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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)
Name of Islands.
CRPF
CISF
BSF
ITBP
Total
Car Nicobar
--
63
--
51
114
Katchal
254
254
Campbell Bay
150
--
--
--
150
Port Blair
699
16
123
237
1075
Hut Bay
144
144
Grand Total
849
223
377
288
1737
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
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