DHA-GENEVA 93/0276
BANGLADESH - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
27 JULY 1993

SITUATION

1. EXCESSIVE MONSOON RAINS ALL OVER COUNTRY FOR LAST WEEK, COUPLED WITH ONRUSH OF WATER FROM UPSTREAM INDIAN RIVERS, HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS DETERIORATION OF FLOOD SITUATION IN BANGLADESH.

2. OF A TOTAL 30 DISTRICTS HIT BY FLOODS, WORST-AFFECTED AREAS ARE NORTHEASTERN DISTRICTS OF MEGHNA RIVER BASIN AND SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF SOUTHEASTERN HILL BASIN. NUMEROUS AREAS ON RIGHT BANK OF BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN HAVE ALSO BEEN ENGULFED BY FLOODWATERS. WATER LEVEL AT GANGES BASIN HAS CONTINUED TO RISE AND EXCEED DANGER LEVEL AT VARIOUS POINTS.

3. IN TERMS OF AFFECTED POPULATION, WORST-HIT DISTRICTS ARE SYLHET, BRAHMANBARIA, HOBIGANJ, MOULVI BAZAR, SUNAMGANJ, COX'S BAZAR, FENI, COMILLA, PABNA AND SIRAJGANJ.

4. WITH REDUCED RAINFALL SINCE MONDAY, 26 JULY, FLOODWATERS ARE STARTING TO RECEDE IN SOME AFFECTED AREAS.

IMPACT

5. LATEST DAMAGE REPORT FORM DISASTER MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF MINISTRY OF RELIEF (PUBLISHED 27 JULY 93) INDICATES:

- NO. OF CONFIRMED DEATHS: 109
- POPULATION AFFECTED: 6,244,220 (APPROX. 12 PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION IN AFFECTED DISTRICTS)
- HOUSES DAMAGED: 433,571
- LIVESTOCK KILLED: 18,474
- CROPS DAMAGED: 795,733 ACRES
- ROADS DAMAGED: 12,072 KMS
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DAMAGED: 2,132
- NO. OF BRIDGES/CULVERTS DAMAGED: 1,413
- EMBANKMENTS DAMAGED: 838 KMS

NATIONAL RESPONSE

6. ON 26 JULY, PRIME MINISTER CONVENED EMERGENCY MEETING OF CABINET TO REVIEW OVERALL FLOOD SITUATION AND INSTRUCTED MINISTRY OF RELIEF TO FURTHER INTENSIFY RELIEF OPERATIONS. OTHER MINISTRIES CONCERNED WILL START IMMEDIATE PLANNING FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAMME. ASSISTANCE APPROVED THROUGH MINISTRY OF RELIEF INCLUDES: 11,720 MT CEREALS, CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS, CLOTHING AND CASH. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEGUN IMPLEMENTING RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN AFFECTED AREAS.

7. TO DATE, GOVT HAS NOT APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. HOWEVER, SPONTANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INTERESTED DONORS WOULD BE WELCOME.

8. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE MONITORING SITUATION IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH GOVT. NEXT MEETING OF UN DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM SCHEDULED FOR 29 JULY 93.

9. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.

10. CONTRIBUTIONS

GOVERNMENTS		US DLRS
UNITED KINGOM	CASH	74,184

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA

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DHA-GENEVA 93/0289

BANGLADESH - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
30 JULY 1993

SITUATION

1. CONDITIONS IMPROVING, BUT MORE FLASH FLOODS ANTICIPATED FIRST HALF AUGUST IN MEGHNA BASIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HILLY BASIN. HEAVIER THAN USUAL RAINFALL EXPECTED ALL OVER NORTHWESTERN REGION, PARTICULARLY GANGES BASIN, WHERE THERE COULD BE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN USUAL FLOOD AT END AUGUST/ BEGINNING SEPTEMBER.

IMPACT

2. LATEST DAMAGE REPORT FROM DISASTER MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF MINISTRY OF RELIEF (PUBLISHED 29 JULY 93) INDICATES:

- NO. OF CONFIRMED DEATHS: 157
- POPULATION AFFECTED: 8,990,199 (APPROX. 17 PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION IN AFFECTED DISTRICTS)
- HOUSES DAMAGED: 649,930
- LIVESTOCK KILLED: 20,247
- CROPS DAMAGED: 815,178 ACRES
- ROADS DAMAGED: 13,745 KM
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DAMAGED: 2,358
- NO. OF BRIDGES/CULVERTS DAMAGED: 1,706
- EMBANKMENTS DAMAGED: 956 KM

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

3. U.N. DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM, CHAIRED BY UNDP/DHA REPRESENTATIVE, CONTINUES TO ASSIST GOVT. RELIEF DISTRIBUTION ALSO CONTINUING. COUNTRY'S OVERALL FOOD STOCK SITUATION IS GOOD. AS YET THERE HAS BEEN NO MAJOR OUTBREAK OF DIARRHOEAL DISEASE. SO FAR, 5,660 DIARRHOEAL CASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WITH 38 DEATHS (INCLUDED IN TOTAL DEATH FIGURE). GOB HAS DEPLOYED 2,330 MEDICAL TEAMS LED BY 950 DOCTORS. OVERALL MEDICINE STOCKS, PARTICULARLY ORS, ARE ADEQUATE. UNICEF ACTIVELY CONSIDERING SUPPLYING WATER-PURIFYING TABLES.

4. CONTIBUTIONS (SINCE INFO. REPORT NO. 1 OF 27 JULY 93)

		US DLRS
NORWAY	CASH FOR LOCAL NGO'S	139,860
UNITED KINGDOM	CASH FOR LOCAL NGO'S	148,370

5. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA

TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917-1234
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917-2010

DESK OFFICER: A. UDO, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-3153
PRESS TO CONTACT
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-2856

TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917-0023
ELECTRONIC MAIL: DIALCOM 141:DHAGVA

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DHA-GENEVA 93/0298

BANGLADESH - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
3 AUGUST 1993

SITUATION

1. FLOOD SITUATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED, PARTICULARLY IN MEGHNA AND SOUTHEASTERN HILL BASINS, WITH FURTHER FALL OF WATER LEVEL. MONSOON WAS LESS ACTIVE ALL OVER COUNTRY DURING LAST 24 HOURS. AT SOME POINTS GANGES AND BRAHMAPUTRA RIVERS STILL FLOWING ABOVE DANGER LEVELS.

IMPACT

2. LATEST DAMAGE REPORT FROM DISASTER MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF MINISTRY OF RELIEF (PUBLISHED 2 AUGUST) INDICATES:

- NO. OF CONFIRMED DEATHS: 162
- POPULATION AFFECTED: 10,373,217 (APPROX. 20 PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION IN AFFECTED DISTRICTS)
- HOUSES DAMAGED: 693,082
- LIVESTOCK KILLED: 29,484
- CROPS DAMAGED: 958,766 ACRES
- ROADS DAMAGED: 14,359 KM
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DAMAGED: 2,664
- NO. OF BRIDGES/CULVERTS DAMAGED: 1,933
- EMBANKMENTS DAMAGED: 1,049 KM

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

3. UN DMT MET 29 JULY AND, UNLESS A NEW EMERGENCY ARISES, WILL MEET AGAIN SECOND HALF AUGUST. MEANWHILE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF MINISTRY OF RELIEF WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE CONSOLIDATED DAILY BULLETIN.

4. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA

TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917-1234
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917-2010

DESK OFFICER: A. UDO, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-3153
PRESS TO CONTACT
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-2856

TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917-0023
ELECTRONIC MAIL: DIALCOM 141:DHAGVA

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