Uttarakhand Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation Initiative - An Update (as on 18 July 2013)

The continuous rains from 14 -17 June 2013 accompanied by cloubdburts caused grave natural disaster in the hills of Uttarakhand impacting five districts - Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag (which also has the Kedarnath Valley), Chamoli, Tehri and Pithoragarh. The tradegy having struck at the time of the Char Dham yatra, both the locals and visiting piligrims were impacted by the calamity. More than 1 lakh people were rescued in the ensuing rescue effort. As per official estimates as on date, 580 people have been declared dead and 5748 are missing. In addition to the immense loss of precious lives and damage to property & infrastructure, the disaster has also caused loss of livelihoods, the economy of Garhwal hills depending primarily upon the Char Dham yatra for sustenance. The rebuilding effort required is massive and at least medium term

Flood affected areas

NATURE’S FURY

Photographs taken by CII Team

CII is carrying out relief and rehabilitation under the aegis of the CII Foundation.

PHASE 1 - Relief camps to be organized at each of the Tehsils of district Rudraprayag - Jakholi, Rudraprayag, Ukhimath. In Chamoli camp to be organized at Narayanbagar in Pinder Valley

PHASE 2 - Rehabilitation in district Rudraprayag - Broad Focus

(The specific intervention area and plan will be finalized in consultation with the State Government)

CII team spent 5 days visiting Rudraprayag & Chamoli districts. from 29 June - 3 July 2013, interacting with the villagers to understand their requirements. The team also met with District Magistrate Chamoli, Deputy District Magistrate Rudraprayag, SDM Rudraprayag, Tehsildars, Members of Gram Panchayats & Patwaris.

Tehsil Jakholi - Camps held at Sumadi & Chaka on 16 July 2013. 100 families from 10 villages reached out.

Narayanbagar - Camp held on 17 July 2013, 150 families from 30 villages reached out.

Material distributed: Waterpurifiers, Solar Lanterns with mobile charging facility, Cots, Mattresses, Quilts, Blankets, Hygiene items & Torches. Agastmuni—Distribution held over 3 days 20 to 22 July 2013, 143 families from 21 villages reached out. In addition to the above relief material Temporary shelters and medicines were also provided.

Next camp planned at: Tehsil Ukhimath - Camp dates yet to be finalized.

• House Building (Pre fab houses) • School & Community Centres • Making clean drinking water available

• Explore Livelihoods for locals • Explore special projects with NGOs

• Facilitating Backhoe loaders for road repairs from member companies - 3 provided by JCB India Ltd, another 3 being provided by Tractors India Pvt Ltd

• Medicines handed over to CMO District Rudraprayag.

Mantosh Sondhi Centre

23 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road New Delhi (India) - 110003

Ph: 011-24629994-7 Fax: 011-24682229

CII Uttarakhand State Office 30/1, Rajpur Road, Nepal House Dehradun (Uttarakhand) - 248001 Ph: 0135.2745120 Fax: 0135-2745121

We have also received contributions from CII Staff & Staff of Member companies

For making a contribution please contact following CII Staff: Rajesh Gopinathan (NCR) - 98180 95427 / Vijay Thakur (Chandigarh) - 98153 53521 / Vibha Malhotra (Uttarakhand) - 99970 30901

Dr Lalit Mishra, SDM Agastmuni Mr Md Aslam, DDO, Narayanbagar

Mr Rajendra Nautiyal, Social Worker Rudraprayag Mr Avtar Singh Rana, Social Worker Agastmuni Mr H S Rawat, Social Worker Chamoli

Mr Puran Lal, Patwari, Chaka Mr Asadu Lal, Patwari, Kotbangar Mr Y S Rana, Patwari, Agastmuni Mr S P Bhatt, Patwari, Turetha, Jakholi

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