UNDRO 88/1789
INDIA - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
31 AUGUST 1988
SITUATION
1. MONSOON RAINS CAUSED FLOODING OF BRAHMAPUTRA AND GANGES AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES RESULTING IN DISASTER SITUATION IN NORTH EASTERN INDIA. STATES OF UTTAR PRADESH, ASSAM, BIHAR, WEST BENGAL AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH AFFECTED. ACCORDING PRESS REPORTS FLOODING CLAIMED MORE THAN 850 LIVES.
2. IN UTTAR PRADESH ALONE 453 DEATHS OFFICIALLY REPORTED. 12,373 VILLAGES AND 1.7 MILLION HECTARES OF LAND AFFECTED.
3. IN ASSAM, ARMY RESCUED 15,000 PEOPLE FROM FLOOD HIT AREA IN GAUHATI ON 29/30 AUGUST. SURGING BRAHMAPUTRA AND OTHER RIVERS HAVE AFFECTED 5.6 MILLION PEOPLE. ASSAM DEATH TOLL INCREASED TO 46. DISPLACED PEOPLE ACCOMMODATED IN 25 RELIEF CAMPS. ROAD AND RAIL COMMUNICATION COMPLETELY DISRUPTED. MORE THAN HALF OF KHARIF CROP-PLANTED AREA UNDER WATER.
4. IN BIHAR STATE, SWOLLEN GANGES AND KOSI FLOODED 100 VILLAGES WHILE BAGMATI AND ADHWARA RIVERS FLOODED VAST AREAS. SEVERAL THOUSAND MILITARY MOTOR LAUNCHES AND PRIVATE BOATS IN SERVICE TO RESCUE MAROONED PEOPLE.
5. 14 DEATHS REPORTED FROM WEST BENGAL. BALURGHAT AND WEST DINAJPUR CUT OFF.
6. MASSIVE RELIEF OPERATIONS MOBILIZED BY STATE GOVERNMENTS WITH HELP OF TROOPS UNDER WAY.
7. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE RECEIVED SO FAR.
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UNDRO 88/1875
INDIA - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
7 SEPTEMBER 1988
SITUATION
1. ACCORDING LASTEST REPORTS FLOOD SITUATION IN BIHAR AND ASSAM IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY.
2. IN ASSAM, FORTY RELIEF CAMPS CLOSED AS THOUSANDS RETURNED HOME. 10,000 STILL SHELTERED IN GAUHATI CAMPS. DEATH TOLL IN ASSAM MOUNTED TO 100. SURFACE COMMUNICATION REMAINS DISRUPTED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ASSAM. ARMY CONTINUING WITH RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATIONS. MASS INOCULATION PROGRAMME UNDER WAY.
2. IN BIHAR, MAJOR RIVERS RECEDING IN WORST AFFECTED DISTRICTS. HOWEVER, THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS STRANDED AS NATIONAL HIGHWAY BREACHED. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN BEGUSARAI ENDEAVOURING SAVE 2,000 KMS STRETCH OF EMBANKMENT FROM MOUNTING PRESSURE OF BURHI
AND GANDAK RIVER. ACCORDING STATE REHABILITATION AUTHORITIES, 3.53 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED IN 19 DISTRICTS. STANDING CROPS VALUED AT MORE THAN 210 MILLION RUPEES (APPROX. 15.2 MILLION US
DLRS) DESTROYED.
3. IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
4. UNLESS SITUATION DETERIORATES, THIS IS THE LAST UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT ON THIS DISASTER.
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