Sharing Preparedness Measures on Bihar Flood

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Organized by

Bihar Inter Agency Group

Supported by

IDF-Water Aid, UNICEF & CARITAS India

Bihar Inter Agency Group Secretariat: ODRC Office 21/A-1, Patliputra Colony,Patna-800013,

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A Report on

“Sharing Preparedness Measures on Flood Response in Bihar” 2011

Friday, July 15, 11:30 am to 8:00 pm

at Hotel Chanakya,

Patna, Bihar

Workshop on “Sharing Preparedness Measures on Flood Response in Bihar” 2011, inaugurated by Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, Honorable Minister, DDM, GoB at Hotel Chanakya, Patna on 15 July2011

Bihar Inter Agency Group Secretariat, ODRC Office, 21/A-1, Patliputra Colony,Patna-800013 2

LIST OF CONTENTS

1. Background

2. Proceedings of the workshop

3. Government Initiatives on Flood Preparedness and Response

4. NGOs Involvement in Flood Preparedness

5. Press Clipping

6. Key Presentations a. Annexure 1

b. Annexure 2

c. Annexure-3

(Note: Presentations would be provided on request)

7. List of Participants

8. Workshop Schedule

9. Invitation Letter

Prepared by: Bihar IAG Team :

Mr. Jeevan Kumar, Documentation Coordinator,

Ms. Richa Sinha, Intern,B-IAG,

Ms. Aparna Shekhar, Intern, B-IAG,

Ms. Monika, Intern, Bihar IAG

Address: Bihar IAG Secretariat , ODRC, 21/A-1 Patliputra Colony, Patna-13

Tel.-0612-2270399, Fax-0612-2270400

Interns, Bihar IAG


Sharing Preparedness Measures on Flood Response in Bihar” 2011 1. Background:

The varied frequency and the impact of floods pose devastating impacts on resources and capital of the disaster prone areas of the state. Koshi, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Bhagalpur Naugachhiya zone are regularly devastated by flood. In the years 1978, 1987, 1998, 2004 2007 and 2008 Bihar witnessed high magnitudes of flood. The total area affected by floods has also increased during these years. Flood of 2004 demonstrates the severity of flood problem when a vast area of 23490 Sq Km was badly affected by the floods of Bagmati, Kamla & Adhwara groups of rivers causing loss of about 800 human lives, even when Ganga, the master drain was flowing low. North Bihar Important Rivers namely Ghaghra, Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Kosi and Mahananda etc. fall into river Ganga, the master drain flowing from west to east, whereas Bagmati- Adhwara, Kamla-Balan etc. drain into the Ganga through the Kosi. Due to lack of planned initiatives on mitigation and preparedness measures has further increased the vulnerability of the state to the flood. However, with changing scenario and paradigm shift in Disaster Management is being occurred in the state of Bihar, as it has also carried out significant changes in its approach to tackle the issue more effectively and efficiently.

In view of it and to review the progress being done on flood preparedness by involved stakeholders a workshop on the theme “Sharing Preparedness Measures on Flood Response in Bihar” 2011 has been organized by Bihar Inter Agency Group on Friday, July 15, 11:30 am to 8:00 pm at Hotel Chanakya, Buddha Marg, Patna, Bihar. The workshop was aimed to sharing the preparedness activities being carried out from Government and Non-Government Organizations. The basic idea was to build a synergy among BIAG members and Department of Disaster Management, Government of Bihar for flood preparedness in Bihar. The workshop was organised by Bihar Inter Agency Group with special support from IDF-Water Aid, UNICEF and CARITAS India.

Blue Book on Disaster Management : Launched by Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha,Honorable Minister, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar

Honorable Minister, DDM, GoB, Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha

launched the Blue Book on Disaster Management in Bihar

with Mr. S.K.Dwivedi, P.O. Water Aid, Lucknow ,

Honorable Minister launched a “Blue Book” on Disaster Management in Bihar developed by a team of disaster practitioners with the support of IDF-WATER AID. The Blue Book encompasses the essential contacts details of Government and Non-Government stakeholders concerned with supporting preparedness measures at different level.


2. Proceeding of the Workshop: Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, Honorable Minister and Sri Vyas Jee Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar were the chief guests of the workshop. The occasion was graced prominent dignitaries who graced the occasion were Mr. Satyanarayan, Joint Secretary, BSDMA, Dr. Madhubala, BSDMA, Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Covenor, Bihar Inter Agency Group, Mr. Mr. Santosh Dwivedi, Programme Officer, Water Aid, Mr. B.B. Sarkar, Emergency Officer, UNICEF, Bihar Field Office, Mr. Manoj Verma, Director, IDF and Mr. Yudhithira Panigrahi, Programme Coordinator-DRR, Save the children, Bihar, S.K. Pati, Save the Children, Bihar, Mr. P.K. Praveen, Regional Manager, East India, Mr. Sujeet Ranjan, State Director, CARE-Bihar, Mr. Girish Peter, State Officer, CARITAS India, Bihar, Mr. Tusar Kanti Das, State Manager, Plan India, Bihar, Mr. Subhasis Roy, Programme Manager, LWR and Mr. K. Prem Kumar, P.O. World Vision, Bihar etc. . Apart from them more than 70 representatives from Government Department, non-government organizations from various districts of Bihar, representatives from academic institutions, grassroots disaster management practitioners including media personals participated in the workshop.

Executive Summary

On 15th July, 2011, B-IAG conducted a one day pre-monsoon workshop on the Sharing Preparedness Measures on Flood Response in Bihar-2011. We all are aware of the destruction caused by the flood, especially in flood prone areas like Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, East Champaran,West Champaran, Araria, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, etc. So, it was good to learn that the organizations were mainly focusing in the area of public awareness, water and sanitation facilities, providing rescue kit, availability of potable drinking water, grain banks etc. which are necessary measures to be taken before, during and after the flood. Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, Honorable Minister, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar inaugurated the workshop and emphasized on the need not only focus on Disaster like flood but also natural calamities like earthquake, drought and fire etc. She showed her deep concern about the people who have left out in availing the preparedness benefits due to lack of awareness among them. Sri Vyas ji, Principle Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, conversed about the ways of developing the synergy between Governmental and Non-governmental organization on disaster management and preparedness measures.

Major outcomes of the workshop:

• Developing synergy between Govt. and Non-Government organisation/UN/INGOs to avoid the duplication of efforts in interventions.

• Bihar IAG should do micro assessment in Kosi region in the high flood risk areas.

• Sharing of data and informations on the flood preparedness level between and non-government organizations.

• Emphasis should be given on awareness generation through mock drills, community mobilization, search and rescue training etc.

• Interventions must focus on providing basic relief and response measures like boats, hand pumps, food items, shelter, medicines etc.

• Strengthening of Early Warning System and Information Centers.

• Developing the teams of trained volunteers on flood response.


Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, B-IAG, talking about the inaugural session deliberations came out with some of the important points that should be kept in mind for developing the preparedness plan. The priority was given to the early warning system, information centers, availability of basic provisions like boats, hand-pumps, food, shelter, medicines, etc. A big force of volunteers has indeed been developed through this.

He also suggested that there should be a detailed discussion on preparedness measures in all the areas and the contact information should be made available. He also informed that 100 boats are proposed to be made available. Development Committees should be set up on a large scale awareness programmes and awareness workshops should often be held. Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, B-IAG invited Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, Honorable Minister, Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar to speak a few words and enlightened the audience with her thoughts and suggestions.

3. Government initiatives on Flood Preparedness Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, Honorable Minister, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar inaugurated the workshop. She recalled about the severity of Kosi flood 2008, showed her deep concern about those people who have suffered due to lack of

awareness on disaster preparedness. She also talked about imparting the preparedness messages through mock drills and related awareness programmes. She articulated about one of the very profound ideas to not only focus on Disaster like flood but also natural calamities like earthquakes, drought and fire, etc. and there should also be a preparedness plan for such situations. Another vivid suggestion was to focus on the use of Hindi language in verbal and written communications as well, so that the informations, ideas and suggestions reach to the people working at the village levels too. A lot

of awareness programmes must be planned for a better result. She emphasized the need of sustained coordination between the Government and NGOs. She appreciated Bihar IAG for the preparedness efforts being done in various flood prone areas of the state. Further, she acquainted that the 21 Crisis Management Group (CMG) have been constituted by the State Government for providing needful response during the disasters. She also talked about the relief incentives being provided by the State Government to flood affected people.

Lt o R: Honorable Minister, DDM, GoB, Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, , Mr. S.K.Dwivedi, P.O. Water Aid, Lucknow and Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, Bihar IAG

Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, Bihar IAG


The second session was dealt on the preparedness status from the Government for promoting the unified flood response strategy. The second session started in the gracious presence of Sri Vyas ji, Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar, had a short round of introduction of grassroots workers came from various districts of the state. Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, Bihar Inter Agency Group briefed about the first session activities and deliberations. Sri Vyas ji, started his deliberation with the emphasis on building synergy between Government and Non-Government Organization for responding the flood in appropriate manner. He assured that in this way we could avoid the duplication of efforts in terms of preparedness. He acknowledged that we are ready for tackling the flood situation and we must welcome the monsoons because that would be a boon for the farmers. Focusing on the Kosi embankment at Beerpur, Supaul, he said that if it breaks, the flow would hit areas like Supaul, Madhepura, Saharsa, etc. He ensured that we have prepared to deal with the situation and recommended that the preparedness plan of Bihar IAG should be developed keeping in view of the existing situations. Since the destruction caused can be intense, to avoid the disastrous consequences, we need to focus on multi-sectoral issues arises during the flood. Needs of vulnerable groups should be taken care of as a priority and planning should be done accordingly. Mr. Amar, Secretary, SSEVK, East Champaran articulated that there are various other small rivers, embankments, etc are also being affected by the flood. Here, Sri Vyas ji expressed that 8-10 hours of rain would definitely not result in flood. It would in fact be a boon, especially in the areas of East Champaran , as it is the famous land of rice cultivation. According to the information, the level of water in Bihar is falling rapidly and therefore only the genuine problems should be given the priority. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Jagaran Kalyan Bharti, Forbesganj, Araria , informed that areas like Araria and Purnea might be affected badly by flood. Sri Vyas ji responded that the preparedness measures have already been taken, as I said earlier. He also emphasized that priority should be given to those areas that have a greater possibility of flood due to the breakage of the embankments. Mr. Babul Prasad, Chairman, IDF, Patna raised the issue on the availability of drinking water, medicines and toilet facilities etc. during emergencies. Sri Vyas ji replied that the facility of mobile aid will start in June end. The mobile aid team has great importance not only in health camps but also in many other contexts. Health Department informed us that at every region a mobile aid medical team with medicine facility would be available to fulfill the immediate requirement of the people in need. It is more important to provide these facilities to the affected people and keeping the drinking water fresh by use of halogen and chlorine tablets.

Sri Vyas jee, Principal Secretary, DDM, GoB interacted with grassroots Disaster Management Practitioners from UN agencies/NGOs/ CBOs


Involvement of NGOs in Flood Preparedness

Ms. Soma Sinha, Assistant Coordinator, Bihar IAG started the inaugural session by giving a brief introduction on B-IAG, its functions, roles and responsibilities etc.. She expressed that the basic objectives of the workshop is to assess the updates in preparedness activities being done by the non-government organisations and Government departments. The first session activities dealt about the level of flood preparedness activities being done by non-government orgnaisations and further it would be followed by the joint

assessment. Further, she requested the participants to introduce themselves by giving a brief note on their organization’s preparedness activities being conducted till the day. A series of detailed presentations were given by the member agencies on their preparedness plan 2011. Mr. Santosh Dwivedi Programme Officer, WATER AID, Lucknow, expressed that they have demonstrated the best practices on WASH in 60 villages across 5 districts of Bihar. He drew attention about their experiences while working in flood-prone areas like Saharsa, Madhubani and Sitamarhi etc. He articulated that they shared it with Government authorities for its wider replication, community consultation and general assessment of the flood situation. They have worked on the issues of water and sanitation being faced by the community during floods. The vital components of their interventions include identification and selection of the site by the community, orientation and training of village volunteers, construction of all weather toilets and installation of raised platform hand pumps etc. He expressed that created WASH facilities is being in use under community ownership. Demonstration of WASH, development of emergency preparedness plan in Bihar and Capacity Building of the Govt. officials were the key outcomes of this intervention.

Mr. Banku Bihari Sarkar, Emergency Officer, UNICEF, Bihar field Office, shared the UNICEF emergency preparedness plan 2011. He acquainted that they are ready for immediate response to 20000 population (4000 families) in case of any emergency. He expressed that we are already working in the flood affected areas on rights of women and children, pre-positioning of emergency supplies like sanitation, health and education in the partnership of local NGOs etc. He also talked about UNICEF initiatives like developing

pool of trained volunteers, community level flood preparedness through CBDRR programme. He also shared about UNICEF support being provided for strengthening of Bihar IAG and developing partnership for preparedness and response with Red R India, OXFAM and Save the Children. Mr. Yudhishtira Panigrahi, Programme Coordinator-DRR, Save the Children started his presentation by talking briefly about Save the Children and its perpetual motto of “first to come and last to go”. He spoke that we had started working in 1919 with the focus on protection of women and children in Bihar. They are working to ensure a child friendly spaces equipped with appropriate learning opportunities. . One of the issue that they are focusing on is the education of children even after the occurrence of destruction.


To ensure better preparedness, they are working according to the task force umbrella planned by them. This task force umbrella’s prime goal is to ensure the safety of the

respective village during crisis.He shared the Save the children initiatives like developing child friendly flood safe shelter (CFFSS) in Khagaria, Araria and Madhepura etc. Places for the children/women, disabled children/women have been planned to setup. Almost 130 hand-pumps and small basins will also be made for children to ensue community level unified response.He also requested Minister, Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha Department of Disaster Management, Gov. of Bihar for inauguration of flood shelters developed by Save the Children. Mr. Girish Peter, State Manager, CARITAS India, Bihar articulated that CARITAS is working with 5 partner organizations in flood prone areas of Bihar. Emergency response support team has been setup comprising 2 members from each of the member organisation. The team has been trained on emergency assessment and response. CARITAS and CRS have 3800 NFI kits, 4 boats positioned at flood prone districts.

Mr. Tushar Kanti Das, State Manager, Plan India expressed that Plan India is being involved in providing the relief and rescue training of volunteers at community level at the focal districts of the organisation. Ms. Annie Mishra, DPO, CARE gave updates about the operational areas and resources allocation during the flood. She also informed that CARE-Bihar also have stocks of prepositioning materials for flood response.

Mr. K. Prem Kumar, World Vision, Bihar expressed that world vision has been working in districts like Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Ara, Nawada, Jamuai etc. World Vision formed Child protection clubs, disaster management plans under its CBDP programme.

Ms. Beenita Prasad, Red Cross Society, Patna gave a brief introduction on the Red Cross Society and notified that they are working at district, block and the village levels and a State Disaster Response team has also been set

up to ensure a systematic and resourceful flood preparedness outcome. Ms. Vandana Singh, Red Cross Society, Patna spoke that they have established information communication network which are responsible for disseminating the messages on flood situation promptly to people in need during the emergencies.

Honorable Minister, DDM, GoB, Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha observed the flood preparedness materials developed by IDF-Water Aid


Mr. Julious Amit, IDF, Patna have stated that they had started working with the support of Water Aid since 2007 on disaster preparedness in Samastipur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Madhubani districts etc. He expressed that they have been working in more than 25 villages focusing on water sanitation and providing emergency kits, which comprises of basic relief materials like life jackets, medicines, food, etc. They are also involved in providing raised toilets, hand pumps and water tanks too.

Mr. Vishal Vaswani, Consultant, Department of Disaster Management, talked about Bihar State Disaster Management initiatives on awareness generation

and also mentioned about organising Chetna Rath in flood prone districts, He also talked about BSDMA involvement in promotion of Disaster Research in the state.

Mr. Naveen Kumar Rai, from Bal Mahila Kalyan, Katihar expressed about their involvement in creating awareness for flood preparedness through organizing meeting of kisan clubs, youth clubs and provided training on disaster preparedness specifically for the highly susceptible areas.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Jagaran Kalyan Bharti, Forbesganj, Araria expressed that they have formed a team of volunteers by involving about 54 non-government organisations of the area, who will be responsible for response actions as and when flood occurs. Mr. Pradeep Priyadarshi , Pragati Gramin Vikas Samiti, Patna

acquainted that since 2007, they have been working on the flood prone areas like Madhepura and Supaul etc . He informed that they have formed a Disaster Preparedness Samiti at village level in East Champaran, West Champaran and Muzaffarpur and also established Apada Sahayata Kendra in these areas. They have also setup information centers for providing latest informations on flood situation.

Munish Om Prakash Singh, KGVS, Araria informed that they have setup a co-ordination committee by involving the local NGOs for creating awareness on flood preparedness. Mr. Pankaj, JPSK, Bettiah informed that they are involved in developing stocks storage (umbrella, medicines, grains, etc.) and informations updates tools on the water level rise - fall and its

proper communication among the nearby people.

Mr. Ramesh Pankaj from MDA, Muzaffarpur expressed that since last 5 years, they have been making efforts in creating awareness for a preparedness and response in Katra block during flood. He also informed that we have grain banks, facilities for women care and having a better and regular communication within the District and State Government.

Mr. Kaushal Kishore, SPKGS, Khagaria informed about the preparedness initiatives taken by them, which include the setting up of disaster management committees at panchayat level which will be responsible for providing training on preparedness among the vulnerable groups.


Mr. Paras Nath Singh, CARD, Samastipur, reported that they are involved with various NGOs and are working with 40 villages with special emphasis on community mobilization. A committee is being set up focusing mainly on the early warning system, processes and procedures. A flood information resource center has also been set up in many villages; these are act as sites for collecting the information updates and its dissemination to the concerned stakeholders. They have also identifies the shelter points for storage of flood

relief materials in the identified villages. Mr. Digamber Mandal, SCK, Madhubani acquainted that with the assistance of UNICEF, disaster management committees have been setup in almost 25 villages of Madhepur block of Madhubani district. The disaster management plans have been prepared at village level. He also expressed that their preparedness have been done at three levels viz. organisation, family and community.

Mr. Amar, SSEVK, East Champaran expressed that as we all know that both East and West Champaran hit badly this year due to heavy downpour. He recalled about the recent flood taken place at Yogapatti, Nautan and Barria blocks of the West Champaran and Ramgarhwa in Banjari block of East Champaran . He acquainted that response was definitely being taken but it was at the local level and people were regularly seeking for government response.

further,he spoke that disaster management committees have been set up to provide the relief and rescue to the people in need. As compared to the earlier situations, 4 to 5 boats have been made available. The basic necessities like, food and shelter has been put on the uplands (Machan) for the storage of relief materials and temporary shelters have also been setup for the animals. He informed that a meeting to review the preparedness actions will be held on 28 July and further action plan will be chalked out. Mr. Y.K. Gautam, JJS, Patna updated about the volunteers training and ensure their availability in 12 village of Madhepura district.

Mr. Kapileshwar Ram, PGVS, Patna expressed that they have experience of drought preparedness at places like Arwal, Gaya, Jehanabad Nawada, and also having the experience of flood preparedness in Saharsa and Supaul districts through involvement a network of various organizations . Mr. Girdhari Ram, VMV, Bettiah talked about the organisation

initiatives on relief and rehabilitation and volunteers training. Mr. Satyendra Prasad, Navjagriti, Saran informed that Navjagriti has been working in 83 villages of Khagaria, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Saran districts on flood and water logging issues. DRR committees have been setup, preparedness materials and rescue kits have been prepositioned in these villages. All these villages have the grain banks facility to fulfill the needs of villagers during the extreme situations.

Ms. Lajwanti Jha, MBJS, Saharsa informed that MBJS has worked out for checking up of raised land spaces that have been used for relief materials storage, shelter spaces etc.


Mr. Rajan Kumar, Vikas Sarthi, Gopalganj, spoke that they have been working with the team of 15 member orgnaisations for ensuring the response during the flood. Grain Banks have also been setup at some locations. Mr. Koushelendra Kumar, BGJS, Begusarai spoke that volunteers training is being done at some places.

Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, Adithi, Patna spoke that they are associated with OXFAM and CARE and their interventions are focused on flood affected areas like Saharsa, Sitamarhi etc. Their main focus is on providing safe drinking water, hand pumps and boats. Grain banks have also been setup and work is being done on functioning of water purification units at some places.

Mr. Ramchandra Roy, BGVPS, Sitamarhi, stated that BGVPS has been working in Sitamarhi, Supaul, Sheohar districts on flood preparedness. Disaster management committees have been formed in 9 villages.

Mr. Ramesh Kumar GPSVS, Madhubani, spoke that they have been working in Madhubani and Supaul districts under the CBDP and CBDRR programme. Ms. Suman Singh, Sakhi, Madhubani, articulated that they have been working in 25 villages of Andharathani block of Madhubani district and 20 villages of Triveniganj block of Supaul district.

Volunteers have been trained in these villages; they have 20 boats and one motorboat and they are ready to deal with flood situation at least for 15 days on by own. Ms. Aparna Shekhar, an intern of B-IAG, gave a summary on the inaugural session. She spoke about the preparedness measures that are being taken by Bihar IAG members working at the state, district as well as block levels. Members were from Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Supaul, Saharsa, Madhubani, Madhepura, Araria, etc.

Lto R: Ms. Aparna Shekhar, intern of B-IAG and Key dignitaries on dais


Mr. Manoj K. Verma, Director, IDF, Patna expressed his cordial thanks to all the members of Bihar Inter Agency Group for their meticulous efforts for organizing the workshop. He specially expressed his thanks to Honorable Minister Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar, and Sri Vyas Jee, Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar for their valuable inputs and suggestions in the entire day of discussion. He appreciated the continued efforts of Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Convenor, Bihar Inter Agency Group, Mr. Banku Bihari Sarkar, Emergency Officer, UNICEF, Mr. Santosh Dwivedi, Programme Officer, Water Aid in planning, designing and brought the members of various orgnaisations on a common platform to share their activities on flood preparedness. He also thanked to all the participant orgnaisations for sharing their valuable inputs and suggestion.

Sri Satya Narayan, Joint Secretary, BSDMA and other participants from Government Departments and NGOs


5. Press Clipping


Annex-3: Preparedness for Unexpected 2011: Mr. Yudhisthira Panigrahi, Programme Coordinator-DRR, Save the Children, Bihar

6. Presentations

Annex-1: Addressing WASH Challenges in Flood Prone Villages in Five Districts of Bihar: Mr. Santosh Kumar Dwivedi, Programme Officer, Water Aid

Annex-2: Emergency Preparedness 2011: Mr. B.B. Sarkar, Emergency Officer, UNICEF, Bihar Field Office

Honorable Minister, Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha, DDM, GoB, during an interaction with the participants

Sr. No.

Name Organisation / Department

1 Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha Honorable Minister, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar

2 Sri Vyas Jee Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Bihar

3 Sri Satya Narayan Additional Secretary, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)

4 Dr. Madhubala Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)

5 Girish Peter State Officer, CARITAS India

6 Santosh Kumar Dwivedi Programme Officer, Water Aid, Regional Office, Lucknow

7 Tusar Kanti Das State Manager, Plan India, Bihar

8 Babul Prasad Chairman, IDF, Patna

9 Manoj Kumar Verma Director, IDF, Patna

10 B.B. Sarkar Emergency Officer, UNICEF

11 P.K. Praveen Regional Manager, OXFAM, East India

12 Yudhithira Panigrahi Programme Coordinator, Save the Children

13 S.K. Pati Save the Children

14 Subhashis Roy Programme Manager, Lowethern World Relief

15 Sujeet Ranjan Director, CARE, Bihar

16 Annie DPO, CARE, Bihar

17 Abhinav Kumar Project Officer, CARE, Bihar

18 K. Prem Kumar World Vision, Bihar

19 Bin Chako World Vision, Bihar

20 Kapileshwar Ram PGVS/DAM, Patna

21 Wasi Alam PC, DRR Project

22 Digvijay Kumar Helpage India, Patna

23 Paras Nath Singh CARD, Samastipur

24 Koushal Kishore SPGS, Katghara, Khagaria

25 Digamber Mandal SCK, Madhubani

26 Satyendra Prasad Navjagriti, Saran

27 Ranjan Kumar Vikas Sarthi, Gopalganj

7.List of Participants


Sr. No.

Name Organisation / Department

28 Suman Singh Sakhi, Bihar

29 Sanjay Kumar Jagran Kalyan Bharti, Forbesganj

30 Bineeta Prasad IRCS, Bihar

31 Vandana Singh IRCS, Bihar

32 Pradeep Priyadarshi PGVS, Patna

33 Dr. Sandeep Programme Director, CDM, Nidan

34 Ranvijay Nidan, Patna

35 Amit Kumar Singh Nidan, Patna

36 Shakeel CHARM, Patna

37 Aman Suhail CHARM, Patna

38 S. Javed BSDMA,Patna

39 Ghanshyam Kumar BSDMA, Patna

40 Vishal Vasvani BSDMA, Patna

41 Dinesh Kumar BSMDA, Patna

42 Shreeshankar BSDMA, Patna

43 Anup Kumar BSDMA, Patna

44 A.N. Verma BSDMA, Patna

45 Ramesh Pankaj MDA, Muzaffarpur

46 Pankaj SSEVK, Bettiah

47 Girdhari Ram VMV, Bettiah

48 Munish Om Prakash Singh KGVS, Araria

49 Julious Amit IDF, Patna

50 Nivedita IDF, Patna

51 Ramsundar Misra IDF, Patna

52 Mahesh Kumar IDF, Patna

53 Brajesh Kumar VISHWAS(IDF), Patna

54 Lajwanti Jha MBJS,Saharsa

55 G.P. Singh Adithi

56 Naveen K. Roy BMK ,Katihar

57 Amar SSEVK, West Champaran

58 Ramesh Kumar GPSVS, Madhubani

59 Y.K. Gautam JJSS, Patna

60 Ram Shankar Sharma GSS, Jehanabad

61 Ram Chandra Rai

BGVPS, Sitamarhi


62 Koushelendra Kumar BGJAS, Begusarai

63 Tannu Saakshie BAPEPS, Patna

64 Alok Chaterjee Hindustan Times, Patna

65 Ramvinay Singh BGVP, Sitamarhi

66 Sanjay Pandey Convenor, Bihar IAG

67 Jeevan Kumar Bihar IAG

68 Soma Sinha Bihar IAG

69 Richa Sinha Bihar IAG

70 Monika Bihar IAG

71 Aparna Shekhar Bihar IAG

72 Bhardwaz Gagan ODRC, Patna

73 Ashok ODRC, Patna

8. Workshop Schedule Pre Monsoon Preparedness Meeting

Date: July 15th, 2011, Venue: Durbar Hall, Chanakya Hotel

Session-1 Timing: 11.30 am to 4pm

S. No. Timing Particular Speakers Duration

1. 11:30 am to 12:00

pm

Registration 30 min

2. 12:00 pm to 1.00 pm Technical Session: Discussion on

Inventory of resources/INGOs /UN

Agencies in case of Emergency

1 hr.

3. 1:00 pm to 2:00pm LUNCH 1 hr

4. 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm Inaugural Session • Sanjay Pandey

- Convener, B-IAG

• Dr. Renu Kumari Kushwaha

- Hon’ble Minister,

Department of Disaster

Management, Govt of

Bihar

15 min

15min

15 min

5. 2:45 pm to 3:55pm Sharing of Preparedness by member

agencies

• WATER AID

• UNICEF

• Save The Children

30 min

20 min

20 min

6. 4:00 pm to 4: 30 pm Tea Break 30 min

Session-2 Timing: 4:30pm to 8 pm

S.

No.

Timings Particular Speakers Duration

1. 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm Discussion on Early

warning System

30 min

2 5:00 pm to

5:45 pm

Address by Sri Vyas Ji, IAS

Principle Secretary, Deptt. of

Disaster Management, Govt. of

Bihar

45 min

3 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm Support / Involvement

of Govt. in Joint

Assessment in

emergencies

Delegate from Dept of Disaster

Management

30 min

4 5:45 pm to 6:15 pm How INGOs /UN

Agencies can be

involved in the

strengthening of State

Disaster Management

Authority

Delegate from BSDMA 30 min

5 6:15 pm to

7:45 pm

Brief on SOP of

Government of Bihar

30 min

6 7:45 pm to

8:00 pm

Open Question and

Answer Session

15 min


9. Invitation Letter

Sharing Preparedness Measures on Bihar Flood

Education

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