ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS
ANDAMAN ISLANDS
Health: There are 11 civil medical teams
at Port Blair. Director General Health Services and other senior officers of
DGHS and ICMR are camping at Port Blair to review the medical relief activities
and assist the State Government doctors to provide medical relief. Emergency
medicines and disinfectants are being delivered on priority. 120 bed hospital
is being operated on INS Magar. Medical relief is under continuous surveillance
by MoH. 10 Trauma Specialists have also been deputed. No report of outbreak of epidemics has been received so far.
Water Supply: 80% pipeline water supply has been
restored in Port Blair, 2 fresh water sources have been located in Little
Andaman. Quarry Lake (2.5 Km) from Jetty have been connected by motorable road
and Fire Tender is being used for supply.
Shipping: Harbour at Port Blair is now fully
functional and is receiving large ships. There are 49 Nos. of Jetties in
A&N Islands. Of these almost half of them have suffered substantial damage.
25 Nos. are now operational, in which 11 Jetties in Andaman district. A team
from Ministry of Shipping is being deputed on 05.1.05 for making assessment of
repairs.
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. 121 persons and 27 MT of relief
materials was carried by India Airlines/Alliance Air on 4th January
2005 in 5 flight to Port Blair.
Telecom: 38 telephone exchanges in the North group, middle
group and south group of Andaman
Islands are now functional. The telephone facilities which were temporarily
disrupted are functional. Police wireless has started working and ISRO has
established satellite links and efforts are on to restore BSNL network in
Little Andaman.
Power: 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. The
power supply has improved to 40%.
Pending operationalization of normal power supply, alternative
arrangements are being made by deployment of DG sets etc.
Relief and Rescue: Relief measures by UT Administration are
continuing. All people from Chowra and Bambooka Islands have been evacuated. 21
Relief camps have been opened in Andaman district and more than 11000 people
are staying in these camps. There is sufficient drinking water supply in Port
Blair and water is being air dropped in other Islands. 11 more ships of
Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways are scheduled from Chennai,
Visakhapatnam and Kolkatta carrying the passengers and relief materials. Road
clearance is being undertaken by CPMFs/ Defence personnel. The situation in
various islands is stabilizing gradually. 22 MT of relief materials is planned
to be airlifted on 5th January 2005.
Deployment of CPMFs (Relief
Teams)
|
Name of Islands.
|
CRPF
|
CISF
|
BSF
|
ITBP
|
RAF
|
Total
|
|
Car Nicobar
|
--
|
100
|
--
|
51
|
--
|
151
|
|
Katchal
|
--
|
--
|
315
|
205
|
--
|
520
|
|
Campbell Bay
|
150
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
150
|
|
Port Blair
|
699
|
--
|
62
|
32
|
246
|
1039
|
|
Hut Bay
|
|
142
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
142
|
|
Grand Total
|
849
|
242
|
377
|
288
|
246
|
2002
|
The personnel are deployed in
search and rescue operation, road clearance, disposal of dead bodies,
sanitation activities like spraying bleaching powder, DDT, Phenyl in relief
camps, distribution of relief materials, unloading and guarding of relief
materials etc. 257 dead bodies have been cremated by cremation parties.
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. Indian Coast Guards ships
have reached Hut Bay and Cambel Bay with relief materials. Three Jetties; one
each at Car Nicobar, Nancowry (Kamorta) and Nancowry (Champin) are fit for
operations. A team from Ministry of Shipping is being deputed on 05.1.05 for
making assessment of repairs Four Ships of Indian Coast Guard are deployed in
relief and rescue operations. Jetty at Car Nicobar, Nacowry, Kamorta are operational.
Civil Aviation: The airport is functional only for An-32
flights. The link has been established on the small airstrip at Camp Bell Bay
and the Dornier aircraft is operating. Helipad at Katchal is also operational.
Telecommunications: 2 MB, VSAT
has been installed at Car Nicobar and testing of equipment is under progress.
Commissioning of the equipment would augment STD lines. Necessary Satellite
equipment and OFC equipment sent to Hut Bay for restoration. Of the 3 telephone
exchanges in Great Nicobar Island, 01 at Campbell Bay is operational, 03 in Car
Nicobar Island, 01 at Car Nicobar is functional and 04 at Nicobar group of
Islands, 01 at Kamorta is working. 02 others at Katchal, Nancowry and Teressa
are not working. Communication has however been established through satellite
Phones in all main Islands where relief measures have been undertaken. 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 also been
established in all affected islands through Police Wireless.
Power: 300 Gensets have been airlifted to
Car Nicobar of which 119 are now operational at Car Nicobar. Remaining DG sets
are being sent to Kamorta (50), Campbell Bay (35), Katchal (20) and Hut Bay (61). Power restored partially in
Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar and Little Andaman. 20 Nos. of 21.5 KVA
trolley mounted DG sets have been sent to Car Nicobar from Agra of which 10 are
now operational on 5th January. 10 Nos. of Gensets are being lifted
to Kamorta and Campbell Bay.
Road: Efforts for making road clearance between
Little Andaman and Hut Bay is under progress. Road clearance is being
undertaken with assistance from CPMFs and Defence personnel and Tractor Detour
is being opened at the sites of breaches. 20 Kms. road opened from Air Field to
Muse Jetty. Balance stretch needs major repairs.
Health: The
district hospital at Car Nicobar has been operationalized. 23 doctors at Car
Nicobar, 5 at Teressa, 4 each at Katchal, Nancowry and Kamorta and 8 at Great
Nicobar are deployed. 20 staff nurses have been deployed in worst affected
Islands from Central Government Hospitals. Additional 40 Paramedics have been
deputed to assist the central medical teams. Medical camps, 3 at Hut Bay, 3 at
Car Nicobar and 01 each at Nancowry group, Katchal and Campbell Bay are
functioning. Defence personnel have also opened 02 medical camps at Car Nicobar
and 01 each at Campbell bay and Hut Bay. Medical teams have also been airlifted
from Bangalore to Kamorta and from Kolkata to Katchal.
Water: 01 Drinking water well and 4 water point have been activated with
DG sets in Car Nicobar. Temporary water supply through one army and one civil
well has been resumed. Restoration work for regular supply is under progress in
Katchal. In other islands water is available through wells/ springs and efforts
are being made to restore piped water. Air dropping of drinking water is
continuing in remote areas. Water supply has been restored partially at
Kamorta, Car Nicobar, Teressa, Nancowry and Little Andaman.
Rescue and Relief: Of the
38 inhabited islands, 30 islands are affected. Survey of all islands have been
completed. The Islands with small population namely Bamboka, Chowra, Little
Nicobar, Pilo Millow, Tilanchang and Trinket in Nicobar have been totally
evacuated. 15 Ships of Navy and Coast Guards and 16 Aircrafts fixed
wings/Helicopters have been pressed in to service for relief and rescue work.
Coast Guard has deployed 20 ships, established 14 relief camps and 01 medical
camp in Campbell area. Air dropping of
(food packets, Drinking water, emergency medicines, household kits, milk
etc.) to affected Islands is continuing. A total of 90 relief camps have been opened at 6 Islands
in Nicobar districts where about 30,000 people are staying. Defence forces have
established 20 resettlement colonies and distributed 45 MT of rations in Car
Nicobar. 14 Camps established by Navy at Katchal, Teressa, Kamorta and
Nancowry. Relief materials (food, water, medicines etc) dispatched to Little
Andaman (61 MT), Car Nicobar (112 MT), Nancowry, Kamorta and Katchal (116 MT)
and Campbell Bay (23 MT) till 5th
January 2005. In addition, tents, Kerosene, Diesel, POL have also been
dispatched to these Islands. Dog Squad and handlers have been airlifted to Car
Nicobar for search operations.
01 Relief Commissioner, 04 Special
Relief Commissioner and 03 Special Officers have been deputed by the A & N
administrations for coordinating relief and rescue operation. 2 IAS, 5 DANICS
and 4 DANIPS officers have been assisting A&N administration.
Supply of Petroleum
Products (POL): 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. 6 ATF re-fuellers are
available for dispensing. A dedicated tanker (MT Harsha) carrying 1400 KL ATF,
450 KL SKO and 5000 KL HSD reached Port Blair in the morning of 4th
January 2005 from Haldia,. There is
sufficient stock to cover Petrol (30
days), Diesel (17 days), Kerosene (21 days), ATF (5 days at Andaman and 38 days
at Car Nicobar) and LPG (11 days). LPG tanker is expected to reach Port Blair
on 11.1.2005 with sufficient stock to last 75 days. A team of IOC is camping at
Port Blair to monitor the stocks & supplies. All fuel requirements are
being met by IOC.
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 Highways 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.
Relief and Rescue:
Andhra Pradesh: the State
Government is continuing the relief and rescue operation. 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.
The State Government has made a
damage assessment of Rs. 720.73 crore.
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.
The State Government has made a
damage assessment of Rs. 1358.62 crore.
Tamil Nadu: Relief operations are continuing
and Army, Navy and Coast Guards have been assisting the local administration.
412 relief camps have been opened where over 3,00,000 persons are staying. 750
doctors have been deputed from outside the affected districts. Two Chetak
Helicopters, Two Dornier Aircrafts, Indian Naval ships and one Coast Guard
helicopters were deployed at Nagipattnam. Indian Navy diving team is continuing
operations in Vellar River in Chennai for clearance of fishing nets and
location of dead bodes. Union Health Minister is camping at Chennai and
coordinating with the State authorities for providing medical relief and
prevent outbreak of epidemics. 16 ships, 09 helicopters and 02 fixed wing
aircrafts of Indian Navy are deployed for relief operations.
The State Government has made a damage assessment of Rs. 2730.70 crore
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 Kariakal area.
The State Government has made a
damage assessment of Rs. 512 crore.
RELIEF
ASSISTANCE FROM STATES AS ON DATE:
Karanataka: 302.83 MT
of relief materials worth Rs. 14.50 crore .
Maharashtra: 792 MT
of relief materials
Orissa: 171.7 MT
of relief materials
West
Bengal: 111.20 MT of relief materials
Delhi: 151.90 MT
of relief materials
MP: 7.0 MT of
relief materials
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
New Delhi, Pause 16, 1926 (6.01.2005)
Note : Evening update may be obtained from ndmindia.nic.in
OK/PM/KSS-6.1.2005-iv
(Release ID :6327)