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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS
ANDAMAN ISLANDS
Health: There are 11 civil medical teams
at Port Blair,In Andaman & Nicobar Islands DGHS 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. No report of
outbreak of epidemics has been received so far. 10 Trauma Specialists are
deputed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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.
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. 20
Relief camps have been opened in Andaman district and more than 10000 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. A team of Ministry of Road
Transport & Highway is deputing teams assessments and reconstruction
requirements. 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)
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Name of Islands.
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CRPF
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CISF
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BSF
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ITBP
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Total
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Car Nicobar
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--
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63
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--
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51
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114
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Katchal
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|
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254
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254
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Campbell Bay
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150
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--
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--
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--
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150
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Port Blair
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699
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16
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123
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237
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1075
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Hut Bay
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144
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|
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144
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Grand Total
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849
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223
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377
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288
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1737
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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.
Civil Aviation: The airport is functional for Air Force
flights for both An-32 and IL-76 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: 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: There are 27 medium and small DG
sets of which 20 had been washed away. The remaining 7 are operational and
supply power to Car Nicohar, Kamorda and Cambell Bay. DG sets have been dispatched
and are operational. 30 DG sets operating in Car Nicobar. Restoration of power
at Katchal and Teressa will take some time as complete set up has been washed
away.
Road: Efforts for making road clearance between Little
Andaman and Hut Bay is under progress. 22 Kms. road has been severely damaged
and 2 bridges are damaged. Tractor Detour is being opened. 20 Kms. road opened
from Air Field to Muse Jetty. Balance stretch needs major repairs and a team
of Ministry of Surface Transport has reached and making assessment for restoration.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways have provided equipment, materials
etc. for restoration.
Health: The district
hospital at Car Nicobar has been operationalized. The health teams consisting
of 04 doctors each have been deployed at Hut Bay, Nancowry and Campbell Bay,
specialists are working at Car Nicobar. In addition, 12 doctors from Maharashtra
and 03 specialists from Andaman are also placed at Car Nicobar. 05 doctors
and 02 staff nurses are deployed at Katchal, 5 nurses at Hut Bay, 11 Nurses
at GP Pant and 5 at Campbell Bay. Civil medical teams are operational in Kamorta,
Teressa and Katchal. 20 staff nurses have been deployed in worst affected
Islands from Central Government Hospitals. Additional 20 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.
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.
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. 14 Ships of Navy and Coast Guards and 16 Aircrafts fixed wings/Helicopters
have been pressed in to service for relief and rescue work. 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.
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.
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 Highway 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.
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.
Tamil Nadu: Relief operations are continuing
and Army, Navy and Coast Guards have been assisting the local administration.
Two Chetak Helicopters, Two Dornier Aircrafts, Indian Naval ships and one
Coast Guard helicopters were deployed at Nagipattnam. Union Health Minister
is camping at Chennai and coordinating with the State authorities for providing
medical relief and prevent outbreak of epidemics.
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 Karikal area.
MINISTRY OF HOME
AFFAIRS
New Delhi, Pause
15, 1926 (5.01.2004)
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