THE TSUNAMI DISASTERTHE TSUNAMI DISASTER

a presentation by

Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India

All figures as on 8All figures as on 8 thth January 2005, 1000 hrsJanuary 2005, 1000 hrs

115 aftershocks have been reported of which 103 are between >5.0- 6.0 < and 12 are >6.0 on Richter Scale

Date: 26th December 2004.Time: 06:28:53 AM (IST)Location: 3.316°N, 95.854°E off the island of Sumatra

Magnitude 8.6 –EARTHQUAKE OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

The Earthquake

The Tsunami

Earthquake generated Tsunami waves travelled at 700-800 kmph. Striking waves were upto 10 meters high.

Phenomenon very rare in this region.

The Tsunami affected India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka , Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives and some other countries

The Coastal States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh and UTs of Pondicherry and A&N Islands suffer massive damage

The Tsunami - II

Kolachal, Tamil Nadu

The Devastation

Marakkanam, a village near Pondicherry

The Devastation

Post Tsunami Nagapattinam Coast

The Devastation

Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu

The Devastation

Car Nicobar Island

The Devastation

Marina beach ,Chennai

The Devastation

Human lives lost: 10,012

Persons missing: 5,624

Villages Affected: 897

Dwelling units destroyed: 1.58 lakhs

Population Affected: 36.14 lakhs

The Devastation

The Devastation- A&N IslandsTotal Population ( 2001 census): 3.56 lakhsTotal Population Affected : 2.88 lakhs

Number of inhabited Islands: 37 Andaman Group: 24 Nicobar Group: 13

Islands badly affected: 15 (Andaman-2; Nicobar-13)

7 Islands fully evacuated, relief operations on in 8Distance from Mainland: 1400 km approx.Length of the A & N Islands chain: 726 km

THE DEVASTATION- Districts /Islands severely affected - Death toll

Nagapattinam: 6035Kanyakumari: 817Cudallore: 612Chennai: 206Karaikal: 483Car Nicobar: 382 Katchal : 303

ResponseResponse-- INSTITUTIONAL SETUPINSTITUTIONAL SETUP

Ministry of Home Affairs National Disaster Management

Division

NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT GROUPHead: CABINET SECRETARY

Secretaries of all relevant Ministries WARNING

(Nodal agencies)

MHA Control Room ( 24X7)

State Control Room (S-EOC)

STATE CRISIS MANAGEMENT GROUPChairman: CHIEF SECRETARY

Directors-Response, Logistics & Coordination

District Control Room

(D-EOC)

AFFECTED SITE

n Relief and Rescue Operationsn Establish

Communication Network n Drinking Water nRestoration of Power

Supply n Prevention of Outbreak of Epidemics

Department of Relief & Disaster

Management

IDS OPS Room

(24 X 7)

RESPONSE- 26th Dec 2004Affected States/ UTs contacted and ground situation ascertained. A&N Islands were contacted through IDS OPS room.Government initiates relief operations through Armed Forces in States & UTs and also sends support to Sri Lanka. Subsequently to Maldives and Indonesia too.Safety and Security of Kalapakkam Atomic Power Plant ensured. Plant now operational400 CPMFs personnel made immediately available to Tamil Nadu for Search , Rescue & Evacuation. 2 MFR teams of MHA directed to leave for A&N Islands.Relief Hubs in various parts of the country identified and designated

IMMEDIATE CONCERNS

Rescue of Marooned and Stranded Persons

Evacuation

Temporary Shelter / Relief Camps

Disposal of Dead Bodies

Food / Water/ Medicine

Infrastructure – Power, Water, Communications

Safety of Tribal Population on A&N Island

28,734 persons were rescued- 9950 in Kerala, 9284 in A & N Islands, and 9500 in TN including 1000 persons stranded at Vivekanand Memorial.

6.45 lakhs persons – Main Land (6.30 lakhs) and A&N Island (0.15 lakhs) moved to safer places

Civil Aviation operated 64 special flights between 27th Dec 2004 - 1 Jan 2005 to evacuate 6,318 stranded people including tourists from A&N Islands.

RESCUE/ EVACUATION

Manpower Deployed by Central Government-Search and Rescue

Army: 8300 Navy: 5500AirForce 3000Coast Guard 2000CPMF 2002Total: 20802

Deployment of Ships and Aircraft-Search and Rescue

Naval ships: 22

Coast Guard Ships : 11

Aircraft: 12

Helicopters: 17

In all 881 relief camps were opened and a total of 6,04,335 housed in the camps.

Camps functioning at present: 614 with 3,84,658 persons housed in the camps

A total of 10817 (5 men tents) and 1918 (10 men tents) despatched to the affected areas- mostly to A & N Islands

RELIEF CAMPS -I

Kerala:231 (171,491)

Present Status: 29 (24,978)

Andhra Pradesh:65 (34264)

Present Status: All closed

Pondicherry:48 (45000)

Present Status: 48 (6100)

Tamil Nadu :412(3,09,379)

A & Nicobar 125(44,201)

RELIEF CAMPS -II

Disposal of Dead Bodies

All dead bodies disposed off, most of them by 30 December 2004

Special Teams (total approx. 1000) mobilized by State administration from other districts for the district of Nagapattinam

BSF cremation parties dispatched and deployed in the Nicobar Group of Islands.

Standard Procedures as prescribed by Ministry of Health and WHO followed.

Bleaching Powder and Disinfectants airlifted to A&N Islands

FOOD, WATER and MEDICINE FOOD, WATER and MEDICINE -- LOGISTICSLOGISTICS

Relief Supply hubs designated

Logistics/movement coordination officers(CISF) at Kolkata & Chennai

Mechanism established for constant linkages between MHA and MOD — twice daily meetings to plan and assess movement of supplies

Movement Plans firmed up for next one month

A&N ISLANDS

SRI LANKA

MALDIVES

BHUJAHMEDBAD

BHOPAL

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

BHUBANESWAR

KOLKATA

NEW DELHI

BANGALORE

Relief Material Hubs - Air movement to Islands

CHENNAI

KOLKATA

VIZSHAKAPATANAM

Relief Material Hubs- Ship

COCHIN

MUMBAI

CHENNAIBANGALORE

Relief Material Hubs - Road movement to ports for Islands

Relief Material Hubs - Rail

CHENNAI

AHMEDABADKOLKATA

BHOPAL

DELHI

Andhra Pradesh: 2144MT food grains and 2.25 lakh food packets distributed

Tamil Nadu: 3566MT food grains and 77.5 lakh food packets distributed

Kerala: Food and water worth of Rs 3.36 croredistributed

Pondicherry: 4.95 lakh of food packets, 187.42MT food grains and 46,000 lts of water distributed

A & N Islands: Food : 742 MT Water: 724 MT;

FOOD & WATER

82 Pump Sets (Nos) 715 Generators (Nos)

7Utensils (MT)

10Bailey Bridges (Nos)

31563 Torches (Nos)

260Clothing (MT) 724Water (MT)

53Food Packets (MT)

9,736Small Tents (5 men) (No.) 741Large Tents (10 men) (No.)

689Food Stuff (MT)

3Desalination Plants

Quantity Delivered Item

Meeting Urgent Needs - A&N ISLANDS

Total Tonnage including other items: 3271

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Defence Forces established eighteen medical camps with more than 20 Medical Teams in the affected areas

A 120 bed hospital established on board INS MAGAR. All ships of Navy/ Coast Guard deployed for search & rescue providing medical facilities.

166 Doctors including Specialists deployed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 62 in A&N Islands

Emergency Medicines worth Rs. 2 Croredespatched to A&N islands, Kerala and Pondicherry. Rs 1 Crore given to Tamil Nadu

HEALTH: Deployment of Medical Teams

AP : 158

TN: 581

KERALA : 233

PONDICHERRY : 87

A&N ISLANDS : 114 doctors,

96 Nurses/ Paramedics

120 bed Hospital of INS Magar

10 Army/Navy medical teams

AP & Kerala suffer less damage and restore power supply. Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry make efforts for power normalcy. 715 Diesel Gen sets sent to A&N Islands. Engineering teams deputed and other large size generator sets arranged

Water Supply in A & N Islands - restored gradually to the extent of 80% in Port Blair. Water points in other Islands located, halogen tablets sent, desalination plants and pumps dispatched.

InfrastructureInfrastructure

38 telephone exchanges in Andaman group now functional. Inmarsat and VSAT telephones sent for urgent communication. 3 telephone exchanges in Nicobar Group made operational. Communication through Satellite Phones established in affected areas.

Jetties on Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Out of 49 Jetties, 29 are functional. Pontoon dispatched to Great Nicobar so that ship can berth

InfrastructureInfrastructure

37 fishing harbors/ fish landing centres in TN, Kerala and Pondicherry damaged. Team from Central Institute of Coastal Engineering deputed to assess damage.

Teams despatched to States for assessing damage to roads and bridges. Army sets up Bailey bridge at Karaikal and ferry in Alleppy district. Ten Bailey bridges sent to A&N Islands.

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Six tribes (Andamanese, Onges, Jarawas, Sentinelese, Shompens and Nicobaris ) in A & N Islands

All reported safe except Nicobaris 1151 of whom are reported to have lost their lives and 5580 reported missing

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the A & N Administration are verifying the latest position

Safety of Tribal Population on A&N Islands

PM sanctions funds from National Calamity Contingency Fund totaling Rs. 450 cr for States. UTs directly supported by Govt. of India ( Rs. 50 cr for Pondicherry and Rs. 100 crfor A & N Islands).

PM announces ex gratia of Rs. 1 lakh to next of kin of deceased from Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.

Central teams visit and assess damage in affected States.

Steps initiated for providing nets, boats and financial support to fishermen.

Task force formed for putting in place permanent housing for those affected

A & N Administration approaches Supreme Court and obtains orders to utilise timber, other forest produce and sand for reconstruction purposes.

Further Steps TakenFurther Steps Taken

MONITORING AND COORDINATION

Crisis Management Group under Cabinet Secretary activated at 1040 hrs on 26th December 2004. Meets at 1300 hrs. Thereafter daily meetings.

Cabinet meets on 27th Dec at 1700hrs. – reviews situation and constitutes GoM under Prime Minister

GoM meets on 28th and regularly thereafter.

Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Home Minister and other Union Ministers visit affected areas.

Ministers deputed to Tamil Nadu and A & N Islands

Integrated Relief Command(IRC) set up for A & N Islands

National ResponseNational ResponseOverwhelming response to the calamityLeaders of all major political parties visited the affected areasQuiet pride in our self reliance and capacity to respond while helping the neighboring countriesStates which were not affected came forward to help Industry Associations come forwardSpontaneous response from NGOs , Voluntary agencies and IndividualsMedia response overwhelming. Huge response to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund

Supply of Fishing boats/nets and credit to fishermen and repair of fishing harbours

Intermediate Shelter followed by permanent housing- Role of voluntary agencies

Restoration and improvement of Infrastructure-Power, Road, Telecommunication, Harbors, Jetties

Institutional Structure to be strengthened- formation of National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and National Emergency Response Force (NERF)

Strengthening emergency communication network

Tsunami Warning System to be set up.

Central Law on Disaster management

Task AheadTask Ahead

HELPING NEIGHBOURSHELPING NEIGHBOURS

Assistance being provided to Sri Lanka , Maldives and

Indonesia for Relief Operations

RESOURCES DEPLOYED7 x IN/CG SHIPS.

3 x SHIP-BORNE HPTRS.

6 x Mi- 8/17 MED LIFT HPTRS.

1 x DORNIER.

1 x ISLANDER.

6 x MEDICAL TEAMS.

INDIAN ARMED FORCES ASSISTANCE TO SRILANKA : “OP RAINBOW”

-7 SHIPS DEPLOYED-20 AIRCRAFT SORTIES -210 TONS STORES FERRIED-HARBOUR SURVEY GALLE, TRINCO AND COLOMBO

-26 DEC-NAVAL MEDICAL TEAM -01 JAN-ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL-40 BED HOSPITAL SHIP-6 MEDICAL CAMPS

INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR-GENSETS, PUMPS, LOAD MOVING EQPT, CLEARINGDRINKING WATER WELL

-210 TONS OF RELIEF STORESTO VARIOUSLOCATIONS -ADNL 200 TONS, 220 SORTIES OF RELIEF DISTRIB.

A CHILD BEING TREATED AT THE INDIAN NAVAL MEDICAL RELIEF CAMP AT BATAPOLA, SRI LANKA

RESOURCES DEPLOYED3 x IN SHIPS.

1 x CG SHIP.

3 x SHIP-BORNE HPTRS.

1 x DORNIER.

2 x AVROS.

4 x MEDICAL TEAMS.

INDIAN ARMED FORCES ASSISTANCE TO MALDIVES : OP “CASTOR”

INDIAN ARMED FORCES MEDICAL RELIEF CAMP AT MALDIVES

MARITIME COORDINATION CENTRE ESTABLISHED• 30 TONS OF RELIEF SUPPLIED BY AIR • 30 TONS SUPPLIED BY SEA• ADDITIONAL 200 TONS DISTRIB BY SHIPS• 70 HELICOPTER SORTIES, ADDN 20 TONS DISTRIB TO OUTLYING ISLANDS• 4 MEDICAL CAMPS, 1000 PERSONS TREATED• 15 MEDICAL CASUALTIES EVACUATED• DIVING ASSISTANCE• POWER SUPPLY OPERATIONALISED IN 7 ISLANDS

INDIAN ARMED FORCES ASSISTANCE TO INDONESIA : OP “GAMBHIR”

-1 HOSPITAL SHIP-40 TONS OF RELIEF-3 TONS MEDICAL STORES

INDIRA POINT

90 NM

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