GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

EXTENDS

A WARM WELCOME

TO

(President CLI9&0%i

ON

HIS VISIT TO CUDDALORE, TAMIL NADU.

1st December 2006

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TSUNAMI 2004

• Unprecedented

• Sudden

• No Response Time

• Vulnerable Populations

• Holiday - The Day afterChristmas

Affected Districts

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Cuddalore

Chennai

Kancheepuram

Tiruvallur

Villupuram

Tiruvarur

Thanjavur

Thoothukudi

Tirunelveli

Ramanathapuram

Pudukottai

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Impact of Tsunami - at a glance

Districts affected 13

Villages / hamlets affected 238/418

Lives lost 7995

Children orphaned by tsunami 223

Children who lost one of their parents 1495

Persons missing 846

Injured persons 3500

Houses damaged 118,000 Families

People evacuated 0.49 Million

Population affected

Cattle loss

1.078 Million

16082

Fishing vessels damaged / lost 51078

Number of families whose livelihood

was affected

0.3 mn

Assessment of damages toinfrastructure including housing

Agricultural lands damaged

Roads damaged

Power lines damaged

$1.2 billion

8800 ha

455 kms

608 kms

Damaged ports/fish landing centers 12

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MISSION STATEMENT

TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND LONG TERMREHABILITATION; TO CONVERT THE TRAUMATICCHALLENGE INTO AN OPPORTUNITY AND CREATEENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY AND SAFE HABITATIONSAND LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS WITH SPECIFIC FOCUSON THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE VULNERABLESECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY ESPECIALLY WOMEN;TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THECOMMUNITY TO FACE DISASTERS IN THE FUTUREAND TO OBTAIN SUSTAINABLE AND LASTINGOUTCOMES BY FORGING STRONG PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

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Tactical Response to the Disaster

• Provision of immediate relief - Food,clothing, vessels, first aid, medical care,clean water, sanitized burial of dead.

• Sustenance packageslivelihood loss.

to offset

Release of money for repair of homes,boats and implements.

Restoration of power and other utilities.

Desalination and other solutions toprovide clean drinking water.

Encouraging children to go back toschool and fishers to go back to sea aspart of overcoming trauma.

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STRATEGIC INTENT

RECONSTRUCT DAMAGED ANDVULNERABLE HOUSES USINGDISASTER RESISTANT

FEATURES

UNDERTAKE VULNERABILITYMAPPING TO BETTER LOCATE

THE NEW HABITATIONS

CREATE NEW SUSTAINABLE

LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS INHARMONY WITH ENVIRONMENT

FORM SELF HELP GROUPSESPECIALLY FOR THE WEAKERSECTIONS LIKE WOMEN TOEMPOWER THEM

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STRATEGIC INTENT

• BUILD CAPACITY OF COASTAL

COMMUNITIES TO COPE MORE

EFFECTIVELY WITH

DISASTERS.

• RESTORE COASTAL ECOLOGY.

• PROVIDE GOOD PHYSICAL

INFRASTRUCTURE

ADDRESS PSYCOLOGICAL

TRAUMA AND EDUCATION

NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN

A BETTER FUTURE.

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Relief and Response• Financial, manpower and material resources mobilised

to function under the focused leadership of DistrictCollectors.

Immediate relief of Rs. 100,000/- from Chief Minister'sPublic Relief Fund and Rs. 100,000/- from PrimeMinister's National Relief Fund disbursed to the next ofkin of the dead persons.

• Immediate relief given for repair of houses, livelihoodexpenses and sustenance packages till May 2005.

• Medical, water supply and sanitation, power and otherutilities brought back to normalcy in the first week.

• Special packages for farmers, students, orphanedchildren, widows, physically challenged, small andmedium businessmen and other infrastructure items.

• Special packages for fishermen, psycho-social supportwhere necessary.

• Government assistance for all immediate relief,rehabilitation and infrastructure items amounted toRs.11 billion (US $0.2 billion).

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Reconstruction MeasuresApart from 33000 temporary shelters, 250 schools, 5 hospitals, 150 child welfarecenters, 120 cyclone shelters, 2700 ha of mangrove and shelterbelt plantations andessential infrastructure like roads have been reconstructed/restored.

Reconstruction of damaged houses:- Government laid the frame work for a public private partnership involving more than 500 NGOs /

Companies within two weeks after tsunami

Key features :> Land given by Government - Each core house

to have 325 sq.ft. incorporating multi hazard resistantfeatures at a cost of Rs.150,000/-.

> Each habitation to have broad streets, water supply,street lights, sanitation, community centres,access roads, etc.

> Ownership in the joint name of wife and husband.

> New houses to be insured for 10 years against 14different hazards.

> Vacated housing area reserved for common use.

> Technical specifications, model designs, draft formatof MOU and evaluation criteria for NGOs finalized

by Government.

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Present stage of construction of Houses

Taken up .. 54,087

Completed (up to 15.11.2006) .. 16,514

Expected to be ready

by 31.03.2007 .. 30,806

(except multi storeyed tenements in and around Chennai,the balance houses would be ready by June-July 2007).

• Repaired .. 11,662

• In addition, 2817 houses taken up for Irulas(marginalised families) and for families closeto sea.

Land measuring 590 Ha. acquired through avoluntary negotiation process with land owners.

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LIVELIHOODThe main aim of livelihood activities is to provide additional sources of income tovulnerable families, upgrade their skills in producing and marketing products andpromote new activities sustainable in the long run.

• Sectors affected:

- Fisheries, Agriculture, Horticulture,small business, service sectors

• Strategies adopted:Formation of Self Help Groups - eachgroup about 15 members

- Groups formed with NGOs support andsensitization on group dynamics.

- Initial training given on working capital,accounts, basics of market survey andmarket concepts, risk mitigation.

- Marketing: Linking up with potentialbuyers, industrial units and serviceproviders.

- Financial arrangements: Grant fromGovernment and Asian DevelopmentBank assisted schemes for revolvingfund to cover immediate expenses andhome needs.

- Skill Training for livelihood activitiesnumbering more than 200.

Economic assistance with Bank linkage,interest subsidy, direct grants tophysically challenged persons.

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KEY AREAS OF RECONSTRUCTION

Major infrastructure being constructedinclude

- 5 high level bridges,- 775 km of roads,

- 2 ports,

- 11 fishing harbours,

- 7 fish landing centres

- 5000 Ha. of shelter belt plantations,

- 2000 Ha. of mangroves- Preparation of vulnerability maps covering

the entire coast.

- Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan(ICZMP) for sustainable development ofcoastal areas.

- Linking up early warning systems at thehabitation level with automatic fail safewarnings from central locations.

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Sources of Funding

Assistance from Government of India:

Rs.17 billion

- Apart from immediate relief and response, Gol issupporting reconstruction of houses, specialpackages for fishermen, repair andreconstruction of ports and harbours andinfrastructure like roads, bridges and tourismrelated works.

Assistance from UN Organisations:- Key areas - Health, water supply, sanitation,

child care and education, psycho-social support,early warning systems, disaster riskmanagement, District Coordination Centres andTamil Nadu Tsunami Resource Centre.

World Bank: Rs.18 billion

- Housing, fishing harbours, agriculture,horticulture, animal husbandry, mangrove andshelterbelt plantations, river drains and canals,hospitals, public health centres, cyclone sheltersand schools.

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Sources of Funding (contd...)

RESTORED SANKUTHURAI BEACH

Asian Development Bank (ADB):Rs.6.2 billion

- Restoration of livelihoods, roads and bridges,ports and harbours, rural and municipalinfrastructure and strengthening of livelihoodmechanisms through Self Help Groups,replacing of productive assets, skillupgradation, risk mitigation and restoration ofcommon infrastructure for livelihood.

International Fund for AgriculturalDevelopment (IFAD): Rs.1.4 billion

- Community resources management, microand rural finance, micro enterprisedevelopment.

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Measures to improve transparency inRelief & Rehabilitation measures

• Appointment of District Level andVillage Level Monitoring Committees.

• Publication of lists of beneficiaries in

all villages, offices and on thewebsites of the Collectors.

• Efficient Redressal Mechanism - Out

of 0.177 million petitions received,0.174 million disposed.

• Frequent interaction with Media,NGO's, Public representatives.

• Transparent Coordination Centreswith NGO's / Corporates.

NGO. / Govt. Interface

Tremendous help in the relief phase.

516 NGOs were working in the reliefphase and 72 NGOs are still in thefield for housing reconstruction andrehabilitation activities.

Overwhelming response > 18000Temporary Shelters, 31000 Houses,1100 Toilets, 80 Community Centres,225 Schools, 47 Child WelfareCentres, 55 Parks, 5 Hospitals, 100Miscellaneous works.

Govt, gave guidelines on houseconstruction, model MOU, criteria forevaluation - Continuous dialoguewith Civil Society Organisations.

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The Ten Successful Strategies that helped

Focused leadership at political andadministrative levels and constant

monitoring.

Complete decentralization of powers tolocal district officials.

Need based relief activities taken up inadvance, examples being thesustenance packages, packages forfishermen and for orphaned children /adolescent girls.

Streamlining the flow of resources fromall sources.

Effectively leveraging NGOs/CSO andvoluntary resources.

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The Ten Successful Strategies that helped (cont...)

• Strict building standards andsupervisory mechanisms to ensurecompliance

• Participation of the community at everylevel of decision making

• Comprehensive coverage of all sectorstouching every affected family.

• Extensive use of web technology toenable transparency, efficiency andseamless communication.

• Focus on the conservation of coastal

ecology.

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Technology Innovations Adopted

Uniform Building standards - Disasterresistant features covering earthquake,floods, etc.

Steel Boats being made instead ofmechanized wooden boats.

Extensive use of internet for informationdissemination and reporting.

Desalination and other drinking watersolutions.

Solar lights - 4000 lanterns by solar energy.

Use of building materials like micro-concrete tiles, compressed stabilizedEarthen Blocks, fly-ash cement blocks /bricks.

Use of wireless sets in all the coastalpanchayats, vehicles and offices.

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Building Back Better

• Post tsunami health and sanitation found better

• Schools restarted with minimum break and greaterfocus on children's education-scholarships for 10years from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund

• Orphans protected in Government homes and futuresecured with bank deposits

• Focus on marginalised communities like Irulas /depressed classes

• Women-centric livelihood activities-more than 300,000persons formed into 30,000 self-help groups

• Risk Insurance as part of economic assistance.

• Tsunami Farmers Self Help Groups waked up withscientific institutions to desalinate soils and restore

soil health.

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Building Back Better (contd...)

Disaster resistant houses with increased

investment-at the end of I phase, >56000 familieswill be in safer, stronger houses-these houses areinsured for 10 years

Amenities of high standards

Better all-weather roads and bridges in vulnerablelocations

Improved ports, harbours and fish landing centers

Building of better quality, longer lasting boats andsafety equipment

Coastal communities better connected with wireless

sets/early warning systems and better trained tocope with disasters through programs like DisasterRisk Management Program

A massive plantation program to build an effectivebuffer

Greater awareness and respect for coastal ecology

Psycho-social support and social equity issues gainattention

Newer, larger facilities for child-care, challengedpersons, older citizens and for trauma care

Community based veterinary workers to be trainedin basic animal care as an employment option linkedwith provision of services at the door steps.

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The Road Ahead,-•'-::

mGovernment of Tamil Nadu withthe help of Government of Indiaand World Bank are working on amassive Vulnerability ReductionProgramme by reconstruction ofvulnerable houses in the coastal

areas of Tamil Nadu up to 1000mfrom the coast along with earlywarning systems, evacuationroutes, emergency shelters andrelated items of assistance.

In two years time, we would havebuilt a model disaster resistantinfrastructure with a vibrant

disaster resilient coastalcommunity.

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BRIGHT FUTURE

WITH HOPE

FOR A

BETTER TOMORROW

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