Report on Flood Situation

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Flood Relief Feeding Programme

CASA, Bhopal Bhopal Flood Situation

Bhopal received an unprecedented 24 cm rainfall on the night of 9th July 2016 which broke the record of 46 years in the city. The whole city was inundated with the rain water with leaving no area unaffected. The sudden downpour flooded the low lying areas and severely affected the slum dwellers who reside in these areas. The affected people have lost their shelter, property and their normal life being disrupted.

Impact of Flood

Due to heavy downpour, twenty two people died and nine people are missing, report from Chief Minister Press Cell. 15,819 people ravaged by flood. 2,630 houses were completely damaged due to flood and 17,236 houses were partially damaged.

Houses got trembled down due to heavy flood in the slum areas of Bagmugaliya near bus stand ward no. 55

People are residing in the low lying areas in the city, thus more prone to flood (Bagmugaliya near bus stand, ward no. 55)

Women and children are trying to walk through the water logged streets to receive the food packets in the slum areas of Ganesh Nagar, near Ashima mall, Hoshangabad road.

Water logging in the jhuggis of Bagmugaliya thana.

Water logging in the houses and streets of Bagmugaliya Samsanghat ward no. 55

One of the resident’s house, flood has damaged the entire household items (Bagmugaliya samsanghat ward no. 55)

People are waiting for the tanker from Nagar Nigam to receive drinking water

Water level rose due to another heavy rainfall on 12th July, 2016, Jhuggis of Ganesh nagar, Hoshangabad road.

Due to heavy downpour, city has also been affected.

Flood Relief Response by CASA

In the wake of this unprecedented flood CASA, Bhopal swung in to action by providing immediate Relief response by initiating feeding programme in the affected areas of Bhopal. CASA, Bhopal and collaboration with St. John’s Church (ELC), MP served 6,600 food packets (each containing puri, aloo sabji, pickle and water sachet) for four days from 11-7-2016 to 14-7-2016 to the affected families residing in the slum areas of Vikas nagar ward no. 69, Anna nagar ward no. 57, Bagmugaliya samsanghat ward no. 55, bagmugaliya near bus stand ward no. 55, Banskhedi ward no. 83 and Ganesh nagar, Hoshangabad road.

Satna Flood Situation

Heavy rainfall continued for five dayswhich led to flash floods in several parts of Madhya Pradesh. Satna district has been the worst affected after recording incessant rains of over 492 mm in span of three days. Hundreds of people have been stranded as several villages have been cut off after torrential rains submerged several road and highways. Three villages Sariatola (Sohawal Block, panchayat madhavgad), Chetri (Rampur Baghelan block) and Ghinochi Maroha gram panchayat) were worstly affected. A total of 150 families were severely affected.

Impact of Flood

The damage caused due to increase in water level of Tamas River. The gram Saria tola has been the worst affected as it was the resided along the Tamas River. Loss of property included collapsed house and damaged household commodities. Even in the gram Chatri and Ginochi people suffered excessive loss and damage of properties including ration, cereals (wheat). Over 300 families were affected among them over 150 suffered a severe loss.

A farmer from Sariatola village, Sohawal block suffered a loss due to flood, damaging the crops and plants.

Collapsed kaccha house happened because of flood, Chatri village, Rampur block.

Flood Relief Response by CASA

CASA and its partner organization Anupama Education Society, Satna provided immediate relief to the affected families residing in these villages. They distributed cooked food and non-food items such as clothes to the severely affected families. A total of 1,500 cooked foods were served for three days.

CASA and Anupama Education Society, Satna swung in to action by providing immediate relief to the affected families.

Foodandnon-fooditemsweredistributedtothesufferingpeople.

Sagar Flood Situation

Sagar district situated in the western part of Madhya Pradesh received a heavy rainfall of 651 mm from 1st of July to July 12, 2016 led to rise in the water levels of Sunaar, Rehli Nala, Chaurai Nala, Gateri Nala and thus the houses near the Nalas were submerged in water, destroying all the kaccha houses. Around 123 villages in the Sagar district were affected due to flood and among them 12 villages were severely affected, damaging their houses, wash away their household items and even affected their crops and cattles.

Even the Rahatgad block of Sagar district received heavy rainfall and destroyed more than 100 kaccha houses. Few were partially damaged and rests were collapsed. Mostly dalit and adivasi families were severely affected who were residing along the basins of Nalas.

Impact of Flood

Incessant rainfall in Sagar district, affected 51 villages in the Godakota Tehsil, 60 villages in the Rehli Tehsil and a total of 100 houses were destroyed in Rahatgad Tehsil. Almost 60% of houses were destroyed leaving behind debris and damaged crops and even the cattles were affected. People managed to save few and rest got drowned in the flood. Due to flood, 55 hectares of land were destroyed, 272 families are homeless.

Damages caused due to flood in Rahatgad block.

SNo. Name of Village No. of collapsed houses

Houses filled with water

Affected cattles

Total damage

1 Ishuwara 10 18 8 cows and 13 goats became sick

165

2 Semra Lahariya 11 14 18 and above cattles were sick

90

3 Koluwa 3 26 2 cows died and 8 goats are were sick

132

4 Toda Gotamiya 4 18 - 102 5 Hanota 12 22 8 goats were

sick 170

6 Lakhanpur 11 19 5 goats, 2 cows were sick

114

7 Gaujikheda 5 17 - Entire village was affected

8 Lalbag 12 8 - 80 9 Mohasa 9 18 5 cows, 6

goats are sick 95

10 Dhanaura 7 8 - 55 11 Chauki 9 12 - 72 Total 93 162 75 1075

A farmer’s house was partially damaged due to flood in the Rehli block

A cow died soon after the catastrophic event in one of the village of Rahatgad block.

Flood Relief Response by CASA

CASA in collaboration with Shram Shakti Mahila Seva Sansthan, Sagar provided relief to the 160 affected families in the six villages. A total of 480 food packets were served to the affected families. They also provided non- food items such as clothing to the children and women living in the villages. They continued the feeding programme for three days in six different villages.

Samaj Kalyan Mandal, Betul is a partner organization of CASA also provided 400 food packets to the 150 affected families in 4 four villages in Rehli tehsil.

Flood Relief Feeding Programme

Total no. of food packets distributed

District Bhopal

Sno. Location 11.7.2016 (no. of food Packets)

12.7.2016 13.7.2016 14.7.2016

1 Vikas nagar (ward no. 69)

386 373 383 NA

2 Anna nagar (ward no. 57)

304 294 278 NA

3 Viswa karma nagar (ward no. 55)

237 NA NA NA

4 Bagmugaliya samsanghat jhuggi (ward no. 55)

318 312 318 298

5 Bagmugaliya bus stand jhuggi (ward no. 55)

190 266 276 NA

6 Ganesh nagar Hoshangabad road 355(ward no. 55)

355 345 340 NA

7 Banskhedi (ward no. 83)

210 410 405 302

Total 2000 2000 2000 600

District Satna

Sno. Location 11.7.2016 12.7.2016 13.7.2016 14.7.2016 1 Sariatola 300 300 300 NA 2 Chatri 100 100 100 NA 3 Ghinochi 100 100 100 NA Total 500 500 500 -