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Executive Summary
Since August 18, 2024, Tripura has been grappling with relentless rainfall that has triggered severe flooding and landslides across multiple districts, leading to a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale. The disaster has claimed 32 lives, injured three people, and left one person missing. Over 38,000 families, comprising nearly 1,49,087 individuals, have been displaced and are currently residing in 821 relief camps. In response to the flood, relief and response efforts were initiated in Rajasthan by government and humanitarian agencies. The primary focus of these initiatives was to provide immediate assistance and support to the affected population. This included the provision of essential supplies such as food, clean water, medical aid, and temporary shelter for those who had been displaced. As per the guidance of Inter-Agency Coordination Committee, Joint Rapid Needs Assessment (JRNA) was conducted to determine urgent priorities for response and relief efforts.
Sectoral Findings and Urgent Needs
Food Security and Nutrition (FNS) and Livelihood: The floods have caused widespread damage to agricultural crops, food stocks, and livelihoods. The flood’s impact has disrupted food production and supply chains, leading to limited access to nutritious food for the population. As a result, food insecurity and malnutrition risks have been further exacerbated, putting the affected population at greater risk. The floods have not only affected agricultural lands, crops, and livestock, but also businesses, resulting in the loss of livelihoods for farmers and daily wage earners.
Immediate measures are crucial to address food and nutrition challenges and support the revival of livelihoods. As most of the affected population does not have access to cooking utensils, and markets are also not functioning in many areas, there is an immediate need to provide cooked food, and utensils and cooking kits. Efforts should focus on restoring agricultural activities, market infrastructure and supply chains, for reviving economic activities and enhancing selfsufficiency. This includes providing farmers with seeds, tools, and fertilizers to restart agricultural activities, along with financial assistance and training to recover their losses. Facilitating access to schemes such as MGNREGA, Agriculture/ livelihood related schemes under NRLM and SRLM etc., TPDS, PM- Poshan and other state specific social protection schemes.