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1st Phase Flood (29th June to 5th July)

Heavy rainfall occurred at most places over North Orissa and many places over South Orissa due to depression centered a Jamsedpur at 8.30 Hrs IST on 28.06.2005. As a result flood came in river Baitarani due to heavy rainfall in its upper catchment. The waterlevel of river Baitarani crossed its danger level on 29.06.05. The flood situation in this river continued for one week.

Impacts

3 districts were affected due to flood in river Baitarani. The detail is given below.

Affected

Blocks	GPs	Villages	Population in lakh	Districts	Cattle population in lakh	Crop area affected in lakh hectare	Human casualty	House damage
Bhadrak	4	36	156	1.92	0.98	0.08	1	1
Jajpur	3	33	154	1.29	-	0.10	-	-
Kendrapara	2	14	39	0.44	-	0.06	-	-

Measures Undertaken

i) Rescue

ODRAF team with Boats were engaged in relief and rescue operation. 20 nos. of boats were engaged in flood relief operation in Bhadrak district. Similarly 9 nos. of boats were engaged in Jajpur district.

ii) Emergency Relief

a) Q.2275.75 of rice sanctioned for 3 days in 35 GPs covering 156 villages of Bhadrak district for 1,89538 nos. of beneficiaries.

b) Q.3.0 of chuda and 35 Kg of Guda distributed to 780 people in Narayanpur villages of Dasarathpur block, Q.88.0 of rice distributed in Dasarathpur block.

iii) Health and Sanitation Measures (Bhadrak district)

Ø	Health Team Deployed	12
Ø	Tubewells disinfected	392
Ø	Tubewells repaired	28
Ø	Halogen Tablet Distributed	54000
Ø	ORS packet distributed	3320
Ø	Wells disinfected	845
Ø	Cattle feed supplied	2 trucks

iv) Damage to Public Utility

Ø	Breaches occurred in river embankments	14
Ø	Roads damaged	06

v) Human Casualty

One person in Bhadrak district
(Basudev Swain, Age-26, S/o Jagabandhu Swain, Vill-Padmapur,
GP-Bhagwanpur, Block - Dasarathpur )

HEAVY RAIN

Due to heavy rain on 28.06.05 and 29.06.05, Pallahara block of Angul district and Naktideul block of Sambalpur district had been affected.

2nd Phase Flood (29th July to 6th August)

Due to depression over Bay of Bengal heavy rain occurred over North Orissa and Coastal Orissa on 29.07.2005 and 30.07.2005. As a result flood situation came in river Baitarani, Mahanadi (partly) and Saluki river in Phulbani district. Seven districts namely Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Puri & Nayagarh were affected. The impact of flood is given below.

Affected

Districts	Blocks	GPs	Villages	ULB	Wards	Population in lakh	Human casualty	House damage	Crop area affected in hectare
Bhadrak	5	78	385	-	-	4.22	1	187	0.80
Jajpur	10	146	596	1	2	6.31	4	1543	0.67
Kandhamal	3	16	48	1	-	0.15	-	371	-
Cuttack	8	46	128	3	48	0.24	1	137	0.37
Kendrapara	4	83	372	1	11	4.75	3	-	0.36
Puri	3	4	7	-	-	0.03	1	-	0.08
Nayagarh	4	47	214	-	-	0.25	-	2319	0.04

Relief Measures Undertaken

i) Rescue & Evacuation

ODRAF team deployed at Dhamnagar of Bhadrak district
114 nos. of boats were engaged in relief and rescue operation
2157 people evacuated in Jajpur district
52 families evacuated in Kendrapara district

ii) Free Kitchen

521 people were provided with free kitchen in 10 centres in Bhadrak, Kandhamal, Kendrapara district.

iii) Emergency Relief

Q.17421.17 of rice, Q.445.21 of chuda, Q.55.61 of Guda were distributed in Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Puri districts. The district wise distribution is as follows.

Districts	Rice	Chuda	Guda
Bhadrak	5063.03	-	-
Jajpur	7943.06	469.44	47.88
Cuttack	6.13	18.44	1.79
Kendrapara	4358.95	-	-
Puri	50.00	57.33	5.94
Total	17421.17	445.21	55.61

iv) Health and Sanitation Measures

200 Medical Team and 46 Veterinary Team were engaged in flood affected areas. The detail information on health and sanitation measures is given below.

Health and Veterinary Measures	Bhadrak	Jajpur	Kendrapara	Cuttack	Puri	Total
Medical Team	61	72	63	4	-	200
Halogen Tablet	42015	25946	-	52317	-	120277
Wells distributed	1885	3052	-	-	-	4937
Tubewells disinfected	905	1910	-	208	-	3023
ORS Packets	12680	14325	-	609	-	27614
Veterinary team deployed	14	21	11		-	46
Cattle treated	6840	5757	-	-	-	12597
Cattle vaccinated	25400	12150	-	-	-	37550
Cattle feed supplied (MT)	100	282	-	-	1.5	383.5
Water Satchet distributed	-	5000	10000	-	-	15000

Damage to Public Utilities

a) River Embankment : 34 Nos. of breach occurred in river embankments in the river Baitarani, Brahmani of Jajpur and Kendrapara districts. 2 breaches occurred in Puri districts.

b) Roads : 131 Nos. of roads cut-off due to flood /heavy rain in September-05

The district-wise breach occurred and roads cut-off is as follows.

Districts	No. of breachesoccurred	No. of roads cut-off
Bhadrak	-	3
Jajpur	25	108
Kandhamal	-	6
Cuttack	-	3
Kendrapara	9	11
Puri	2
Total	36	131

HEAVY RAIN

Five districts namely Sambalpur, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Deogarh were badly affected due to heavy rain occurred during 29.07.05 to 30.07.05.

Effect

2 blocks of Sambalpur district, 4 blocks of Dhenkanal district and 3 blocks of Deogarh districts were affected. 25 nos. of roads were damaged. Details given below.

Districts	Blocks	GPs	Villages	ULBs	Wards
Sambalpur	2	-	-	1	5
Dhenkanal	4	15	16	1	2
Angul	8	153	525	2	21
Deogarh	3	55	401	1	-
Total	17	223	941	5	28

Casualty

One person of village Mantri of Dhenkanal district and one person of village Hariberni of Angul district were died.

Relief Measures

a) 820 persons were provided with free kitchen in 3 free kitchen centers

b) Q.8.50 of chuda, Q.1.25 of Guda and Sugar 30 Kg were distributed to most affected people in Dhenkanal district.

3rd Phase Flood (9th September to 13th September)

During 9th September to 13th September, heavy continuous rainfall was experienced in North Orissa and some parts of South Orissa. Due to its effect flood like situation had occurred in river Jalaka of Balasore districts, river Jambhira and Saronai of Mayurbhanj districts, river Varsadhara in Gajapati and river Tel in Boudh districts. Also flood like situation noticed due to heavy downpour in some parts of Nayagarh district.

Impacts

The detail damages is as follows.

Affected

Districts	Blocks	GPs	Villages	ULBs	Population in lakh	Human casualty
Balasore	4	33	204	2	0.78	3
Mayurbhanj	3	-	45	-	0.20	-
Gajapati	1	-	-	-	-	-
Boudh	1	-	5	-	0.01	-
Nayagarh	-	-	-	-	-	1
TOTAL	9	33	254	2	0.99	4

Damage to Public Utilities

8 nos. or roads were damaged in Mayurbhanj district. One breach at about 200ft. in Bolangibandh occurred in Nayagarh district.

Relief Measures Undertaken

i) Rescue & Evacuation

3 power boats with ODRAF team were engaged in relief / rescue operation in Balasore districts. At about 1250 nos. of persons had been evacuated. Similarly 9 boats were engaged in relief and rescue operation in Mayurbhanj district.

ii) Emergent Relief

a) Q.824.00 of rice, Q.227.00 of Chuda and Gura Q.24.53 had been provided to worst affected people in Balasore district. Besides this matchbox and candle were also distributed to affected persons.

b) 800 persons were provided with free kitchen in Mayurbhanj district. Rice Q.108.0, Chuda Q.6.50 and Gura Q.0.90 were distributed among affected people in Mayurbhanj district.

iii) Health and Sanitation Measures

Flood had continued for 4 to 5 days in Jalka river due to continuous rainfall. Massive Health and Veterinary care had been undertaken in the affected areas of Balasore district.

16 Medical Team and 5 nos. of Veterinary teams were engaged in affected areas. 75 medical centers were opened.15400 halogen tablets, 144 nos. of ORS packets were distributed among affected people. 1070 tubewells and 103 wells were disinfected.

4th Phase Flood (17th September to 19th September)

A deep depression over North West Bay of Bengal lay centred at 17.30 Hrs IST on 18.09.05 about 80 Km East South East of Puri. The system was intensified into a cyclonic storm. Fortunately the system did not cross over Orissa coast. It crossed Andhra Coast on its effect, heavy rainfall has experienced over coastal and South Orissa.

Action Taken at State Level

i) Collectors of the coastal districts had been directed to be alertness to meet any eventuality.

ii) Local cautionary signal kept was hoisted at all parts of the State.

iii) Fisherman warnings issued to coastal Collectors.

iv) ODRAF unit of Chhatrapur had been directed to be deployed at Gunupur of Rayagada districts.

v) Govt. declared holidays of all educational institutions on 19.09.05 in Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Khorda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Balasore districts.

Impact

i) Saline water had inundated in 11 GPs of 3 blocks i.e. Rajnagar, Mahakalpada and Rajkanika of Kendrapara district.

ii) High tidal wave came in river Baitarani and Mantei of Bhadrak district. Blocks affected – 2 (Chandbali and Basudevpur), GP affected – 23, Villages affected – 85, Crop damaged – 12500 hectares, Population affected – 9691, Free kitchen – 12 Centre for two days, Chuda – Q.23.84 and Gur - Q.1.85 distributed.

iii) 19 villages of 3 blocks ( Baliapal , Sadar and Bahanaga ) were affected due to heavy rain in Balasore district.

iv) Also saline water had submerged in 13 villages of 4 GP of Ersama block of Jagatsinghpur district .

v) Flood like situation occurred in river Vansadhara in Gajapati and Rayagada district , in river Devi in Puri district , in river Saberi / Sileru in Malkangiri district.

Damages

Vast crop area were affected due to saline water submerged and heavy rain. The district wise figure of crop area affected is given below.

Sl. No.	District	Crop Area Affected (in hectare)
1	Kendrapara	6000
2	Bhadrak	12500
3	Rayagada	800
4	Gajapati	558
5	Puri	5343
6	Balasore	669
	Total	25870

Evacuation

11615 no. of persons had been evacuated from low lying areas of Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur & Malkangiri districts. The district wise position is as follows.

Sl. No.	District	People evacuated
1	Kendrapara	5900
2	Bhadrak	4200
3	Rayagada	100
4	Jagatsinghpur	815
5	Malkangiri	600
	Total	11615

Rescue

46 nos. of fishermen were reported missing due to effect of cyclonic depression. 33 nos. of fishermen had been rescued and other missing persons returned safely.

Emergent Relief

Dry foods in shape of Chuda and Gur had been provided to all evacuated persons. Free kitchen was also provided to 100 persons of Gunupur village of Rayagada district.

Human Casualty

i) One person namely Shri Nirakar Jani, Age-35 years, Vill- Budhadani, GP- Tudipuja of Bhuban Block died in river Bada Salunki on 19.09.05.

ii) 3 persons drowned in river in Bhanjanagar sub-division of Ganjam district

5th Phase Flood (19th October to 23rd October)

Due to Heavy rain in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts.

Heavy rainfall was experienced from 19.10.05 to 23.10.05 in Balasore district. As a result flood like situation occurred in 1040 villages of 126 GPs of 7 blocks of Balasore district. The severely affected blocks were Bhograi, Baliapal, Jaleswar and Basta. The cumulative rainfall in these four blocks from 19th October to 23rd October is as follows.

Bhograi	876 mm
Baliapal	783 mm
Jaleswar	490 mm
Basta	340 mm

Damages

Human Casualty - One person died in Bhograi Block

Crop Area Affected - 65.758 Hect. of crop area were affected due to
rain water submergence

House Damaged - As per preliminary information 1150 houses were
badly damaged in Bhograi and Baliapal Block

Damage to Public Utility -
85 RD road damaged
11 no. R&B road damaged
132 breaches occurred in RD and R&B roadsand river embankments.

Relief Measures Undertaken

i) Emergent Relief

Q.6306.77 rice, Q.1697.47 Chuda, Q.166.83 Gur were provided to affected people of Balasore district. Block-wise distribution is given below.

In Quintals

Sl.	Name of the Block	Rice	Chuda	Gur	Cattle feed
1	Bhograi	3600.00	595.28	56.94	350.00
2	Basta	504.00	252.24	25.60	150.00
3	Jaleswar	633.08	205.29	20.00	100.00
4	Baliapal	804.52	301.25	30.00	150.00
5	Remuna	-	177.80	17.77	100.00
6	Sadar	765.17	159.55	15.85	100.00
7	Nilgiri	-	-	0.67	50.00
8	Balasore (M)	-	6.06	-	-
TOTAL		6306.77	1697.47	166.83	1000.00

ii) Cattle Feed

100 MT of cattle feed was provided for the affected cattle population of Balasore district.

iii) Temporary Shelter

3821 polythene sheets were provided to the affected families.

iv) Free Kitchen

2877 nos. of persons were provided with free kitchen in 47 centres in Bhograi and Baliapal block.

v) Health and Veterinary Measures

6 Medical Teams and 2 Veterinary Teams were engaged in health care operation in affected areas of Balasore districts. 29 Medical Relief Centres was opened. 1200 nos. of ORS packet and 55300 Halogen Tablet were distributed to the affected people. 1294 patients and 1479 cattle were treated.