC loan Tahasil wise is given below.

Slow progress in disbursement of ORHDC loan is due to documentation as well as partition of property. Besides The beneficiary prefers house under IAY of which lottery is in progress than this loan linkage scheme.
 

FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAMME

                        Under this programme as per instruction of Government a shelf of project amounting to Rs.2.00 crore per block was prepared and sent to Government.                      

PLANTATION

                  Government have decided to raise 30 lakhs seedlings (14 lakhs by Social Forestry and 16 lakhs by D.F.O. CSB at their nurseries in Puri district and supply them to the blocks covering 270198 households in 1617 villages of 204 GPs. 30 Lakhs seedlings has since been distributed.

 RWSS

§          Total running tubewells                        8377

§          Total Sanitary wells                               324

§          New tube wells installed                        175            72  Tara Pump gifted by                                                                                      UNICEF   At Relief shelters                                   

§          New tube wells installed by ONGC          72        (Nimapara Block)

§          New tube wells installed out of Red cross Fund    10   (Astarang Block)

§          Tube wells & Sanitary wells                  640            Sunk by RWSS

§          Water purification plants                           3          Bahudiha (Astarang Block)

Installed out of DRDO Jodhapur                             Bhutupada(Satyabadi Block)

Funds.                                                                     Kanheibidyadhar pur (Sadar)

§          Piped water supply scheme                   7               KakatpurBalangaInchera

                                   Special Repair                                            D.MakundpurBiranarasinghpur

§          Water supply scheme projected                7                               (KakatpurBalangaSipakuda
Samangara Nisibhamra)                                    To World Bank for loan assistance                                                                          GadasanaputBiranarasinghpurFor       major restoration work.                                      Samangara Beherada)

§          Production well drilled                              3       (Begunia astaKuhudiAstarang)

Through Central Groundwater Board

§          800 tube wells 57 well platform repaired and 25 platform reconstructed.

§          7802 tube wells disinfected.

§          Installation of tube well in draught hit areas        188

§          Out of UNICEF fund                                 210 (160 Tara50 IM-III OTC)

 PHD

§          Piped Water Supply Scheme             4 ULBs (Puri Pipili Nimapara Konark)

§          Running Production Wells            45 Nos.(4 nos. defucnct due to layer failure)

§          Running Hand pump tube wells                     603  (Installed 752)

§          Running Public Stand posts                                1157

§          Running Housing Connection                               6447

§          Running open well fitted with Hand pump             41

§          Installation of hand pump tube wells in                   48

Primary and UP schools is under progress

Electricity

                                                                  Bhubaneswar               Puri                                                                  Elect.Divsn                 Elect.Divsn

§          Total No.of villages Covered                  803                               689

§          Power Supply restored                           587                               689

§          Power supply to LI/KFW points            102

Delay in restoration is due to non

supply of required equipments.

Industries

                   §          PMRY units damaged                                                    290

§          Small Scale Industries affected                                      409

§          No.of units insure                                                          12

§          No.of insurance claim settled                                         8

§          Units sanctioned by OSFC for additional loan    17        Rs 74.80 lakh

§          Units disbursed for additional loan                                10        Rs.15.64 lakh  

Fisheries

Marine and FFDA 

§          Affected fishermen                   In land              23700 ( All SC)

     Marine              58546 (SC 14800)

Marine Sector Inland sect.     Chilka sect.

§          Damage to Boats                     3335 nos.            830          996

§          Damage to nets                        4533 nos          3188          3591

§          Traditional motorized boat                                511 nos

§          Damage to Fisheries tanks                                 881

§          Govt. Assistance received           Nil                     Nil

§          Supply of boats by NGOs           67                     20

§          Supply of nets by NGOs             154                   70

Veterinary

                      §          Vaccination to surviving animals   HSV=38000 doses

ARV=20 doses

RDV=2000 doses

BQV =360000 doses

                                                                  Combined HS & BQV =11250 doses

§          Cattle feed supplied to AstarangKakatpur & Gop=180 MT

§          Fodder minikits supplied                      540 nos during Rabi

                             420 nos during summer

                        Under SGSY programme 2167 applications of beneficiaries sponsored to recoup the loss of death of cattle out of which 270 cases sanctioned.

Irrigation
                                                             Nimapara Divsn.          Puri Divsn.  

§          Capital Embankment                            6 nos.                            4 nos

§          Other Agricultural Embankment           12 nos                           4 nos.

§          TR Embankment                                  30 nos.                          2 nos

§          Salaine Embankment                           32 nos.                          12 nos.

§          Cannals                                             175 nos.                        263 nos.

Water Supplied for Rabi Irrigation 

§          Programmed                                        23502 hects.                 21793 hects.

§          Achieved                                               27000 hects                  25000 hects.

Agriculture

Rabi programme

§          Total cultivated area                              188745 hect

§          Affected cropped area                          162665 hect

§          Estimated loss of crops                           496233 MT

§          Certified / Improved seeds supplied       By Government:        8985.07 Q

      By Private dea            6488.14 Q

§          Free minikits supplied                           29035

§          Power Tillers supplied                         79 nos

§          Sprinklers sets provided at subsidized rate through CP/CSP Seheme=10 nos.

§          Free ploughing by OAIC where                         Astarang=710.95 hect in 11 GPs.

The mortality of bullock is                          Gop= 1119.48 hect. In 13 GPs.

1000 or more.

§          Hand sprayers supplied                                             111

§          Supply of mini tractors at subsidized rates                    3

§          Farm implement sets supplied                                   530

§          Shallow tube wells installed under KSK                   711

Kharif Programme

§          Paddy                                                    154600 hect.

§          Non-Paddy                                            13400 hect.

§          Seed requirement                                 Seeds received

                  1.Paddy                                      11500 Q          2500 Q

 2.Non paddy                               216 Q              10 Q

§          Fertiliser consumption NPK                    15248 MT

§          Irrigation                                              109106 hect

§          Farm Mechanization                              Rs.20.95 lakh(Subsidy basis)

§          Agricultural Credit.

            Cooperative. Banks                                 15 crores

            Commercial and Gramya Bank                   10 crores

Health 

§          No. of Health institutions affected          64         All repaired since 15.1.2000

§          Non availability of electricity                    3         BangurigaonChilika-Nuapada

                          Part of Astarang.

O.L.I.C. 

§          Total blocks involved                                         10

§          Total no.of LI points                                           414

§          Total no. ot LI points damaged due to cyclone   362                  

§          Total no.of LI points ready for operation                         313

§          No. of LI points defunct                                    101

§          Defunct due to CESCO                                        73

§          Defunct due to OLIC                                           28                                  

No.of LI points operated

                                                                 i.             Out of programme                          240

                                                                  ii.             Out of defaunct                               54

                                                                    iii.             Out of energized                             5

                                                                     iv.             No.of LI points restored by CESCO  240

§          No.of LI points to be restored by CESCO                  43

§          No.of LI points to be restored by OLIC                       343

§          Total no.of LI points affected by super cyclone             384

§          Total no.of projects operated                                        299

RURAL WORKs    

§          Damage to Roads                      55 nos.       17 completed 

§          Damage to building

                                   i.             Health Department       6                 3 completed (3 in progress)

                                   ii.             Education Department 24   6 completed   18 in progress      

PWD(R&B) Division No.I Puri

                        Out of 47 building projects 24 nos.has been repaired utilizing Rs.14.10 lakh and the balance 23 projects are under progress. Similarly repair of 12 nos.of roads damaged has been completed at a cost of Rs.770.00 lakh.

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM                                                                                                                       

§          No of cards in circulation before cyclone                      262698

§          No.of families covered in special BPL scheme               282925

After cyclone

(20227 families have been supplied with

 Special APL/BPL Rice over and above

 the card holders)

§          Total No.of BPL cards                                                  114263

§          Left over families who have no cards                                20227

§          Allotment and lifting of special BPL Rice                       

From November’99 to March 2000

                                              i          Total allotment                                                  Q 334140

                                              ii.      Total stock lifted                                                Q.310213

§          Special BPL Rice supplied @ 20 Kg. Per card to all families from November’99         to March2000 without any disruption both in rural and urban areas.

§          Revision of rates

1.      BPL Rice from 1.4.2000                                  Rs.6.45

2.      Levy sugar from 1.3.2000                                 Rs.13/-

3.      K.oil from 23.3.2000                                         Rs.5.82/6.00

Weavers

§          Cyclone affected dwelling work sheds of weaver’s                    1715 nos.

§          No.to be covered @ Rs.9000 per unit under PPS scheme           115nos.

§          No.to be covered towards affected looms in 1st phase                60 nos.

     (Out of grants received from Govt.of India in 1st phase)