District: AMBALA
Heavy Loss due to
Flood
July 2010
Presented by
Sameer Pal Srow, I.A.S.,
Deputy Commissioner, Ambala
District Profile Ambala
• No. of Sub-Division
• No. of Villages
• No. of Blocks
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: 3 (Ambala, Barara & Naraingarh)
: 499 (Revenue)
: 6 (Ambala-I, Ambala-II, Barara,
Naraingarh, Sahzadpur, Saha)
No. of Tehsi l
: 3 (Ambala, Barara, Naraingarh)
No of Sub-Tehsil
: 4 (Ambala Cantt, Saha, Mullana,
Sahzadpur)
No. of Municipalities
: 1 Naraingarh
No. of Municipal Corporation : 1 Ambala
Total Population
: 10,13,660
Total Area
: 1568.85 sq km
Agriculture Area
: 1,33,471 Hec.
Cause of Flood
Rain
Date
Amount (MM)
Progressive (MM)
1-7-2010
1.0
1.0
2-7-2010
3.0
4.0
3-7-2010
0.0
4.0
4-7-2010
0.4
4.4
5-7-2010
139.2
143.6
6-7-2010
177.0
320.6
7-7-2010
233.2
553.8
8-7-2010
0.0
553.8
9-7-2010
0.0
553.8
10-7-2010
0.0
553.8
11-7-2010
19.4
573.2
12-7-2010
39.6
(till 0530 h)
612.8
13-7-2010
9.6
622.4
Cause of Flood
• Note: Beside heavy downpour from 6/7/2010
onwards, around 20, breaches in rivers and
seasonal rivulets (i.e. Pachis dhara flowing in
from punjab side) caused major flood)
20 Breaches in Tangri River and
other tributaries
at Village
Shahpur, Dhanora, Alaudin
Majra,Majri,Gorsian,Bishangarh,
Segta,Niharsi,Jansui etc.
Flood affected urban area
• 06-07-2010 onwards
– Vast areas of Ambala City and Ambala Cantt
remained submerged under water for couple
of days.
Flood affected rural areas
1. Naggal.
16. Sultanpur
31.Mardosahab
46.Metlah
61 Jetpura
2. Hasanpur.
17. Khurmpur Majri
32.Devinagar
47.Rasulpur
62 Jandheri
3. Sakhron
18. Liharsha
33.Ghel
48.MiyanMajra
63 Kalavad
4. Adumajra
19. Dudyana
34Jalalpur
49.Alluhdin Majra
64 Danipur
5. Ismailpur
20. Baknour
35Bhuni
50 Niharsa
65 Jansua
6. Dangarian
21. Lohgarh
36.Kakru
51 Bamba
66 Gorsian
7. Amipur
22. Sadopur
37Manakpur
52.Mehmoodpur
67 Munda
Majra
8. Tar
23. Dangdehri
38.Dhanyora
53 Panjola
68 Chugna
9. Nadyali
24. Patti Jattan
39.Dhanyori
54 Khurchanpur
69 Ojalan
10. Mastpur
25. Patti Rangran
40.Kaleran
55 Lotan
70 Badola
11. Sagta
26. Patti Sekhan
41.Udaipur
56 Mehlan
71 Badoli
12. Sagti
27. Majri
42.Nakatpur
57 Sonta
72 Himayupur
13. Bishangarh
28.Mallour
43.Bahanpur
58 Sonti
73. Bhurangpur
14. Khera
29.Jansui
44.Jagoli
59 Delumajra
74 Daudpur
15. Bedsa
30.Laliyana
45 Shekhupur
60 Batrohan
• Agriculture Land of Ambala under water 4684 Hectares
• Urban Population affected
• Ambala City
• Ambala Cantt
• Rural Population affected
• Approximately 50,000
- 3.70 lacs (Total)
- 2.05
- 1.65
Loss of Human Lives: 11
Sr. No Name
Village
Tehsil
Cause
1.
Rajnish Sharma
Ambala Cantt
Ambala
Elec. Shock
2.
Bhupinder Singh
Boh
Ambala
Drowning
3.
Abhishek
Sarsehri
Ambala
Drowning
4.
Ranjeet Singh
Ambala
Ambala
Drowning
5.
Kuljeet Singh
Kot Kuchhwa
Khurd
Ambala
Drowning
6.
Amit Kumar
Ambala City
Ambala
Elec. Shock
7.
Upinder Parshad
Ambala Cantt
Ambala
Elec. Shock
8.
Tejinder Singh
Sohana
Barara
Elec. Shock
9.
Kaka/Hans Raj
Panjokhera
Ambala
Drowning
10.
Balram Singh
Panjokhera
Ambala
Drowning
11.
Sher singh
Jalalpur
Ambala
Drowning
Loss of livestock & Damage to Houses
• Four buffalos deaths have been reported
• Around 248 no. of houses have suffered
damages & further survey is under progress.
• Damage of houses in urban area is being taken
up but it is tentatively more than 500
Loss of Govt. Property
UHBVN/HVPN
UHBVN
1.
2.
No.of damages to poles(80),DT’s(100),HT/LT Cables(8)& other
damages like store items ,meters and construction etc - 511
No.of Damages to repair workshop/general workshop -3304
Total Loss
HVPN
- Rs.605 lacs i.e. Rs.6.05 crore
Damage of Roads
PWD(B&R)
1.
275 roads damaged & 21 road cuts-tentative
loss of Rs.43 cr.
HSAMB
1.
60 roads damaged & 23 road cuts –tentative
loss of Rs.15 cr.
Damages caused to
Public Health Water Pumps & other Equipments
• Urban
– No.of Tubewells lost
– No.of damages to
Pumping Machinery/
pipe Lines/and stuctures
and general defects
– Amount of loss
- 2
- 15
- Rs.72 lacs
• Rural
– No. of Tubewells Lost
– No. of damages to Pumping
Machinery/Pipe lines
– Amount of Loss
– Total loss
- 1
- 60
- Rs.25.00Lacs
- Rs.97.00Lacs
Health Hazard : Reported Cases
Fever cases
Diarrhea
Vomiting
M-Boil
Snake Bite
Conjuctivitis
Skin Diseases
Gastroentritis
- 610
- 741
- 11
- 751
-1
- 53
- 1325
- 12
Education Department
• Edusat system have been damaged in 52
No. of schools in Ambala Distt
• Damages to Civil structures of Schools
amounts to Rs.1,07,14,972
• Midday meal material damage loss is
…….
Community Assets
• Total assessments of loss of community
assets like Galis, Dharmshalas, Chaupals,
Veterinary Hospital etc. in affected villages
have been made & it comes out to be
Rs.67 lacs approximately. (List attached)
RELIEF
MEASURES
Boats
• Nearly 20 boats were put into operation for
rescue and relief.
• Approximately 700 persons rescued.
• NOTE: Besides this helicopter was put on
standby at air force station Ambala.
Activities of Health Deptt.
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Halogen Tab. Distributed
- 445065
ORS Packets Distributed
- 12297
B/S Collected Distributed
- 1642
B/S Examined Distributed
- 1642
House Visited Distributed
- 18982
Water Samples Distributed- 964 (OT)
153 (Bacteriological)
Daily 21 teams, 4 mobile teams are visiting the
houses in rural and urban areas.
Activities of Health Deptt.
• Medical Teams
21 Special Medical Camps are working in urban area out of
which 17 medical teams are deployed in special flood affected
colonies and 4 Ambulance Mobile Teams are working in Ambala
Cantt Area and 18 medical teams are providing health services
in flood affected areas at Ambala Hisar road in Chourmastpur
and Naggal areas.
42 Para Medical teams are working in specially rural flood
affected areas at Chourmastpur and Naggal. Which are
providing to the flood affected people specially chlorine tablets
and ORS packets and they are giving special health talks to the
peoples that they have to use these things if they are suffering
from Diarhoea and vomiting.
• Fogging
4 hand operated team for Ambala City and 4 hand operated
teams for Ambala Cantt since 10-07-10.
1 vehicle mounted fogging machine operational in Urban and
peri Urban areas of Ambala City since 13-07-10.
Activities of Health Deptt.
Spray activity
1 seasonal spray gang deployed in Chourmastpur block since
11-07-10 for indoor deltamethrin spray.
2 more spray gangs to be deployed in flood affected urban and
rural areas.
Anti-Larval activities
5 teams each for anti larval activities deployed in both Ambala
City and Ambala Cantt for MLO spray on stagnant water bodies.
Fever mass survey
All medical and para medical teams in both urban and rural
flood affected area are preparing blood slides of all fever cases
and distributing chloroquine tablets.
Activities by ICDP/Animal Husbandry
Total approximate no. of livestock in distt.-3,25,000
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Animals affected
Teams in the distt. for flood
Mobile team
No. of casualties reported
Health camps organised
- 29869
- 36
- one
- four
- 62
Activities by ICDP/Animal Husbandry
• Preventive Measures taken:
– HS Vaccination for all cattle population in the
distt.
– For health related problems deworming and
digestive tonic provided to all the livestock
population in the flood effected area.
– Deworming done in the camps – 9447
– Treatment for digestive problems due to
drinking of dirty water – 2231
Food Articles
• With the mobilization of district administration ambala,
social organizations and institutions namely gurudwara
Manji Sahib, Badshahi Bagh and other gurudwaras
temples and NGOS were put into operations and nearly
10000 packets were distributed on 7-7-2010 and
onwards and continued till 13-7-2010 as per
requirement. Till today nearly 500 packets are being
distributed as per situation.
• Supplies made available at door step in rural area by
Food & Supply Department of
– 36000 liters. Kerosene oil.
– 450 LPG Cylinders and more being supplied after getting the
demand
Water Supply
38 water tankers have been pressed into service for supplying
drinking water to Ambala City, Ambala Cantt and flood affected
rural areas.
Restoration of Water Supply
1. Water supply was restored on the night of 7th itself by deploying
Generator Sets at tube well sites, thus making tube wells of water
supply functional.
2. Mineral water bottles were distributed at a large scale in the entire
affected area on war footing. More than 45000 bottles of water
have been distributed so far.
3.
Regular water supply was restored on 9th July, 2010 and
continuous measures are being taken to ensure high intensity of
chlorination in water.
4.
Regular water samples are being checked.
Restoration & supply of electricity.
• 60% areas of Ambala city & Ambala Cantt &
nearly 50 villages were effected on 6-7-2010
due to submerging of power station at Dhulkot,
Saddopur & Chaurmastpur.
• Power Restoration was ensured from 8-7-2010
morning.
Special Measures
• Dewatering /Cleaning and spray arrangements
put into action in schools.
• Regular chlorination
• Lime powder being sprinkled at various
locations regularly.
• Deltamethrin spray.
• Additional efforts for cleaning sanitation by
engaging “Sulabh International” in twin cities in
addition to the existing infrastructure.
Survey Teams
• 40 teams consisting of officials from Revenue,
Education, Health & ICDS Department have
been put into pockets of rural areas to ensure
facilities like water supply, food items etc.
survey of damage of houses, conducting of
special Girdawari and to give information on
daily basis.
Drainage
• Total 19 pumps installed to drain out the flood
water from low lying habitation.
• Public Health Pumps are also functioning in
urban areas.
• Breaches in Tangri river are being plugged.
• Temporary outlet/inlet to drain out stagnant
water being repaired.
Fodder
• No major demand yet.
• Small requirements are being met locally.
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