Sitrep-39
6 August, 2005: 1500 hrs
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F.No.32-20/2005-NDM (I)
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFARIS
(NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT DIVISION)
Subject:
South West Monsoon 2005 – Flood Situation Report.
A comprehensive status report on the flood situation in different parts
of the country is given below:
INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
During past 24 hours:
 The low pressure area over Jharkhand and neighbourhood persists.
This has caused moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls over
Chhattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.
 Moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls occurred over Konkan &
Goa and Madhya Maharashtra.
 Rainfall activity increased along the foot hills of Himalaya.
Forecast valid for next 24 hours
 Enhanced rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls is likely over
Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh.
Rainfall activity may increase over Northeastern states, West
Bengal & Sikkim, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh subsequently.
 Moderate rainfall is likely to continue over Konkan & Goa,
Vidarbha and Madhya Maharashtra with isolated heavy falls.
 Under the influence of a westerly system, increased rainfall activity
with isolated heavy falls is also likely over western Himalayan
region and adjoining plains of north India.
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CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) report dated 6th
August 2005, there is No Unprecedented flood site. However, there are
01 High flood, 02 Moderate and 16 Low flood situation sites.
The details of the High & Moderate flood sites are as under:
HIGH FLOOD SITE
1. River Bhima at Deongaon (Karnataka) is flowing at
406.04m against the danger level of 407.00 m with rising
trend.
MODERATE FLOOD SITES
2. River Brahmaputra at Dibrugarh (Assam) is flowing at
104.97 m against the danger level of 104.24 m with a rising
trend.
3. River Jaibharali at Jaibharali (NTX) (Assam) is flowing at
77.35m against the danger level of 77.00 m with a rising
trend.
MAHARASHTRA
 Rainfall activity over Mumbai and Konkan region has reduced to a
large extent. Moderate rains in Madhya Maharashtra and isolated
heavy rains in Vidarbha region have been reported.
 Almost all reservoirs in the state are overflowing because of excess
rain water fed into them. Total water released from the Koyna Dam
today is 40,000 cusecs. However from a number of other dams,
excess water is also being released (Khadagwasla, Pandarpor,
Sangam, Ujai, Sangli, Akali and Suranapul).
 In view of flooding of Koyna, Krishna, Mula & Mutha rivers, a
number of villages in Pune, Sangli, Satara, Beed, Kolhapur and
Solapur districts have been affected.
 Due to release of excess water from different dams in the state, severe
flooding has occurred in the river basins of Krishna and Koyna
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rivers. Kolhapur and Sangli districts are facing large scale flooding
because the excess rise in the river is not flowing out fully, as
discharge level at Almatti dam in Karnataka has not fully absorbed the
excess water thus creating a back push. In this connection, the Govt of
Maharasthra has taken up case with the Govt. of Karnataka on 4th
August. Release of water from Almatti dam today stands at 4.40
lakh cusecs as against 4.20 lakh cusecs yesterday.
In view of ongoing flood situation in Kolhapur and Sangli, 6 Army
columns, 16 teams of Navy and 42 boats have been deployed in
these districts for rescue and relief operations.
02 helicopters have been placed at Belgaum for rescue and relief
operations in Kolhapur.
About 32 lakh people in 18,714 villages in Pune, Sangli, Satara,
Beed, Kolhapur and Solapur districts have been affected. 2.21 lakh
people have been evacuated and accommodated in 379 relief camps.
The State has engaged more than 2000 municipal employees,
drawing them from non-affected areas, for assisting in clearing and
scavenging work in the affected districts.
About 1,000 employees have been called from non-affected talukas
within each of the affected districts to assist the administration in
survey and relief distribution work.
Similarly, the State has deployed 2,000 employees from non-affected
districts for assisting in the survey and relief work in the affected
districts.
The State has constituted Teams headed by Guardian Ministers
from State Government as well as Guardian Secretaries as
Members from the State Administration for supervising survey and
relief work in the affected districts.
State of roads
 All road movement in the City of Mumbai has resumed normal
functioning. However, due to bad road condition with mud, garbage
and potholes left behind by the receding flood waters, traffic
movement is plying at about 85 per cent service level. Public
transport in the city is plying at full strength. With weather clearing
up, repair work on the roads has been re-started.
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 Mumbai-Pune Express Way continues to be open. Mumbai-Goa
National Highway (NH-17) has also been opened and at present
frequency of traffic is about 20 per cent.
State of railways
 In Mumbai city, all the three railways (Harbour, Central and
Western Railways) have started operating, although at a reduced
frequency level of about 80 per cent.
 With normalcy returning in the Mumbai city, people have started
going to their offices and therefore pressure on traffic system
continues.
 The Konkan and Central Railways are likely to re-start their
service operation shortly because railway track at Ambivali station
(about 400 mtrs long) needs to be repaired. However, Central
Railway is running 3-4 special trains, using railway tracks of
Western Railway for about 400 kms in Mumbai region, and then
the trains resume their normal route.
 The Western Railway is functioning at 75 per cent service level.
State of Air Services
 All air services are operating normally.
State of other services
 All mobile and landline services are operating normally.
 Barring Ambarnath and Badlapur in Thane district, the water
supply system in the rest of the state is normal.
 Power supply has been restored in Mumbai and other districts.
The situation is normal.
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 Total 1056 deaths 152 injury and 50 missing cases have been
reported in the State. The details are as under:
Name of districts
1. Mumbai
2. Navi Mumbai
3. Mumbai (Railway)
4. Thane
5. Thane (Rural)
6. Raigad
7. Ratnagiri
8. Sindhudurg
9. Kolhapur
10.Parbhani
11.Nanded
12.Yeotamal
13.Satara
14.Aurangabad(Urban)
15.Aurangabad(Rural)
16.Beed
17.Jalna
18.Hingoli
19.Wardha
20.Pune (Urban)
21.Pune (Rural)
22.Nasik
23.Bhandara
24.Washim
25.Amaravati (Urban)
26.Amarvati (Rural)
27.Nondurbur
28.Sangli
29.Nagpur(Rural)
30.Nagpur (City)
31.Akola
32.Laltur
33.Chanderpur
34.Ahmednagar
Death
445
66
07
173
43
165
18
07
22
06
11
11
08
01
06
07
02
01
03
08
08
02
02
02
06
06
07
06
01
01
01
02
02
Injured
16
22
04
20
04
03
16
03
03
13
01
01
11
02
02
06
03
01
05
05
10
01
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Missing
14
05
12
03
03
01
01
03
01
01
03
03
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 A number of landslides had occurred in Raigad district during the
recent heavy rains. The details of recovery of dead bodies so far is as
under:
Name of village No. of dead bodies
No. of dead bodies
recovered so far
feared buried
Under landslide
Jui
39
96
Dasgaon
42
43
Rohanpada
15
15
Kondivati
32
33
Poladpur
13
13
Roha
09
10
Mangaon
01
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 Debris removal work is still continuing at Jui and Roha. The work
has been stopped at other sites because the rescue teams do not expect
any more recovery of dead bodies at these sites.
 The district administration in Raigad, fearing fresh landslides due to
cracks observed in adjacent hills in several areas following heavy
rains from July 31st to August 1st had evacuated about 2,600 people
from 26 villages in Poladpur, Mahad, Pen and Karjat tehsils. All
these people had been accommodated in 23 relief camps. Many of
these persons have returned to their homes. However, 1650 persons
are still staying in these camps.
 The district administration is planning to make some temporary
shelters for 80 families of Dasgaon and 60 families of Jui villages.
 The district administration has made arrangements for a geological
team to visit the hills where cracks are seen to be developing in
Raigad district with a view to study the occurrence.
 NRSA Hyderabad is sending a team of scientists/geologists for
aerial survey of Raigad district for a study of the cracks seen
developing in lower Sahyadari ranges where Raigad district is
located.
 It is estimated that more than 5 lakh hectares of Kharif crops in 18
districts have been destroyed by flooding. The cultivable land in this
area has largely been rendered waste due to the top soil having been
washed away.
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 About 800 medical teams consisting of 1 medical officer and 4
para-medical staff in each team have been sent to flood affected
areas for providing medical assistance and taking prevention/control
measures of any post-flood epidemic situation. 600 medical teams
are operating in Mumbai suburban and 200 in other districts.
 The State is organizing hygiene awareness campaign on cable/TV
programmes and through press briefings for use of alum, boiling
drinking water etc. by public.
 The State has paid Rs. 84.38 crore as ex gratia to 8,43,800 persons
@ Rs.1000/- each so far to the affected people in various districts.
 21 Columns of Army and 16 teams of Navy have been deployed in
the flood affected districts for rescue and relief operations.
 04 coys of RAF and 03 teams (consisting of 45 men per team) of
Disaster Management Battalions provided by the CRPF are placed
with DG Police for rescue and relief operations in the State.
KARNATAKA
 Light to moderate rainfall has been experienced in several parts
of the State during the last 24 hours.
 River Bhima at Deongaon is flowing at 406.04 m against its
danger level of 407m with a rising trend.
 All major rivers (Cauvery, Bhima, Tungabhadra, Hemavathi,
Krishna, Vedganga, Ghataprabha and Netravathi) in the
State and their tributaries are in spate.
 As a result, all reservoirs in the State (KRS, Harangi, Kabini,
Tungabhadra, Hemavathi, Almatti, Narayanpur, Hidkal,
Bhadra) are overflowing and the excess water is being released
into the rivers leading to flood in the villages downstream.
 Due to on going rainfall and flooding of rivers, a large number of
population in Belgaum, Raichur, Gulbarga, Bagalkot and
Bijapur districts have been affected. About 2.35 Lakh people
have been evacuated from district Belgaum and about 40,000
still needs evacuation. About 660 families have been shifted to
safer places in district Gulbarga. A large number of the
evacuated people have moved to their relatives’ houses.
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However, about 150 relief camps in various districts are
operational.
With more inflow of water from Koyna and Ujani dams in
Maharashtra, water levels in Krishna and Bhima rivers have
reportedly shot up flooding the downstream villages.
Evacuation of population from river banks is still continuing
in Belgaum district where situation is apparently serious.
It is reported that in Belgaum district, about 40 villages are
marooned even now and evacuation from these villages has
become difficult because manual boats are not effective due
to high speed of current in the river. The state has evacuated
about 104 persons through helicopters and further air
evacuation is in progress.
02 IAF helicopters continue to be engaged in air dropping food
packets and rescuing people from the affected areas in Belgaum
and Bagalkot districts.
04 columns of Army, 12 Platoons of KSRP and 67 boats have
been deployed for rescue and relief operations in district
Belgaum.
 One Army column, 400 Home Guard personnel and 04 boats
have been deployed for rescue and relief operations in district
Gulbarga.
ASSAM
 Heavy rainfall has been reported in Guwahati and its surrounding
areas.
 Due to this, the low lying areas of Guwahati city i.e. parts of Zoo
Road, Japorigog, Bharalumukh, Athgaon, Hengrabari, Noonmati
and some parts of Basistha-Hatigaon have been inundated.
 Part of National Highway at east-west corridor in the Guwahati
city has been submerged at some places by waters of river Basistha
and flash waters coming from Meghalaya State.
 River Brahamputra at Dibrugarh is flowing at 104.97 m as against
the danger level of 104.24 m. with a rising trend and river Jai
Bharali at Sonitpur is flowing at 77.35 m as against the danger level
of 77.00 m with falling trend.
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 Rivers Brahmaputra (at Neamatighat, Jorhat), Puthimari (at
Kamrup), Pagladia (at Nalbari), Longai (at Karimganj) and Beki
(at Barpeta) are flowing above their warning levels.
ORISSA
 Isolated light rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State.
 Rivers Baitarni and Brahmani are flowing below their danger levels
with a receding trend.
 Situation in the state is reported to be normal.
BIHAR
 Light rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State.
 Rivers Ghaghra (at Darauli) and Kosi (at Basua, Baltara &
Kursela) are flowing above their warning levels.
UTTAR PRADESH
 Light to moderate rainfall has been reported in the State
 Rivers Ganga (at Ankinghat), Ghaghra (at Elgin Bridge, Ayodhya
& Turtipar), and Gandak (at Khadda) are flowing above their
warning levels.
GUJARAT
 During the last 24 hours rainfall has been recorded in 130 Talukas. A
maximum rainfall of 63 mm was recorded in Songadh taluka of
Surat district.
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 With the second spell of heavy rainfall at isolated places, water level
in majority of irrigation projects has reached beyond FRL and as a
result excess water is being released. Due to this, all the villages in
downstream areas are cautioned and all precautionary measures have
been taken.
 All rivers in the State are reported to be flowing below their danger
levels.
 Narmada Dam: against the HFL 110.64 m at dam site, the present
water level is 115.15 m i.e., overflowing at 4.51m.
 The State Government has deployed 698 medical teams, 282
medical officers, and 1,990 para-medics to the affected districts in
the State.
 Total financial assistance of Rs.79.03 crores including house
assistance has been paid to the affected families.
 Death relief has been paid in 149 cases so far.
 Disbursement of financial assistance has been done as per following
details:-
Details
Persons/families/houses Amount paid
(Rs. in crore)
Cash doles
20, 91,609 persons
Household kits
2, 92,256 families
Damaged/partially
90,235 houses
damaged house Assistance
19.54
30.64
28.04
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GENERAL:The situation in the States/UTs of: (1) Andhra Pradesh (2)
Arunachal Pradesh (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Goa (5) Haryana (6) Himachal
Pradesh (7) Jammu & Kashmir, (8) Jharkhand, (9) Kerala, (10)
Madhya Pradesh (11) Manipur (12) Meghalaya, ( (13) Mizoram (14)
Nagaland, (15) Punjab, (16) Rajasthan, (17) Sikkim (18) Tamil Nadu,
(19) Tripura, (20) Uttranchal (21) West Bengal (22) Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, (23) Chandigarh, (24) Daman & Diu, (25) Dadra Nagar
Haveli, (26) Delhi (27) Pondicherry and (28) Lakshadweep is reported to
be normal.
(Ashim Khurana)
Joint Secretary (DM)
Tel.No.23092456/Fax.No.23093465
Mobile.9810093411
e-mail: jsdm@mha.nic.in
Distribution:1.
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3.
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister (Shri T K A Nair)
Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (Shri BVR
Subrahmanyam).
4.
Prime Minister’s Office (Shri Sanjay Mitra, Joint Secretary).
5.
Cabinet Secretariat (Shri Rajiv Kumar, Joint Secretary).
6.
Cabinet Secretariat.( Sh. Arun Mishra, Dir.)
7.
Brig RS Ahluwalia, DACIS (Ops & Logistics) Room No.10,
INCP, Gate No-11, South Block, New Delhi.
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PS to HM/PS to MOS(R).
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PS to HS/PPS to Secretary (BM)/JS (NDM)/ JS (DM) – DAC /
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